1. Collections Care Healthcheck 2013
The Collections Care Healthcheck is a free, on site evaluation delivered
directly to museums in the West Midlands Region.
A site visit is carried out by Jane Thompson-Webb (Collections Care Officer,
Birmingham Museums) who will work with you to develop solutions that suit
your resources.
We will help you to identify key collection care issues and produce a report
giving tailor-made, practical advice and support to your museum.
You can use this report to initiate in-house solutions to collections care
problems or to support funding applications.
You can request a Healthcheck to look at specific or more general aspects of
Collections Care including; light, storage, relative humidity, emergency
planning, pests, handling, display conditions and materials and monitoring.
How to apply
This year there are a limited number of Healthchecks available until March
2014. All museums interested in receiving a Healthcheck are being asked to
submit a brief application. These will be assessed by an MDO together with
Jane Thompson-Webb. Priority will be given to those museums who have not
received a Healthcheck in the last 2 years.
Successful applicants will be contacted to arrange a suitable time for the
Healthcheck to take place. All successful applicants are asked to commit to
addressing some of the actions outlined in the Healthcheck by March 2014
(funding permitting). Evaluation of this work will form part of the criteria
for the Healthcheck.
If unsuccessful, applicants will be contacted directly to see how they can be
supported in other ways – for example directly by their MDO, through the
Making Collections Count Programme or through other advice.
If demand for the scheme is high we hope to extend the deadline for
Healthchecks until April 2014.
In the interim if you would like further support for your organisation around
any element of collections care please contact your MDO who can advise you
of the different options available.
Please complete the application form and return it to your MDO no later
than 30th
June 2013.

2. Collections Care Healthcheck 2013
1) Contact Details
Contact Name
Museum Name
Address
Telephone Number
Email Address
2) Your Site
What sort of museum are you
(Delete as applicable)
Local Authority Regiment
University English Heritage
National Trust Volunteer
Independent Company
Are you currently accredited or working towards
Accreditation? (Delete as applicable)
Yes No
Have you had a Healthcheck in the last two years?
(Delete as applicable)
Yes No
Have you ever had a Healthcheck?
(Delete as applicable)
Yes No
If yes please give a
brief indication of
how you have taken
the
recommendations
forward that were
made in the report.
3) Please outline briefly why your organisation would like a Healthcheck
and how this will help you to meet the aims of your Forward Plan.
(Continue onto next page if necessary)

3. Collections Care Healthcheck 2013
4) If successful, when would you like the Healthcheck to take place?
(NB this is a rough guide for planning purposes. We will endeavour to
meet this but it may not be possible in all cases). Please state the month.
5) Please return this form to your MDO to arrive no later than 30th
June
2013.
Helen Johnson
Museum Development Officer
Staffordshire Archives and Heritage Service
Shugborough
Milford
Stafford
ST17 0XB
helen.johnson@staffordshire.gov.uk