Renaissance in the South East

On this page you can find contact details for the South East Hub and its partners and MLA South East. There is also information about Designated collections in the region and information about the support available to all the region's museums.

Hub contact details

Hub manager:
Sophie Hunt - sophie.hunt@hants.gov.uk
Website: http://www.museumse.org.uk

MLA South East contact details

Vicki Wood / Joanna Low
Museum Development Managers
Address: 15 City Business Centre, Hyde Street, Winchester, S023 7TA
Tel: 01962 858844
e-mail: vicki.wood@mlasoutheast.org.uk / joanna.low@mlasoutheast.org.uk

Hub partner contact details

Hampshire County Museums and Archive Service (lead partner)
Address: Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UJ

Oxford University Museums
Website: www.museums.ox.ac.uk

Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums
Address: Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1EE
Tel: 01273 292882
e-mail: visitor.services@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Website: www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info/

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Address: The Old Surgery, The Historic Dockard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ
Tel: 01634 823800
Fax: 01634 823801
Website: www.chdt.org.uk

Designated collections in the South East

In the South East the following museums hold Designated Collections:

• Mary Rose Trust: www.maryrose.org
• Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading: www.merl.org.uk
• National Motor Museum, Beaulieu: www.beaulieu.co.uk/motormuseum
• Royal Engineers Museum: www.remuseum.org.uk
• Southampton City Council Cultural Services: City Art Gallery & Museum of Archaeology: www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/history/museums-galleries
• Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester: www.wealddown.co.uk/home-page-english-html

Designated Collections held by Hub museums:

• Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums, Btighton & Hove: Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion, Preston Manor & Booth Museum of Natural History.
• Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
• Museum of the history of science, University of Oxford
• Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford
• Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

You can see the full list of Designated Collections, including those held by libraries and archives in the Designation section of the MLA website. The Renaissance Designation Challenege Fund (DCF) has provided funding for a number of designated collections held by museums. You can find out more in the DCF section.

Support for all museums in the South East

The Renaissance Museum Development Fund (MDF) provides funding to MLA regional agencies to offer advice and support to non-hub museums in their region. The advice and support offered varies in each region. The South East hub and MLA South East have worked together to produce a statement of the support available to museums in the region.

South East joint statement of support available (PDF 96KB)