Annual Conference of the Museums Association

Abstract

THE fortieth annual conference of the Museums Association, held at Worthing on July 1–5, was in many respects the most successful in the history of that body. The success was due to many favouring circumstances. The Royal Commission on National Museums and the Miers Report on Provincial Museums had awakened the interest of a wider public; hints from the Commission that the national establishments might be helped to give more practical shape to their acknowledged sympathy with the local museums, as well as the bodily presence of two Carnegie Trustees with their secretary, roused the hopes of curators; the nearness to London enabled many busy people to attend and contribute papers; and, above all, the choice of Sir Henry Miers for president promised a practical address and a fruitful discussion.