Appendix A: Enquiry service charges in other museum services.

The following information is valid as of 25/9/17. Not all of the museums here are Local Authority funded but were used as exemplars previously when setting fee levels:

1.       STEAM (Museum of the Great Western Railway), http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/steam/steam2007-archive-charges-2.htm, Enquiries that take longer than 30 minutes to research will incur a fee. Charges apply even if no information is subsequently found. 30 minutes to one hour - £15.00, Thereafter £17.50 per hour (or part thereof).

2.       Moray Council (Museum)

www.moray.gov.uk/downloads/file84792.pdf

£25 per hour (pro rata). The first twenty minutes will be included in this charge.

3.       National Museum of the Royal Navy

www.nmrn.org.uk/research/make-enquiry

Complex, in depth enquiries or those requesting large amounts of information will incur a charge of £20 for up to 1 hour + VAT

4.       Salisbury Museum, http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk/museum-enquiry-service,

£20 plus VAT per hour in half hourly blocks

5.       Glasgow Museums

Free for 1st half hour of staff time and £30 per hour thereafter

6.       Whitby Historical Society

£10 for first hour then £5 per half hour

7.       Tiverton Museum

£8 per hour

8.       Alderney Museum

£20 per hour