Bishop’s Castle Heritage Resource Centre provides the community with secure museum standard storage.
Shelf space within this large heritage repository is available for rent, providing depositors with a safe,
controlled environment in which to store artefacts and documents. Depositors will be securing their
heritage collections for the future and will also be making a significant contribution towards this
unique community based charity.
Who can use the store?
Private individuals, local community groups and government or commercial organisations can all store items at Bishop’s Castle Heritage Resource Centre. We are a voluntary body, so are not tied to local government boundaries and have no fixed geographical or historical limits. If your items have a local heritage connection we will consider them.
What will it cost?
Storage charges are calculated on a standard shelf (0.25 cubic metre volume), currently £20 per annum.
Depositors taking up to half this space will incur the minimum charge - currently £10 per annum.
What is included?
You must provide an inventory of items with your deposit. We will assist you in preparing your items for
store: documenting them; stabilising their condition; wrapping them for freezing (a pest control measure)
then packing in acid free boxes for storage in the secure museum standard store,
or if you prefer we will do this for you.
In return….
You retain full ownership of your items, but we ask you to agree to making them available for public
access, at the very least to individual researchers, (you can download a sample agreement form here, terms and conditions here and a sample Object entry form here). With your agreement,
we would like to use them (or reproductions) in public displays and educational materials we produce for
use at BCHRC and other local venues.
The next step
To receive a Depositor’s Pack or register your interest, please complete our on-line enquiry form here
Bishop’s Castle Heritage Resource Centre (BCHRC)
Chapel Yard
Bishop’s Castle
Shropshire
SY9 5DE
Tel:01588 630556
Email: mail@bchrc.co.uk
