Museum and collection activity preserves and interprets objects and other material connected with Alderstead's local history and civic life.

Access and interpretation

Information about a collection should explain what it contains, how it can be accessed and who is responsible for it. Where an independent organisation owns or operates a collection, the council should make that distinction clear.

Care of collections

Council-held material should be documented and managed so that its provenance, condition and administrative responsibility are clear. Significant changes to a collection should be recorded rather than relying on informal knowledge.

Research and enquiries

If you are looking for a particular object, collection or subject, give enough information for the service to identify what you mean. Museum collections and archive records are related but not interchangeable: documentary records are normally handled through the archive service, while museum and collection enquiries concern objects and curated collections.

Enquiries about an object or collection

If you are looking for a particular object, collection or subject, provide enough information for staff to identify what you mean. Museum enquiries concern objects and curated collections; documentary records are normally handled through the archive service. Where an independent museum or group owns the material, the council can signpost you but cannot make access decisions on that organisation's behalf.

Council-held collections are documented so that provenance, condition and responsibility for the material remain clear.