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Visitor to the York Art Gallery

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York Museums Trust - Annual Report 2005 - 6

Robin Guthrie, Chairman of York Museums Trust.

List of Trustees

  1. Robin Guthrie (Chair)

  2. Dr Peter Addyman

  3. Mike Allen

  4. John Cherry

  5. Sir Ron Cooke

  6. Cllr Chris Hogg

  7. Denise Jagger

  8. Cllr Alan Jones

  9. Viola Jones

  10. Alan Owen

  11. David Rayner

  12. Terry Suthers

  13. Prof Dianne Willcocks

Foreword by Chair

I would like to congratulate Janet Barnes, her senior team and all the staff throughout the organisation for the great progress that has been made on every front, and to which every person has contributed. The support of the Trustees has been most welcome: they are a talented group of willing volunteers who have contributed to the Trust’s success, both individually and as a group. It remains for me only to thank them, and to congratulate the staff on all that has been done. I cannot help but feel proud of their achievements.

Robin Guthrie - Chair

September 2006

York Museums Trust

York Museums Trust is an independent charitable trust established in August 2002 to manage the York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's, all of which were formerly managed by the City of York Council. The Trust cares for the collections and manages the buildings that they occupy, working in partnership with the City of York Council to improve the museums and gallery for local residents and visitors to the city.

Vision

Our Vision is for York Museums Trust to play a major part in positioning York as a world class cultural centre.

Mission

To cherish the collections, buildings and gardens entrusted to us, presenting and interpreting them as a stimulus for learning, a provocation to curiosity and a source of inspiration and enjoyment for all.

Strategic Objectives

  • To protect and conserve the collections, gardens and building
  • To promote access to the collections, gardens and buildings appropriate to the 21st Century
  • To create learning opportunities for all and develop innovative programmes springing from the collections, gardens and buildings
  • To network and collaborate with partners and contribute to the development of the economic and cultural life of the city and the region
  • To raise substantial funds to realise these aims
February Half Term, Children exploring artifacts at the Yorkshire Museum.

Feburary Half Term at the Yorkshire Museum.