An independent museum supported by Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has opened in the Cotswolds village of Broadway.
The Ashmolean Museum Broadway is in a Grade-II listed Tudor house that has been given on a long-term lease by its owner John Keil, a benefactor and patron of the Ashmolean. Worcestershire County Council provided £200,000 for the year-long renovation of the building.
The Ashmolean has provided 260 objects to help tell the story of the building and the surrounding area.
The museum is overseen by a trust comprising representatives from the local community, the Ashmolean, an elected council representative and other stakeholder groups. The museum employs one full-time member of staff, who will be supported by 25 volunteers.
The business plan has set an annual target of 10,000 visitors.
The museum will host a few temporary exhibitions a year. The first will open in May 2014, featuring John Singer Sargent works from the Ashmolean collection.
Curators and conservators from the Ashmolean have helped display the new museum’s collections, while education staff have advised on the Ashmolean Museum Broadway’s public programme.
The Ashmolean Museum Broadway is in a Grade-II listed Tudor house that has been given on a long-term lease by its owner John Keil, a benefactor and patron of the Ashmolean. Worcestershire County Council provided £200,000 for the year-long renovation of the building.
The Ashmolean has provided 260 objects to help tell the story of the building and the surrounding area.
The museum is overseen by a trust comprising representatives from the local community, the Ashmolean, an elected council representative and other stakeholder groups. The museum employs one full-time member of staff, who will be supported by 25 volunteers.
The business plan has set an annual target of 10,000 visitors.
The museum will host a few temporary exhibitions a year. The first will open in May 2014, featuring John Singer Sargent works from the Ashmolean collection.
Curators and conservators from the Ashmolean have helped display the new museum’s collections, while education staff have advised on the Ashmolean Museum Broadway’s public programme.
