YLM Database – Summaries
Macclesfield Museums Trust
Silk Industry Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
SK11 6TJ
Funded by:
Number of ancestors in collection:
Total:
Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery
St Faiths Street
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1LH
http://www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk/
Funded by:
Local Authority
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum holds a small number of remains from the excavation at Chestnuts, Addington.
Total: 5
Maldon Museum in the Park
47 Mill Road
Maldon
Essex
CM9 5HX
Funded by:
We are a registered charity Reg. 1185595 and so qualify for several types of grants. We also raise funds through paid admissions, shop sales and public donations. Maldon Museum in the Park is also in the process to become reaccredited which will further improve opportunities for funding and conservation etc.
Number of ancestors in collection:
We have three examples of human remains within the Museum, two skulls and one hand.
Total: 3
Manchester Museum
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
Funded by:
University museum (University of Manchester)
Number of ancestors in collection:
The exact number is as yet uncertain – a few hundred (currently being assessed)
Total: 1700
Manor House Museum, Kettering
c/o The Coach House
Sheep Street
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN16 0AN
http://www.kettering.gov.uk/site/scripts/home_info.php?homepageID=167
Funded by:
Local Authority
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum holds parts of 4 individuals.
Total: 4
Manx Museum
Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3LY
https://manxnationalheritage.im/our-sites/manx-museum/
Funded by:
Charitable trust
Number of ancestors in collection:
Over 450, around one third pre-Christian
Total: 450
Mere Museum
Public Library
Barton Street
Mere
Wiltshire
BA12 6JA
Funded by:
The museum is self funded, as a volunteer led and run museum.
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum holds one multi-part set of bones : part of a lower jawbone with teeth (some separate) and a fragment of skull.
Total: 1
Milton Keynes Museum
McConnell Drive
Wolverton
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK12 5EL
http://www.miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk
Funded by:
The museum is mainly funded by admissions.
Number of ancestors in collection:
Milton Keynes Museum holds 604 individual finds of pre-Christian human remains.
Total: 604
Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum
34 St Helens Road
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 2QX
Funded by:
Number of ancestors in collection:
The museum holds 12 individual bones, but these are not dated.
Total: 12
Museum in the Park
Stratford Park
Stratford Road
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL5 4AF
http://www.museuminthepark.org.uk/
Funded by:
The Local Authority fund the Museum, though the collections are owned by a Charitable Trust. Whilst there is no ownership in Human Remains, the remains in our hands are considered part of the collections of the Cowle Trust.
Number of ancestors in collection:
There are 69 records relating to Human Remains in the collections – these range from whole skeletons to individual vertebra. Of the 69, 15 are of Ancient British Provenance.
Total: 69
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