Visit to the Oxfordshire Museum Resource Centre, Standlake

12 March 2007 - Sue Matthews provided the following summary:

15 Vale of the White Horse branch members, along with the Berkshire Family History Society chairman, Jocie McBride, visited the Oxfordshire Museum Resource Centre at Standlake.

The Keeper of Reserve Collections, Kirsty Bell took us on a guided tour. She told us all about the history of the building and about the artefacts stored there ready to go out to Museums around the county. She also told us about the conservation and restoration work that goes on there.

I am sure the party enjoyed their nostalgic evening. More information about the Resource Centre can be found on the links below.

Go to www.oxfordshire.gov.uk and take the link to Leisure and culture. The resources you can search include

The Oxfordshire Museum
Oxfordshire Museums Resource Centre
Oxfordshire Record Office
Oxfordshire Studies

Kirsty also told us about the Heritage Search facility, a website where you can search the historical resources in Oxfordshire, old and new so there is quite a bit of Berkshire information too.

 Collections that you can search from Heritage search include
- Oxfordshire Museums Store
- Oxfordshire Photographic Archive
- Oxfordshire Poor Law
- Oxfordshire Record Office
- Oxfordshire regiments
- Oxfordshire Studies Business and People indexes

updated 19^th March 2007