History of the Museums Association

The History of the Museums Association is the history of the UK based Museums Association (MA), which is the oldest museum association in the world.[1] The concept was first proposed by Elijah Howarth of the Weston Park Museum, Sheffield in 1877.

## The Objects

The objects of the MA were stated as follows:[2]: 88

* The object of the Association shall be the promotion of better and more systematic working of Museums throughout the Kingdom. In order to promote a better knowledge of Museums, the Association shall meet in a different town each succeeding year.
* That each Museum contributing not less than one guinea a year be a Member of the Association, and that individuals interested in scientific work be admitted as Associates on payment of 10s. 6d. annually.
* That each Museum be represented by three delegates, each having one vote. Each Associate to have one vote.
* That each Museum belonging to the Association and each Associate receive one copy of the publications of the Association.
* That a General Meeting of the Association be held annually, for the transaction of business, the reading of papers, and the discussion of matters relating to Museums

## Annual Conferences

The Museums Association held annual conferences incorporating the Annual General Meeting, hosted by different museums:

Date  | Host museum  | President  | Notes

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1890[3] | William Brown Library and Museum, Liverpool  | Henry Higgins |
1891[3] | Cambridge University Museum of Zoology  | John Willis Clark  |
1892[3] | Manchester Museum | William Boyd Dawkins  |
1893[3] | British Museum (Natural History), London | William Henry Flower |
1894[3] | Dublin Science and Art Museum  | Valentine Ball  |
1895[3] | Hancock Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne  | Rev. Alfred Merle Norman  |
1896[3] | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow  | James Paton  |
1897[3] | Oxford  | Ray Lankester |
1898[3] | Sheffield  | William Henry Brittain  |
1899[3] | Brighton  | Alfred Hawkes  |
1900[3] | Canterbury  | Henry Woodward  |
1901[3] | Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art  | William Turner  |
1902[3] | Bradford  | William Priestley  |
1903[3] | Aberdeen  | Francis Arthur Bather  |
1904[3] | Norwich  | Sidney Frederic Harmer  |
1905[3] | Worcester  | Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth  |
1906[3] | Bristol  | William Evans Hoyle  |
1907[3] | Albert Institute, Dundee  | John Maclauchlan  |
1908  | Ipswich Museum  | Jonathan Hutchinson  |

## References

1. ↑ Lewis, Geoffrey (1989). For Instruction and Recreation: A Centenary History of the Museums Association. London: Quiller. ISBN 1-870948-37-8.
2. ↑ "Museums Association" (in English). Museums Journal (Museums Association [etc .]) I Volume I. 1902. https://archive.org/stream/museumsjournal00assogoog#page/n3/mode/2up.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Howarth, E. (Elijah); Rowley, F. R.; Butterfield, W. Ruskin; Madeley, Charles (1907). "List of Annual Conferences, with Places of Meeting and Names of Presidents". Museums Journal (London, Museums Association [etc.]) VII (August 1907). https://archive.org/details/museumsjournal01assogoog/page/n67/mode/2up?view=theater.

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