Our outing this autumn is to the Museum Resource Centre at Standlake near Whitney.

This is a large and fascinating repository of the heritage of Oxfordshire, covering its history, archaeology, agriculture, crafts and arts, and maintained as storage for its museums.  Many of the objects on display in the county’s museums actually belong to the County Museums Service, and come from Standlake.  The Centre also provides advice and collections management services to a number of museums in the county.

The collection of over 110,000 objects can be visited only by appointment for research, study and tours.  Our visit will last up to 1 hour 45 minutes and includes a guided tour of the collection and a talk on the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which is administered for the county from Standlake, and will include finds from Henley.

If members have a request or would like to make a suggestion, please contact any member of the committee.