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Martina Humber, Chairman of the Friends of St. Barbe Museum, presents a cheque for £3000 to David Rule, Chairman of Lymington Museum Trust. |
The Friends were founded in 1988 as the Friends of Lymington Museum to campaign for a museum for the town. When Lymington Museum Trust was set up in 1992 the Friends played a major part in helping to develop the museum. Today the Friends help to support many aspects of the museum's work. They do this in a number of ways:
Membership subscriptions - funds raised are used by the Friends to help the Trust. For example over the last few years the Friends have bought computers, a digital camera, a digital projector and have funded several exhibition catalogues.
Volunteers - many members of the Friends act as volunteers in the museum, working in the shop, stewarding in the galleries, helping with research, hanging exhibitions and cataloguing the collections. Without this contribution the museum could not function.
Events - the Friends organise a number of fund raising events, all of which help to raise the museum's profile.
Talks, concerts and visits - The Friends also organise a series of talks on topics of interest such as local history, art, collecting and natural history. Many of these are free to members, others are specific fund raising events.
Newsletter - all of these events plus general news updates on the museum and exhibitions are featured in the regular museum newsletter. This is sent to all members who also automatically receive a copy of the museum's annual exhibition programme leaflet.
For details of how to join the Friends please contact the museum. |
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