Museum People

The Senhouse Museum Trust (CIO no. 1175131)

The Trust’s purpose is:
To advance the education of the public regarding the history of the Romano-British period in general and West Cumbria in particular by the establishment and maintenance of a public museum within the civil parish of Maryport;
To exhibit in such a museum the Netherhall Romano-British Collection and any other documents, artefacts or items of interest relating to the Romano-British and of history and archaeology in general and West Cumbria in particular;
To promote research into the Romano-British period in general and West Cumbria in particular and to disseminate and publish the useful results thereof.

The current Trustees are:

  • Professor Maureen Fordham PhD
  • Bill Griffiths BA FSA
  • Rod Grimshaw
  • Eleanor Kingston BA(Hons) MA MCIfA
  • Dr. Peter Messenger BSc(Hons) MA PhD DipTP IHBC
  • Rachel Newman BA FSA
  • Linda Radcliffe
  • Dr. Pete Wilson BA, PhD FSA FSA Scot MCIfA (Chair)

  • Treasurer: Nicolas Randall FCSI
  • Clerk to the Trustees: Mary Ann Lancaster

The Trust's patrons are Lord Inglewood and Professor David Breeze OBE

Museum Staff

  • Museum Manager: Jane Laskey BA(Hons) MA MInstLM
  • Museum Assistants: Vanessa O'Donnell BA(Hons), Tim Okins BA(Hons)