AIM Pilgrim Trust collections audit – The Keep Military Museum

The Keep Military Museum – AIM Pilgrim Trust Audit
£1,100

When we applied for the AIM collections care audit grant, we were aware of several existing issues within our museum collection. The museum has remained largely unchanged for many years, and we were becoming increasingly concerned about long term storage and display of our objects. Being a small museum, we lacked the resources and funding to undertake such a task on our own.

After being awarded the grant, we received an on-site visit from Humphries & Jones conservators over a three-day period.

After the visit and some additional conversations, we received our final audit report, which outlined the issues we are facing with our collection.

This is invaluable and will allow us to fix the issues identified, and to apply for additional funding to do so as required. The audit will also give us a basis to re-write some of our collections-based policies and stay at the forefront of best practice for years to come.

We found the process extremely easy from application to final result, with assistance being provided the whole way by AIM. We would highly recommend applying to any museum who would like to improve how they store and display their collections. 

Elliott Metcalfe, Director, The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester