The Verwood Museum Trust

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF ARHAEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND KINDRED SCIENCES AND PAINTING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE TOWN OF VERWOOD, THE AREA OF EAST DORSET AND THE COUNTY OF DORSET;TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF ARTEFACTS, VOLUMES AND DOCUMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL OR GENERAL INTEREST, MAPS, PICTURES, RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND SIMILAR ITEMS AND COLLECTIONS GENERALLY WITHIN THE ABOVE MENTIONED RANGE OF SUBJECTS AT THE VERWOOD MUSEUM TRUST PREMISES OR SUCH OTHER BUILDINGS AS MAY HOUSE ALL OR ANY PART OF THE SAID ITEMS OR COLLECTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME ("THE MUSEUM");TO PROVIDE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR FOR INDIVIDUAL MATURE STUDENTS, FACILITIES BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM FOR PROJECT STUDIES;TO RECORD AND PRESERVE ANYTHING WHICH MAY COME WITHIN THE ABOVE OBJECTS AND GENERALLY MAKE PROVISION FOR KNOWLEDGE THEREOF BECOMING AND REMAINING ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC;TO DO SUCH OTHER THINGS AS MAY IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BE CONDUCIVE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM INCLUDING MEMBERSHIP OF ANY BODY OR ASSOCIATION WHICH MIGHT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ASSIST IN THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCH OBJECTS.