The William Morris Gallery – The Future?

The William Morris Independent Trust Group

You are invited to a Public meeting on Thursday 28th May, at St Mary’s Welcome Centre,Walthamstow Village at 7.30 p.m.to discuss the future of the William Morris Gallery.

Over the last 2 years there has been much discussion and debate, sometimes acrimonious, about the future of the William Morris Gallery, which is owned and managed by the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The world’s premier William Morris museum/gallery is solely financed by an impoverished London council, which is unfair and has, inevitably, led to falling standards.

A group of local residents formed the William Morris Independent Trust Group and, with the help of professional advice and research, have drafted a plan to have the Gallery run by an Independent Trust. The Gallery and the collection would still be owned by the Council, and admission would be free as always, but the management would be by the Trust. The use of this organisational structure for the Gallery would allow outside financial investment in the Gallery and the William Morris Gallery could again, become a world-class institution.

The meeting will see the same presentation of the plan that was given to the London Borough of Waltham Forest Cabinet member for Arts, Leisure and Culture, and everyone is welcome to comment, put forward other ideas and discuss how to restore the Gallery to its previous pre-eminence.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting,

Martin Duncan Jones, Michael Gold, Ros Kane, Anita Morse
The William Morris Independent Trust Group
wmorristrust@yahoo.com