Collections Trust: Unlocking the Potential

For more than 30 years, the Collections Trust has been helping cultural organisations unlock the potential in their collections. It is an independent UK-based charity with an international profile.

Collections Trust’s standards, publications, events and services are used by thousands of creative and cultural organisations in almost every country worldwide to:

• • Unlock the full potential contained within their collections
• • Achieve internationally-recognised best practice standards
• • Engage with a wide range of new audiences worldwide
• • Develop new relationships with colleagues both online and face to face
• • Exploit the many opportunities presented by new technologies
• • Reduce costs and manage their collections more efficiently

Its extensive networks, centred on its Collections Link intelligence hub, help professionals connect, collaborate and share knowledge and expertise.

The Strategic Plan 2011-14 marks the coming of age of the Collections Trust as a dynamic force in the new Creative and Cultural landscape. Its knowledge and insight helps Governments and policymakers define future-facing strategies for Culture and the Arts.

The Collections Trust is dedicated to working in partnership with individuals and organisations to realise the full potential of museums, archives, libraries and galleries worldwide.