Network

MONEY & MEDALS

Hall Place

Bourne Road

Bexley

Kent

DA5 1PQ

tel: +44 (0)151 478 4393

website: www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk/hallplace/

email: kirsty.macklen@bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk

Contact details: Kirsty Macklen

Date of visit: 2012

Nature and extent of collection

All numbers below are estimated

Roman coins: Yes

British coins: Yes

British tokens: Yes

European coins: Yes

American coins: Yes

Modern and Paper Money: Yes

Medals: Yes

Specific strengths: Roman, pre decimalised coinage.

Library: N/A

Databases

Database used: Modes

Proportion of collection on database: 70-80%

How much detail in database entries? Most have descriptions of obverse and reverse, diameters, dates and where came from.

Are images incorporated? Very few records include images.

Is the database accessible to the public? No.

Is the database publicly accessible online? No.

Display

Are there permanent numismatic displays? Yes as part of medieval case displays.

Is numismatic material incorporated into more general displays? Yes this is the only way we display numismatics.

Is there a facility for temporary exhibitions? Yes we hold two temporary exhibitions a year.

Have there been numismatic exhibitions in the past? If so, what? No.

Access to the collection

Is there a study facility? No.

Is equipment (balances, magnifying glasses, etc.) provided? N/A

Public engagement with numismatic collection

Is there a handling collection? No, but we do have some replica coins for use by schools.

Are numismatic collections used in Education sessions? Yes our education team have bought replica sets of Anglo Saxon, Greek, Viking, Roman and Elizabethan coin sets for their loans boxes that go out to schools.

Do numismatic collections feature in gallery talks, lectures? Not really. They are mentioned if a volunteer talks generally to visitors about our permanent display cases of which they feature some Elizabethan and Norman coins.

Are there other engagement activities based around numismatic collections? No.

ID and public enquiries

Does the museum offer a service for identifying objects and other public enquiries? Yes we do. The Collections manager carries out this duty.

Curatorial knowledge

Is there any numismatic expertise in-house? If so, who, and in what areas? No.

Is there access to external expertise? If so, who and in what areas? The Portable Antiquities Scheme; the British Museum.

If there is expertise in-house, is there a willingness/capacity to share that with other museums? N/A