museum

[paulb]

and now they want cut the museum. I hope the grants folks make them pay every penny back that they were given. i know lets get them to turn it into council offices.

[Kavi Ugl]

It is, on the whole, a fantastic museum but maybe, just maybe it was built too big and is trying to do too much....?.

 

Look what the Scallaway museum achieves and compare the size and funding!.

 

Still it's very sad and shows how dire the financial problem is in Shetland.

 

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2012/10/18/threat-to-20-jobs-and-future-of-museum-from-new-council-cuts

[unlinkedstudent]

Given that they are under contract to provide set sums for the next few years, my view is that these are cuts they can't make and Civil Court proceedings could be brought against them if they fail to stick to the contract provisions.

 

Would it kill off visitor numbers if the museum introduced an entrance fee for adults?

 

I haven't made it yet to the museum but it is on my list of 'things to do'. I loved visiting my local museum as a child and would hate to see the school children here not having this museum to visit as part of their education.

[Ironwithin]

The amenity trust are just being hysterical, after their empire building they dont want to have to make cuts like everyone else is having to. I would rather cuts there than in other areas.

 

They should charge to go in the museum to try and get some income.

[tonydog]

40 jobs

how many staff what a joke

more non jobs paid by the council tax

if it cant run off its own back close it , the interveiw on the radio sounded like they were trying to push the council into a corner

well let hope they grow a set and push back

[Kavi Ugl]

I'm listening to Radio Shetland as I type and to be honest some of what's "under threat" are actually just luxuries and need to go.

 

Promote Shetland and some Architectural Services thing?.

 

Mind you, the SIC are still not cutting the layers and layers of management and that has to go first.

[Hector's House]

"One option not open to the amenity trust is introducing admission charges, which is prohibited under Scottish laws guaranteeing free entry to public museums"

 

So how can it "run off its own back"?

[unlinkedstudent]

"One option not open to the amenity trust is introducing admission charges, which is prohibited under Scottish laws guaranteeing free entry to public museums"

 

So how can it "run off its own back"?

 

Ah, didn't know that. I think some museums elsewhere in the world got around similar by charging for special exhibitions, talks and even sponsorship.

 

Edit: I forgot souvenirs! Oops! Some also charge for accessing archives and using the services of the archivist.

[paulb]

unlink go your missing a very interesting visit. i love the old croft house with the grice. just waiting for the daughter to suggest it as a good form of heating the house.

[fionajohn]

don't know if this is already in place but i've been in several museums and the like down on the mainland and most of them had collection boxes for donations.

[piggywiggie]

There is a donation box and the door. Usually has pound coins and notes in it. Surely they can charge an admitting fee of some sort? Scalloway museum does and so does some of the croft house places etc.

[Longdog]

The museum is ace it would be a real shame if it's functions were limited. The displays are fantastic and the things they put on for kids in the holidasy are great. i'd certainly pay for the activities and events even if they can't charge for general admission to the museum.

 

What I can't understand is how the Haydock Cafe is run at a loss with the subsidies it gets, it's not as if the prices are cheap and it is always busy whenever I've gone there, often can't get a table.

[Staney Dale]

It's a dire situation but for Jimmy Moncrieff to charge straight out and say it will have to shut and all the staff made redundant is not the act of a responsible manager. They seriously can't run the place with fewer staff? The scale of the financial crisis has been evident for some time and both him and Brian Smith should have been very aware is could happen to them, not just the Council. There hasn't been much sign of financial restraint at the Amenity Trust.

[Scorrie]

.....

 

What I can't understand is how the Haydock Cafe is run at a loss with the subsidies it gets, it's not as if the prices are cheap and it is always busy whenever I've gone there, often can't get a table.

 

Creative accountancy to avoid showing a profit?

 

Always busy when I'm in as well.

[Longdog]

/\ Must be the Starbucks of Shetland eh!