Issue - meetings
Officer Overview of the Report
Meeting: 25/02/2025 - Cabinet Member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience Decision Meeting (Item 3.)
3. Officer Overview of the Report 
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Officer to provide a short verbal summary of the report with key details relating to the decision Providing any updatesthat needto be considered bythe Cabinet Member when takingthe decision.
Purpose
To consider three requests put forward by the Corinium Museum to dispose of three artefacts through deaccession.
· LB528 Swathe-Turner
· LO X093 Eastbury Christening Gowns
· Sly collection, comprising a number of hats
Recommendation
That the Cabinet Member for Health, Culture and Visitor Experience resolves to:
Determine the proposals to dispose of three items through deaccession.
Additional documents:
- Collections Development Policy 2024-29 updated logo, item 3.
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- Deaccession Eastbury gowns, item 3.
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- Deaccession Sly Collection, item 3.
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- Deaccession Swathe Turner, item 3.
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- Webcast for Officer Overview of the Report
Decision:
The Head of Economic Development and Communities introduced the report and clarified that deaccessioning refers to the lawful removal of an object from a museum’s collections.
The formal deaccession process, under which these decisions were being considered, was approved by Cabinet on 9 January 2025.
The following articles were proposed for deaccession:
a) LB528 Swathe-Turner – Agricultural Machinery
This piece has been held off-site at the Science Museum’s National Collections Centre in Wroughton since 1981.
The Science Museum has requested a permanent transfer and has demonstrated its ability to act as a responsible custodian.
Recommendation: Approve the deaccession and transfer, as the Science Museum is a more suitable location than the Corinium Museum, which primarily focuses on archaeology.
b) LO X093 – Eastbury Christening Gowns
These gowns were originally stored in the museum until the donor requested their loan for a local display, where they have since remained.
Under the museum’s current policy, such items would not be accepted today.
Recommendation: approve the deaccession of the gowns with return to the donor.
c) Sly Collection – Hats from the Cotswold Countryside Collection
The collection consists of various hats donated to the now-closed Cotswold Countryside Collection.
As the Corinium Museum has an archaeological focus, retaining the hats is no longer appropriate.
Recommendation: De-accession and return of the collection to the donor’s representative.
The Head of Economic Development and Communities confirmed that all three deaccession requests met the necessary criteria outlined in the formal process.