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The Museum is housed within the Beacon and the
Resource Centre.
The Beacon has been a fully registered
museum since 1997 and this status was re-confirmed
a few months ago. |
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The Museum Registration Scheme was launched in the
1980s by what was then the Museum and Galleries Commission,
with the aim of setting minimum standards for museums
nationally.
Since
then, the scheme has been taken over by Resource, (The
Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries) which has
responsibility for maintaining the standard as part
of its core roles of developing capacity and promoting
innovation and change.
Currently, the Registration
scheme is being revised and museums will be expected
to provide not just a minimum standard of collection
care, but also to think more fundamentally about issues
of access in all its forms and its visitors' needs.
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We recommend that visitors start their journey
through The Beacon on the top floor - in the Met.
Office Weather Gallery, and work their way down.
Met. Office
Weather Gallery
The views across the Harbour and the Solway Firth
to the Isle of Man and Scotland are stunning.
The Gallery lets you to try your hand at being
a 'TV' Weather Forecaster, study the Met. Office
information and use the interactive computers
and satellite links.
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Whitehaven..
Looking Out Explore.. Whitehaven's links with George Washington,
John Paul Jones who led the last raid on mainland Britain,
ordinary sailors lives, the sugar, rum and slave trades
and the lucrative business of smuggling.
Whitehaven.. Looking
In The displays on the Second Floor look back at the social
heritage of the area. Coal and Iron Ore Mining, Pottery
and Shipbuilding connections right through to the Tourism
Today. You can see original 1920's and 30's footage of Whitehaven
in our cinema.
If you have any questions about The Museum or Museum
Services please enter 'for the attention' of Michelle Kelly, Collections Officer in your enquiry.
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