Yes, a project to develop a Community Museum at the Beverley Guildhall with the help of heritage volunteers was set up in November 2003. Its success led to the establishment of similar projects at other East Riding museums, all with the help of money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
These museums are:
- Beverley Guildhall
- Goole museum
- Sewerby Hall
- Skidby Mill
- Friends of Beverley Art Gallery
The answers below show how you can get involved which each museum.
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This was the first of the heritage volunteer projects, although the project has finished at the Beverley Guildhall, the committed team of volunteers continues to be involved with the Community Museum.
The volunteers mainly carry out research for the programme of temporary exhibitions on Beverley. Some of the volunteers also help with cataloguing of objects in the collection and some with room stewarding or collecting oral histories by interviewing local people.
For more information please get in touch with the Beverley Guildhall Curator using the contact details on the right hand side of the page.
Full details about the Beverley Guildhall and the Community Museum are available by visiting Beverley Guildhall.
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The Heritage Volunteer project at Goole Museum was set up in September 2006. Both projects have now finished but the volunteer team at Goole continues to research and produce exhibitions for the museum.
One of the volunteers manages the ‘Goole-on-the-web’ site which assists in gathering past material used by the volunteers in their exhibitions, as well as general promotion of the museum and its collections.
Goole on the web (external website)
Please contact the Goole Museum Curator using the contact details on the right hand side of the page for further information.
Full details about Goole Museum are available by linking to Goole Museum.
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The volunteer project at Sewerby Hall was set up in September 2006. The volunteers mainly do research for the programme of temporary local history exhibitions that are put on in the first floor galleries.
Please contact the Sewerby Hall Museum Curator using the contact details on the right hand side of the page for further information.
Full details about the park and gardens are available at the Sewerby Hall website.
Sewerby Hall (external website)
More information is available by visiting Sewerby Hall.
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The East Riding Rural Life project at Skidby Mill was set up in September 2006. The project has now finished but the team of volunteers are still involved with the mill in a variety of ways. The exhibitions that are researched by the volunteers are often put up at the Treasure House in Beverley as well as in the mill itself.
The team is not currently recruiting but if you are interested in finding out more information contact the mill using the contact details on the right hand side of the page.
More information about Skidby Mill is available by visiting Skidby Mill.
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The Friends of Beverley Art Gallery aim to encourage and promote the enjoyment of art, help to purchase and conserve art for the collection and support special projects in the gallery.
Members of the Friends group enjoy parties and receptions, are invited to lectures in the gallery and previews of new exhibitions, and occasionally undertake excursions to other galleries. They also receive a topical newsletter about the gallery.
If you are interested in joining the Friends group a form is available below to download, complete and return by post to the Treasure House.
Friends of Beverley Art Gallery (pdf document 319kb opens in new window)
More information about the Beverley Art Gallery is available by linking to Beverley Art Gallery.
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