A Much Needed Major Refurbishment
Filey Town Council, led by property committee chair Karen Hubbard and project manager Matt Roberts of Bodens, have done a terrific job with the major refurbishment of the building including the rebuilding/repointing of dry-stone walls, damp course work, underfloor heating, treatment of wood, new flooring, etc. etc. The Council has now handed the keys back to Filey Museum Trust as tenants. So, it is now time to focus our attention on the administration and operations, artefacts and exhibits of Filey Museum.
With all the new changes to the building, new policies and procedures for running the museumneed to be set up. As with many charities, we are also taking this opportunity to move from a charity to a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) association model.
In order to regain our museum accreditation there is quite a bit of administrative work from cataloguing, cleaning and repairing, re-imagining the exhibits to be done for a refreshed and revived museum. Hopefully it can again be an award-winning museum that previous volunteers and trustees created so successfully.
When will the Museum Re-Open?
We hope to open the museum periodically over the summer as it is (empty) for people to see and appreciate all the work that has been done to the building whilst we work on the cataloguing/archiving. Please look at our Facebook Page @fileymuseum for updates.
Volunteers
The museum cannot operate without the generosity of people’s time. We will need volunteers, on either a project-by-project or on-going basis. If you would be interested in volunteering with the museum, please get in touch by email: fileymuseum@gmail.com
We hope to welcome you back to Filey Museum soon!
