Museum Status Suspended: Recent Trustees Report to Charity Commissioners
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TypeMuseumSociety
Apr 15, 2011, 7:58:50 AM4/15/11
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Extract from: The Type Museum Trust Trustees’ Report Year ended
31 March 2010
The Type Museum Trust’s priorities are:
a) to acquire and preserve for future generations significant
artefacts and documents
relating to the past, present and future of printing, communication
and language;
b) to keep alive the artistic appreciation, technical skills and
industrial processes
associated with the manufacture and use of language. Promoting
lettercutting,
typefounding, typographical composition and digital type display
enables the museum
to fulfil its role as an international resource and centre of
excellence for graphic
communication;
c) to develop the Museum’s tremendous educational and research
potential.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Trust operates under a trust deed dated 20 January 1992. It was
registered with the Charity
Commission of England and Wales on 4 March 1992. The Type Museum was
awarded
Registered Museum status (no. 1101) on 29 March 2005. Given the
temporary reduction in the
level of the Museum’s public activities over the year this status was
suspended in February
2009. It is the trustees’ intention to reclaim full status by the end
of the 2011-12 financial year.
In recognition of changing priorities in the arts and heritage and
academic communities which
the Trust was established to serve, it was decided in June 2010 to
change the name of the
organisation to The Type Archive with effect from year ended 31 March
2011.
The trustees are appointed by majority vote of the Board of Trustees.
New trustees are sought
when appropriate to cover identified gaps in the skills and experience
of existing trustees and to
achieve an appropriate balance on the board. New trustees are given a
full briefing on the
trust’s objectives and operations and on the role of trustees.
31 March 2010
The Type Museum Trust’s priorities are:
a) to acquire and preserve for future generations significant
artefacts and documents
relating to the past, present and future of printing, communication
and language;
b) to keep alive the artistic appreciation, technical skills and
industrial processes
associated with the manufacture and use of language. Promoting
lettercutting,
typefounding, typographical composition and digital type display
enables the museum
to fulfil its role as an international resource and centre of
excellence for graphic
communication;
c) to develop the Museum’s tremendous educational and research
potential.
Structure, Governance and Management
The Trust operates under a trust deed dated 20 January 1992. It was
registered with the Charity
Commission of England and Wales on 4 March 1992. The Type Museum was
awarded
Registered Museum status (no. 1101) on 29 March 2005. Given the
temporary reduction in the
level of the Museum’s public activities over the year this status was
suspended in February
2009. It is the trustees’ intention to reclaim full status by the end
of the 2011-12 financial year.
In recognition of changing priorities in the arts and heritage and
academic communities which
the Trust was established to serve, it was decided in June 2010 to
change the name of the
organisation to The Type Archive with effect from year ended 31 March
2011.
The trustees are appointed by majority vote of the Board of Trustees.
New trustees are sought
when appropriate to cover identified gaps in the skills and experience
of existing trustees and to
achieve an appropriate balance on the board. New trustees are given a
full briefing on the
trust’s objectives and operations and on the role of trustees.
TypeMuseumSociety
Apr 15, 2011, 8:02:48 AM4/15/11
to TypeMuseumSociety
Full report can be accessed via most recent accounts link on this
page:
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1009198&SubsidiaryNumber=0
page:
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1009198&SubsidiaryNumber=0
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