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Cornwall Museum Partnership

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Cornwall Museums Partnership was initially formed as an unincorporated association of the larger museums in Cornwall to deliver and co-ordinate the partnership activity required to implement the aims of the recently written Museum Strategy. The collective development of the strategy, funded by Cornwall Council, involved all museums in Cornwall and created a culture of shared purpose. The strategy set out how to sustain a thriving museum sector and its aims and objectives reflect the key characteristics of Cornwall’s Museum sector i.e.; a large number of small, diverse and independent museums, the absence of a ‘lead’ museum service and very limited Local Authority funding. Since its inception the partnership has gone from strength to strength: • securing funding from the Arts Council England’s Renaissance Strategic Support Fund programme in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 for a range of projects designed to increase the resilience of the sector • being one of only nine partnerships in the UK to be awarded substantial funds (£250k) from the Heritage Lottery Funds Catalyst Umbrella programme to support the development of fundraising expertise throughout the sector • being one of only 21 organisations in England to become a member of the Arts Council England’s Major Partner Museum programme with a three year award of £1.5m towards total project costs of £3m • in April 2015 the partnership will be taking over the management of the Museum Development Officer post, which is jointly funded by Cornwall Council and Arts Council England The partnership aims to support the development of best practice throughout the sector and to develop its profile and reputation nationally. It is a flexible, nimble and highly adaptable organisation which responds to the needs of the sector and on their behalf seeks to secure substantial resources for partnership working. The partnership works on the principle that every organisation has a strength from which others can learn and benefit. The structure is not hierarchical and does not rely on a single lead organisation and no organisation is wholly reliant on another – thus sharing and reducing risk. The ethos of the partnership is based on a culture of mutual trust, maintaining the freedom of individual museums whilst at the same time being highly suited to delivering a range of collaborative ventures. The board of the partnership identifies collective needs and potential resources to support clusters of activity. Each project connects together museums with similar requirements with other organisations, helping them to address the needs of their audiences and become increasingly embedded in their respective communities – whether local or international. Within projects, museums can operate as both commissioners and suppliers, and work together to deliver joint programmes of activity. To date this has included joint marketing, fundraising, collections development, learning programmes, advocacy and online retail.

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