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21-746: The Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston , Cumbria , northern England. It was established in 1901 by W. G. Collingwood , an artist and antiquarian who had worked as secretary to art critic John Ruskin . The museum is both a memorial to Ruskin and a local museum covering the history and heritage of Coniston Water and the Lake District . The museum is a registered charity in England & Wales, constituted as The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum . Its collections include material on

42-537: A kiosk adjacent to the museum, with surface copper tiles decorated by local people. The kiosk provides information on the area's copper mining history. The museum grounds also include a community bread oven by Hayatsu and students, a project that was shortlisted for the Architects' Journal Small Projects Awards 2018. 54°22′13″N 3°04′34″W  /  54.3702°N 3.0761°W  / 54.3702; -3.0761 Local museum These museums can cover

63-568: A governmental defined unit such as a town , city , county , or parish or they can cover an area defined within the museum's mission. In the United States while some museums may be part of the local government or receive funding from them in some way. However, most local history museums are usually self-funded. These museums can also run as independent organizations or they can managed by an accompanying local historical society which also will maintain an archive of local records in addition to

84-651: Is a Heimatmuseum , a museum dedicated to the unique German concept of heimat , a form of local cultural identity. Heritage Lottery Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund , formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund ( HLF ), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom. The fund's predecessor bodies were the National Land Fund , established in 1946, and

105-402: Is the property of the museum while Bluebird Project Ltd falsely claimed it owned the newly fabricated parts of the boat, a matter that was eventually settled via a court order after The Ruskin Museum served legal papers on Bill Smith and The Bluebird Project Ltd on 24 February 2023. The museum strongly disputed The Bluebird Project Ltd's ownership claims, as they agreed to restore K7 "at no cost to

126-712: The Museum, on behalf of the Campbell Family Heritage Trust. In agreement with the Trust and the museum, Bill Smith offered to organise the restoration of the boat free of charge. Gina Campbell commented: "I've decided to secure the future of Bluebird for the people of Coniston, the Ruskin Museum and the people of the world". Museum Director Vicky Slowe said: "Bill Smith has assured us he can get Bluebird fully conserved and reconfigured at no cost to

147-867: The National Heritage Memorial Fund , established in 1980. The current body was established as the "Heritage Lottery Fund" in 1994. It was re-branded as the National Lottery Heritage Fund in January 2019. The fund's income comes from the National Lottery , which was managed until 2024 by Camelot Group . Its objectives are "to conserve the UK's diverse heritage, to encourage people to be involved in heritage and to widen access and learning". As of 2019, it had awarded £7.9 billion to 43,000 projects. In 2006,

168-819: The Rural Development Commission and others) was started. The interpretive design for the Ruskin Museum received an Association for Heritage Interpretation Interpret Britain Award in 1999. The restored museum with its new extension re-opened to the public in May 1999 and was officially opened by the then Culture Secretary, the Rt. Honourable Chris Smith on 23 May 2000. In 2017/18, architect Takeshi Hayatsu worked with tutors and students from Central Saint Martins in London and Grizedale Arts to design and install

189-455: The Bluebird project team commencing disassembly. On 24 February 2023, The Ruskin Museum served legal papers on Bill Smith and Bluebird Project Ltd to ensure that the rebuilt Bluebird was handed to its owners. There was, in 2023, uncertainty about the future of the boat due to competing claims of ownership between the Ruskin Museum and Bluebird Project Ltd. The original recovered material

210-591: The Digital Skills for Heritage Fund, a £3.5m fund for grants to support digital volunteering in the heritage sector, launched in November 2021. The chair of the trustees is appointed by the Prime Minister ; René Olivieri served as interim chair from January 2020 following Sir Peter Luff 's retirement at the end of 2019. Dr Simon Thurley CBE , former Chief Executive of English Heritage , became

231-634: The National Lottery Heritage Fund launched the Parks for People program with the aim to revitalize historic parks and cemeteries. From 2006 to 2021, the Fund had granted £254 million to 135 projects. In January 2019 it simplified its funding schemes under one banner – National Lottery Grants for Heritage – with awards from £3,000 to £5 million. Funding requests for projects over £5 million will be considered as part of two time-limited national competitions to be held in 2020–21 and 2022–23. Its funding routes include

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252-518: The Ruskin Museum, and that to date, is more public views than at any time since the 1960’s. In the 1980s, the museum was identified as one of the collections in the North West of England most at risk and a project was launched to secure its long-term future. An £850,000 development scheme (funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund , European Regional Development Fund , Foundation for Sport and the Arts ,

273-401: The area such as a bank or a railroad depot. Many local museums are also open-air museums in which several historical buildings from the area have been collected in some museum villages and rebuilt in a new location. In some cases the character of the local history museum is superimposed with the representation of a famous or well-known person from the area, or focuses on a single branch of

294-428: The copper and slate mines of the region, geology, lace making, farming, and writer Arthur Ransome . A larger collection is devoted to the life and work of John Ruskin. In the grounds of the museum stands "Riverdale", an extensive collection of over sixty miniature structures including houses, bridges and farm buildings which were hand-made by local builder John Usher (1940-1993). Based on local vernacular architecture,

315-691: The craft's restoration since 8 March 2001 - a period of 23 years plus a day. A court order , which settled matters of ownership of K7, ownership of associated parts & equipment, and an agreed proportion of the costs (£25,000) to be paid to the museum, ensured that K7 would, from the date of the order on, be housed in the purpose-built Bluebird wing of the Ruskin museum. Bill Smith and The Bluebird Project agreed to cover their own legal costs in full. The museum announced plans to run K7 on Coniston Water in 2026. As of April 2024, just one month since her return to Coniston, there have been over 6,000 visits to see K7 at

336-400: The economy that was or is particularly formative for the region. Local history museums offer the interpretation of the everyday lives of ordinary people and the unique histories that locale may offer. These museums also offer a more in-depth look into the details of how national and international events affected the locale represented by the museum. In Germany, a specific type of local museum

357-531: The museum", funded by "public donations and raising money through sales of merchandise." K7 was to be put on permanent display for public and educational benefit as per the Deed of Gift agreed in 2006. On 9 March 2024, Bluebird arrived back in Coniston after collection by the Ruskin museum from Bill Smiths' North Shields industrial unit/ workshop, where, excluding its visit to Bute in 2018, it had been held during

378-483: The museum's three-dimensional object collection. Local history museums are frequently housed in a historically significant or thematically typical building; it is often a former public building such as a school building, a former courthouse, or city/town hall since the structure, which was already owned by the municipality and can continue its use as a in the public realm as a museum. Other times museums are located in repurposed commercial buildings that had significance for

399-461: The museum." On 3 September 2021, it was announced that relations between the Ruskin Museum and Bill Smith had broken down to the point where the remaining option was for the restored boat to be broken down, with new components removed from original, restored material, in order to resolve the parties' dispute. However, as of February 2023 this had not been carried out, even though the BBC had earlier filmed

420-408: The slate and stone structures were removed from Usher's former home Brow Head after his death, with the largest collection being re-homed at the museum in 1999. A specialist collection covers the achievements of Donald Campbell , who died while attempting a new water speed record on Coniston Water in his hydroplane , Bluebird K7 . The restored Bluebird is now part of the collection. A new wing

441-414: Was built to house Bluebird and an associated exhibition, which was completed in 2010. On 7 December 2006, Gina Campbell, Donald's daughter, formally donated Bluebird as recovered from Coniston Water in or around 2001, the associated parts of the vessel both recovered and unrecovered, and all other associated items and objects, recovered and unrecovered, including clothing and overalls of Donald Campbell to

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