Council grant aids museum technology

A request for some new technology resulted in Alnwick Town Council awarding Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery with a £1000 grant.

Bailiffgate is a small independent and award-winning museum and to fulfil their objective ‘to advance education in the history, heritage, culture and traditions of the district’ they need reliable computers to carry out a series of tasks including digital recording. Their collections computers are reaching the end of their life and need to be replaced.

Alnwick Town Mayor, Councillor Geoff Watson, commented: “The museum benefits the people of Alnwick by telling the story of the local area, attracting visitors and contributing to the local economy.  It also supports local organisations by providing loans boxes free of charge to local schools, home school families, childminders, and uniformed youth groups.”

“The £1000 grant will help them to stay up-to-date with the required technology.”

Pictured: Museum Chair Jean Humphrys, Treasurer Ian Waggott, Mayor Cllr Geoff Watson, Cllr Lynda Wearn and Mick Grant, lead volunteer for collections.