York Museums Trust

Mission Statement

Our Vision is: for York Museums Trust to play a major part in positioning York as a world class cultural centre.

Our mission is: To cherish and enhance the collections, buildings and gardens entrusted to us, presenting and interpreting them as a stimulus for learning, a provocation to curiosity and a source of inspiration and enjoyment for all.

And our strategic objectives are:
1. To protect and conserve the collections, gardens and buildings
2. To promote access to the collections, gardens and buildings appropriate to the 21 st Century
3. To create learning opportunities for all and develop innovative programmes springing from the collections, gardens and buildings
4. To network and collaborate with partners and contribute to the development of the economic and cultural life of the city and the region
5. To raise substantial funds to realise these aims