On 31 August Cogges Manor Farm Museum closed as a County Council run museum. During the past 30 years over a million visitors have enjoyed Cogges. Francesca Jones, who was the manager/curator at Cogges over the last few years, has helped to maintain the museum through diffcult recent times.
With support from the County Council a new Trust is being established to operate Cogges from 1 April 2010. A ‘Shadow Board’ is working with Council officers to manage that hand-over. Members of the Shadow Board used the opportunity of the August Bank Holiday weekend to meet visitors and to listen to their views. These are some of the comments they heard:
1. Open Café earlier
2. Local schools crying out for vocational days as part of the new 14 -18 diplomas
3. Bring back the horses!
4. Advent activity
5. Straw bale activity centre (i.e. climbing/slides etc) and adventure playground
6. Use the veggies in the garden/ offer gardening/ vegetable/ Victorian kitchen garden courses
7. Host community market/ Farmers Market
8. Make more of the shop
9. Have children’s parties
10. Animals all year round
11. Art gallery/craft centre would be good
12. Themed dinners in the Manor House
The Board’s vision sessions, where we discuss the future direction and services at Cogges, are now set for October and these and all previous ideas will be considered as part of the mix.
Please contact Janine Charles ( future@cogges.co.uk ) for further information
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