# MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHERS GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1023150
- **Other names:** M E G
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 25, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1023150


## Contact

- **Address:** UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, PITT RIVERS MUSEUM, SOUTH PARKS ROAD, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 3PP
- **Phone:** 07970185058
- **Email:** secretary@museumethnographersgroup.org.uk
- **Website:** www.museumethnographersgroup.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE BY SUPPORTING THE PRACTICE OF MUSEUM ETHNOGRAPHY. IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, BY THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES BETWEEN MUSEUM STAFF, ACADEMIES AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS, BY DEVISING GUIDELINES FOR GOOD PRACTICE, AND BY FURTHERING CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING.

**Activities:** The Museum Ethnographers Group (MEG) is a subject specialist network (SSN) providing professional support and advice for people working with or studying world cultures collections in museums. Our main activities are the annual conference and journal, quarterly newsletter, website and enquiries services. We also hold regular study visits and training days for members.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £13488 | £16513 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £4919 | £18844 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £12229 | £6485 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £12470 | £5616 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £12034 | £9893 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Meghan O'Brien Backhouse** (Chair) — appointed April 26, 2023
- Aayushi Gupta — appointed April 26, 2023
- Adam David Jaffer — appointed April 26, 2019
- Amy Louise Shakespeare — appointed April 26, 2020
- Erin Messenger — appointed April 26, 2020
- Faye Belsey — appointed April 26, 2020
- Gayathri Anand — appointed April 26, 2024
- Joel Stephen Fagan — appointed April 26, 2024
- Polly Alice Bence — appointed April 26, 2019
- Renee keeffe — appointed April 26, 2025
- Tamara Price — appointed Sept. 1, 2023