The City of Leicester Museums’ Trust was set up in 1930 to
purchase a wide range of objects for Leicester Museums & Galleries and it
continues to carry out this important role today.
It relies mainly on the proceeds from public
donation boxes at all museum and gallery sites to fund its work, together with
private donations and bequests. The
Trust’s funds are often increased in value through successful grant applications
to a range of other funding bodies. The
Trust is a registered Charity and regulated by the Charity Commission.
There are a maximum of six Trustees and each Trustee serves
a 5 year term of office. Trustees are
individuals who through residence, occupation, employment or otherwise are able
to make a contribution to the purpose or management of the Trust. The role of a Trustee is a completely
voluntary one. Trustees receive no
remuneration or expenses.
The Trust supports the purchase of a wide range of objects,
recent additions have included:
- African
textiles
- A
devotional sculpture of the Goddess Durga
-
Muktaben
Bhogaita and Daughter Alka – a painting by Alan Parker
- Lister
two foot gauge railway locomotive
-
Portrait
of Paul Oxford – a painting by Frank Johnson
-
Messias
– a painting by Ernst Neuschul
-
Freedom
No.1 – a painting by Satta Hashem
- Pair
of Brass Candle Sconces designed by Ernest Gimson
