Collection Policy
This document is a tool for Museum staff to help them maintain and improve the quality of the Museum's collections.
Twentieth and Twenty First Century Collecting
All the criteria in section 3 apply but the wealth of twentieth century material available has led to a more specific policy, especially in the case of furniture both domestic and retail.
Large objects
Stevenage Museum will accept material for particular room settings for different decades of the twentieth century, and will only accept other large material in exceptional circumstances. The room sets to be collected are as follows:
- 1900/1910c - a living/dining room
- 1920s/30s - a shop
- 1950s - a kitchen and sitting room - As of 1996 this has been achieved and so no more furniture from this era will be collected.
- 1970s - a bedroom