Purpose

Elmbridge Museum cares for a collection of
c.43,000 objects which is currently stored in two off-site
facilities, Luxfords located in Weybridge and Elmgrove Hall located
in Walton-on-Thames. Elmbridge Museum needs to re-locate its
collection that is currently stored on the Elmgrove site to
Luxfords. This move is essential in order to retain its Arts
Council England accreditation and to provide vacant possession for
the forthcoming Elmgrove redevelopment project.

The report also proposes that a longer-term option be further
explored to work in partnership to relocate Elmbridge
museum’s whole collection onto the Brooklands Museum site
ahead of the forthcoming Surrey wide local government
reorganisation.

Content

Resolved that
 
(a)       a
new supplementary revenue estimate of £43,000 annual funding
be approved to cover the additional ongoing rental costs arising
from moving out of Elm Grove into Luxfords; and
 
(b)      
further discussions with Brooklands Museum be supported and the
undertaking of a feasibility study to develop a new Brooklands
Museum storage / community facility on the Brooklands site
alongside considering the implications of the emerging new heritage
portfolio created by the forthcoming Surrey-wide Local Government
Reorganisation, be explored.