Quaker Tapestry recognised by Arts Council England
Quaker Tapestry recognised for outstanding work
The Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal has been recognised for its outstanding work by Arts Council England. In the recent round of accreditation by the Arts Council the team at the Quaker Tapestry again achieved the standard of ‘Full Accreditation’.
The Accreditation Scheme sets nationally agreed standards for museums in the United Kingdom in collection care, public services and museum management.
Manager Bridget Guest said: ‘This award puts us in a similar league as the much bigger museums run by expert teams of staff. It gives us access to funding. We can borrow displays and loan out our collections to other museums. It’s a form of “museum speak” which assures others that we do things extremely well here!’
Some 1,800 museums are part of the accreditation scheme, which is managed by Arts Council England. Bridget Guest described the announcement as fantastic news and said that it reflected how committed the twelve paid staff, and forty volunteers, were to the museum.
The Quaker Tapestry was first awarded museum status in 2000 and maintained its accreditation in 2009.
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