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Our organisation and activities

We are an umbrella organisation working on behalf of museums in Surrey working in partnership with the district and borough councils of Surrey and Surrey County Council. We have been in existence in this form since 1993.

We develop partnerships with those in tourism, arts, heritage, culture, education, archives, libraries and area museum councils. We provide advice, information and practical assistance to anyone connected with Surrey's museums in such areas as:

education
exhibitions
professional and grant aid matters
conservation and preservation
general heritage initiatives and programmes
collections management, skills enhancement and training
audience development and marketing

To date, we have given grants of over £70 000 to museums in Surrey to enable them carry out some of the work they do.

SMCC also works closely with central, regional and local government initiatives and bodies.

We are based at the Surrey History Centre in Woking.