Welcome to Museocycle – our museum-focused recycling scheme encouraging North West museums to give away unwanted display, storage and other equipment to other museums, to avoid material going to landfill.
We are not accepting applications right now, but we will be back soon on MD North! Be sure to subscribe to the newsletter and check out our new website for updates.
Items on offer
Bookcase/shelving unit
Description: Bookcase/shelving unit used for general storage in museum store, shelves are adjustable.
213cm high x 84cm wide and 38.5cm deep
Available now. Will need to be collected from Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, BB12 8UA. Access only by prior arrangement.
Date Added: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
Contact: Rachel Terry – r.terry@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
Wall case with glazed fronts
Description: 4 x Narrow wooden wall display cabinets with glazed front panels and padded covered interior backboards suitable for mounting textiles on.
External measurements: 106 cm high x 91 cm wide x 8 cm deep.
Available now. Will need to be collected from Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, BB12 8UA. Access by prior appointment.
Date Added: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
Contact: Rachel Terry – r.terry@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
Flat pack type wooden shelving units
Description: Wooden shelving units, various sizes, which can be built in different configurations. Can be taken as one lot or split up as required.
16 uprights 208cm x 60cm
5 uprights 208cm x 70cm
28 shelves 60cm x 110cm
17 shelves 58cm x 90cm
6 shelves 74cm x 100cm
13 cross braces
7 hanging rails of various lengths (can be detached)
Available now. Will need to be dismantled and collected from Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, BB12 8UA. Access only by prior arrangement.
Date Added: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
Contact: Rachel Terry – r.terry@gawthorpetextiles.org.uk
Two hexagonal display units
Description: Two hexagonal display units with glass top and swivel drawers. Both are made of plastic, one is the original grey and the other has been painted to look like wooden shelves with images of bones and artefacts. From Museum of North Craven Life, Settle.
Height – 84cm
Maximum width of hexagon (between corners) – 83.5cm
Minimum width of hexagon (between sides) – 75cm
Collection only.
Date Added: Wednesday, 21st February 2024
Storage Boxes
Description:
Open grey plastic storage boxes.
Approx dimensions: external – 77.5cm x 45cm; internal – 76cm x 44.5cm.
55 boxes in total, but can go in smaller lots as required.
Available to collect from the museum by prior arrangement.
Date added: Tuesday, October 10th 2023
Contact: Jane ApThomas jane.apthomas@wrexham.gov.uk
Large Plinth & Hood 1
Description:
Large Plinth and Hood with angled display shelf (used to display fabric and paper works )
Plinth dimensions: 956mm (d) x 3059mm (w ) x 1150mm (h) (Note: height is roughly measured to height of internal display feature)
Acrylic Hood dimensions: 927mm (d) x 3028mm (w ) x 608mm (h)
Overall height: 1347mm
Available Now // Collection Only – please note this item is large and heavy and will require a Luton Van with tail lift to collect.
Date Added: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Contact: Isabel Thomas –isabel.thomas@tate.org.uk
Large Plinth & Hood 2
Description:
Large Plinth and Hood with angled display shelf (used to display fabric and paper works)
Plinth dimensions: 956mm (d) x 3048mm (w ) x 1150mm (h) (Note: height is roughly measured to height of internal display feature)
Acrylic Hood dimensions: 924mm (d) x 3024mm (w ) x 608mm (h)
Overall height: 1347mm
Available Now // Collection Only – please note this item is large and heavy and will require a Luton Van with tail lift to collect
Date Added: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Contact: Isabel Thomas –isabel.thomas@tate.org.uk
Large Plinth & Hood 3
Description:
Large plinth with acrylic hood
Plinth dimensions: 1085mm (d) x 2145mm (w ) x 950mm (h)
Hood dimensions: 1054mm (d) x 2114mm (w ) x 820mm (h)
Available Now // Collection Only – please note this item is large and heavy and will require a Luton Van with tail lift to collect
Date Added: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Contact: Isabel Thomas –isabel.thomas@tate.org.uk
If you cannot find a taker for items or what you want here, you may want to look at Museum Freecycle (https://www.freecycle.org/town/MuseumUK) which also has listings although they are predominantly London-based. Museocycle is to experiment with a purely local offer to make the logistics (and costs) of giving away, and finding, material more realistic.
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