Governing document OATES MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AND THE GILBERT WHITE MUSEUM
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Governing document
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SCHEME DATED 07/02/1994 AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 11/08/2006 AS AMENDED ON 01/02/2007 AS AMENDED ON 30/03/2009 AS AMENDED ON 08/03/2016 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 21/03/2016
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, (A) BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY; AND (B) BY THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF: (I) THE HOUSE KNOWN AS “THE WAKES” IN SELBORNE, HAMPSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, GARDENS AND PARK OR SUCH PARTS THEREOF AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE HELD BY THE CHARITY; AND (II) THE GILBERT WHITE AND CAPTAIN LAWRENCE AND FRANK OATES’ COLLECTIONS OF NATURAL HISTORY AND OTHER EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS; (2) THE SAID LAND AND BUILDINGS AND THE COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS, BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS REFERRED TO IN THE SAID SCHEDULE SHALL BE APPROPRIATED AND USED FOR THE SAID OBJECT.
Area of benefit
SELBORNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
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