Curator of Ethnography, Tony Eccles, with Paul Bevan who is reviewing Chinese artefacts. As part of the Collections Review RAMM has called on the services of specialists to explore lesser known parts of the ethnography collection

RAMM wins Collections Trust Award

RAMM was presented with the Collections Best Practice Award at the OpenCulture 2013 conference reception at the Kia Oval on Tuesday 2 July.

Described by the judges as “A really inspiring project”, the entry focused on its Collections Review. “Isn’t this how all museums should work” they commented.

RAMM is home to almost a million objects and support from Arts Council England has enabled the museum to take stock of this wealth of material. Wishing to unlock the collections’ potential for learning, research and inspiration and to ensure that our collections will be enjoyed by generations to come, a thorough collections review process was formulated and the entire collection is now being scrutinised.

CT Awards: Championing Best Practice

The winners for three prestigious awards for excellence in collections management were selected from a high-quality long list. The other winners of the Collections Trust Awards 2013 were:

Participatory Practice Award: Beaney House of Art & Knowledge
Collections on a Budget Award: EastGrinstead Museum

This year’s judging panel was chaired by the Collection Trust’s CEO Nick Poole and comprised: Fiona Talbott, Head of Museums, Libraries and Archives at the Heritage Lottery Fund; Nancy Groves, Editor of the Guardian Culture Professionals Network; Scott Furlong, Director, Acquisitions, Exports, Loans and Collections Unit at Arts Council England; and Nick Stanhope, CEO of Historypin’s parent organisation We Are What We Do.

For more information visit http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/openculture2013/ct-awards