The Museum is run entirely by unpaid volunteers as below:
Management
The Museum is an independent incorporated charity with up to fifteen Trustees managing the strategic planning and financing. The Chair is Lacey Baxter who is assisted by the Secretary, Andy Lovegrove and Treasurer, Paul Gurbutt.
Organisation.
The Museum Curator, is in overall charge of the collection, including displays, storage, care and conservation and the maintenance of records. He is always pleased to answer enquiries from the public or to support those researching aspects of local history.
The Curator is assisted by a team of volunteers, some of whom have specialist skills or specialise in specific areas of the collection. The Museum covers a broad spread of local social history through its collection of objects, local photographs and documents, a collection of fabrics, old newspapers, books and art work.
Public Enquiries
The Museum has a growing local history database. Much of this has beencreated by the local historian David Lindley. David has published partof this data online and it can be viewed at the Foxearth and DistrictLocal History Society website: www.foxearth.org.uk
To contact the Curator, please email: museummanager@btconnect.com
Individual, family and group visits are welcomed from Beccles and District, and beyond. Group visits may be made outside normal opening hours subject to staff being available.
The museum is working with a number of local schools and if yours is interested in a group visit or a programme of visits then please contact the curator to discuss how we might help.
Staffing for opening hours
During opening hours the public area of the Museum is manned by Stewards who normally work in teams of two or three and average one afternoon every four weeks. The Stewards' organiser is Michelle Golding, who can be contacted by anyone interested in helping through the Museum's email address: Steward.becclesmuseum@gmail.com
The Museum is committed to providing free entrance to visitors and therefore financial donations are needed and very much appreciated. We would encourage the use of Gift Aid as this adds to the value of any donation.