Shuttle winter 08 proof.pdf - Discovery Point

Corporate Stakeholders SchemeDundee Heritage Trust and its operating company Dundee IndustrialHeritage Limited are both registered charities formed in 1985 topreserve and interpret Dundee’s industrial past.Dundee Heritage Trust has responsibility for the ongoingpreservation and restoration of the internationally important RoyalResearch Ship Discovery and Verdant Works, one of the nation’smost important textile museums. Both sites are registeredmuseums and have won numerous awards.I was honoured to be elected Chair ofthe Friends of Dundee Heritage Trust atour AGM at the end of May. The AGMfalls just a little before the summer breakbut our calendar of events started with anexcellent illustrated talk by Brian Kelly on“The Sky at Night”. Brian worked at bothDundee’s Mills Observatory and the RoyalObservatory, Edinburgh before becomingthe Trust’s Education and OutreachOfficer. His enthusiasm for the subjectand easy, entertaining way of presenting it,made the evening very enjoyable as well aseducational.We have two special projects underwayand have co-opted John Robertson andKay Butlin to the committee to assist uswith them. Our first project is more activerecruitment of new members for the Friendsand especially to encourage individualsto become volunteers at the Museums.The second is to collate and preserve aCorporateTHE SHUTTLEWINTER 08membersAbbotsford Nursing HomeAlexander Oastler LtdBlackaddersBonar Yarns & Fabrics LtdDC Thomson & Co LtdDay International (UK)DP&L Group LtdGraham & SibbaldJ & D WilkieJ Mackenzie Stewart & CoRembrandScott & FyfeThe Lang FoundationThorntons SolicitorsHillcrest HousingIn addition to its conservation and restoration work, the Trust delivers a fully resourcededucation and outreach programme to various social groups and schools. Delivery of thisprogramme is heavily dependent upon support from businesses and the local community.You can help support the Trust’s outreach work by joining its membership scheme or bypledging a donation.For more information contact: Kim Adamsont: 01382 309060 e: kimadamson@dundeeheritage.co.ukFrom the Chairman of DHT Friendsseries of photographs which Friends useda number of years ago to mount a specialtemporary display at Verdant Works. Itwill take some time to bring this togetherbut we are hopeful that we can createanother temporary display. Blackness haschanged greatly from being an industrialarea when Verdant first opened to nowbeing much more of a residential area. Wewish to encourage the local residents tovisit Verdant Works to find out about thehistory of the area and to see the excellentoffering at Verdant.If you have received a copy of The Shuttleand are not a member of the Friendswe would like to invite you to join us insupporting the two excellent museums runby Dundee Heritage Trust and also to enjoya number of social events which run fromSeptember to May. Contact details aregiven on page 2 of The Shuttle.Ian Sword