York Museums Trust

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 buildings2. To promote access to the collections, gardens and buildings appropriate to the 21 st Century3. To create learning opportunities for all and develop innovative programmes springing from the collections, gardens and buildings4. To network and collaborate with partners and contribute to the development of the economic and cultural life of the city and the region5. To raise substantial funds to realise these aims

York Museums Trust is an independent charitable trust established in August 2002 to manage York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum and Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Mary's, all of which were formerly managed by the City of York Council. The Trust cares for the collections and manages the buildings that they occupy, working in partnership with the City of York

Council to improve the museums and gallery for local residents and visitors to the city.