Who we are - Museum of the Home
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Who we are - Museum of the Home
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Charity registration number 803052
Company registration number 02476642
The Museum of the Home
Registered in England
We are a charity and also registered as a company under The Museum of the Home.
How we run our museum
We are overseen by a group of Trustees. Our Trustees are all volunteers. They set the policy and strategy for the Museum, and hold our leadership accountable for delivering what the strategy requires. They scrutinise the decisions that Museum leadership makes.
The Trustees appoint our Director, who leads the Museum. They take responsibility for the overall management of the Museum. Members of the leadership team report to them and to the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer.
Each member of the leadership team takes responsibility for a different area of the Museum’s activity. This includes
Communications: our press, marketing and digital activities
Commercial: our hires and shop
Development: working with our patrons, donors and sponsors
Finance: our income and outgoings
HR: managing our workforce
Creative Programmes: our exhibitions and events
Collections: the objects and archival material in our care
Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer: our governance, finance, HR, estates and legal frameworks, as well as our commercial, operations and front of house staff
Funding our museum
We receive UK government funding, which classifies us as a ‘Public Body’, and an ‘Arm’s Length Body’ of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Ten of the fourteen trustees are elected by the Board and the remaining trustees, including the Chair, are appointed by the Secretary of State for DCMS.
Additionally, the museum owns a trading company, Museum of the Home Enterprises Ltd (number 11687292), which manages venue hire and retail functions. This company is led by Directors who are Trustees, other volunteers, and the Deputy Director/COO.
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Our people
Meet our Board of Trustees and our Leadership Team
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Our people
Our funding
We are an independent charitable company, supported by grants, sponsorship, earned income and donations.
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Our funding
Our reports and policies
Our annual report, accounts, and organisational policies.
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If you love and care about Museum of the Home and want to make a difference, please join us.
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Skip to content
Home
»
About us
»
Who we are
How we run our museum
Funding our museum
Charity registration number 803052
Company registration number 02476642
The Museum of the Home
Registered in England
We are a charity and also registered as a company under The Museum of the Home.
How we run our museum
We are overseen by a group of Trustees. Our Trustees are all volunteers. They set the policy and strategy for the Museum, and hold our leadership accountable for delivering what the strategy requires. They scrutinise the decisions that Museum leadership makes.
The Trustees appoint our Director, who leads the Museum. They take responsibility for the overall management of the Museum. Members of the leadership team report to them and to the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer.
Each member of the leadership team takes responsibility for a different area of the Museum’s activity. This includes
Communications: our press, marketing and digital activities
Commercial: our hires and shop
Development: working with our patrons, donors and sponsors
Finance: our income and outgoings
HR: managing our workforce
Creative Programmes: our exhibitions and events
Collections: the objects and archival material in our care
Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer: our governance, finance, HR, estates and legal frameworks, as well as our commercial, operations and front of house staff
Funding our museum
We receive UK government funding, which classifies us as a ‘Public Body’, and an ‘Arm’s Length Body’ of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Ten of the fourteen trustees are elected by the Board and the remaining trustees, including the Chair, are appointed by the Secretary of State for DCMS.
Additionally, the museum owns a trading company, Museum of the Home Enterprises Ltd (number 11687292), which manages venue hire and retail functions. This company is led by Directors who are Trustees, other volunteers, and the Deputy Director/COO.
Find out more
Our people
Meet our Board of Trustees and our Leadership Team
Find out more
Our people
Our funding
We are an independent charitable company, supported by grants, sponsorship, earned income and donations.
Find out more
Our funding
Our reports and policies
Our annual report, accounts, and organisational policies.
Find out more
Our reports and policies
Become a Patron
If you love and care about Museum of the Home and want to make a difference, please join us.
Find out more