A full day at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Coate near Swindon today. Last year I was kindly asked to join the Trustees of the Museum at a time when it is going through a major transition. I first visited the Museum in 2011 after years of wishing to visit. It is a hidden gem to this genius of a writer. However the Museum was showing its age and being largely run by volunteers it was struggling to keep going as visitor numbers continued to decline. Yet today (although there is a very long way to go) the drive of the Trustees of the new relaunched Museum Trust was so stimulating. Today was a brainstorming day, no set agenda, but aiming to put the benchmark foundations in place for the next step. I loved being with positive people, all with superb ideas to both modernise the Museum whilst also maintaining its core values. A lot of work to do and to be honest others are inputting more than me due to their superb experience and drive, but an early May soft launch will assess if we are going in the right direction. A very positive focused day.
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