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Information for people working in Surrey's Museums

These pages are for volunteers, paid employees, trustees, councillors, local government officers and everyone else working in or for museums, their visitors and non-visitors.

Grants:Information about the SEWS Museum Development Fund grants for Registered or Accredited museums and galleries in Surrey. Also information about SMCC grants for any museum in Surrey.

Training is organised by Chris Drake, Museum Development Officer. Contact him for details of forthcoming courses.

MuSE - Museums in Surrey Education Group: This group is for Education staff, and staff with Education part of their roles. The MuSe group meeting three times a year at different locations across Surrey. Interested parties are welcome to join.

Information about Surrey Museums Group: SMG is an organisation of staff and volunteers from the museums in Surrey and provides support, training and networking opportunities.

Volunteering: advice for people who want to carry out volunteer work in museums.

Child Protection Policies: information on the actions museums and galleries need to take to ensure that they are safe places for children and young people.

RIDDOR: information about reporting accidents at work, something all museums must do.

SMCC library for people working in museums: A list of books, videos, and information sheets for people working in museums

A list of equipment available for people working in museums: A list including environmental monitoring equipment, a label maker and a digital camera.

Exploring Surrey's Past: information on the project to make a single gateway to heritage information about Surrey.

Policy on Human Remains: available as a PDF. Please contact us if you would like to recieve this in an alternative format.

Information on the care of archaeological archives: This document was written by Alan Thompson, Archaeological Records Officer, Museum of London for a South East Museums Service Southern Region seminar on Caring for Archaeological Archives that was held in Lewes in 1998.

Matrix - The Rolling Archaeology Programme: This is a project to catalogue all archaeological material in Surrey, starting with coins and tokens.