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KINROSS (MARSHALL) MUSEUM TRUST
David Marshall Bequest
Plans Of the New
Museum
When the antiquarian, archivist and collector David Marshall of Kinross died
in 1902
he left all his possessions to his wife except, as he stated in his will
of 1869, for all my Historical Books,
Manuscript Collections in Natural History and antiquities which I hereby ordain
my said Trustees to hold
for behoof of the inhabitants of Kinross. in all time coming until they are
satisfied that a proper place
for their reception has been provided by the said inhabitants.
Kinross Museum
In 1903 David Marshall's Trustees handed over his collection to Kinross Town
Council for display in
the new Carnegie Library adjacent to the Town Hall in Kinross High Street.
Housed in the upper
rooms, the museum was eventually closed to the public in the 1940s for lack
of space and staff. The
reopening of the museum was promoted by the people of Kin ross through the
Kin ross-shire
Antiquarian Society (now the Kinross-shire Historical Society) which was
founded specifically for this
purpose in 1960. As a result of the society's efforts, the joint Library Corn
mittee of the Town and
County Councils of kinross gave the Society œ200 for the purpose of cataloguing
the Marshall
Collection and preparing it for display. The Museum was eventually opened
again to the public in
1975, its management being assumed by the new Perth and Kinross District Authority
Kinross (Marshall) Museum Trust
Following the decision by Perth and Kinross Council to close the Kinross Museum,
a decision was
made at a public meeting on 22 April 1996 to form a charitable trust for
the pupose of reopening and
running the Museum in line with the wishes stated in David Marshall's will.
A steering committee was
formed with representatives drawn from several community organizations and,
under the guidance of
Perth and Kinross Council's Leisure and Recreation Department and the Scottish
Museums Council,
a Trust Deed was drawn up and registered in the Books of Council and Session
on 24 April 1997. The
Trust has provisional recognition from the Inland Revenue as a charitable
trust. The principal aim of
the Kinross (Marshall) Museum Trust is the advancement of the education of
the general public by the
provision of a museum that focuses on the social, agricultural and industrial
history of Kinross-shire.
Museum Management
Manned by volunteers from the community, the Kinross Museum will comprise
material on loan from
the existing collection held by Perth and Kinross Council, which includes
the Marshall Bequest,
together with other objects acquired from time to time within the remit of
a collecting policy that has
already been defined by the Trustees. The intention is to make the museum
as accessible as
possible to the public and to achieve a standard of museum management, collection
care and public
service commensurate with that required for registration under the Registration
Scheme for Museums
and Galleries in the UK administered by the Museums and Galleries Commission
since 1988. Until its
closure the Kinross Museum was registered with this scheme.
Museum Funding
The costs of reopening and running the Museum will be met from funds derived
from local and
national charitable trusts and from sums raised by the Friends of Kinross
Museum, a local support
group formed at the same time as the Trust.
Museum Location
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