# THE SIR MAX AITKEN MUSEUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 278455
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 5, 1979
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=278455


## Contact

- **Address:** 83 HIGH STREET, COWES
- **Postcode:** PO31 7AJ
- **Phone:** 01983 293800
- **Email:** sirmaxaitkenmuseum@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.sirmaxaitkenmuseum.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS &quot;THE PROSPECT&quot; 83 HIGH STREET, COWES, AND TO MAKE KNOWN THROUGH PUBLICATIONS EXHIBITIONS LECTURES AND OTHER MEANS ITS HISTORICAL AND NAUTICAL INTEREST AND ASSOCIATIONS.(B) TO ESTABLISH A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ITEMS OF NAUTICAL AND LOCAL HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME COLLECTIONS.

**Activities:** The charity maintains and manages its funds in order to to ensure that the collection in the Museum is maintained  in immaculate condition and is accessible to all.  The charity seeks to maintain the properties in their ownership in the best possible order.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** COWES
- Isle Of Wight





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **CHRISTOPHER GUTHRIE LITTLE** | Chair | June 5, 2013 |
| Graham James Bailey |  | April 11, 2025 |
| ROBERT MORRIS BICKET |  | May 16, 2011 |
| Richard Ian Powell |  | April 12, 2019 |
| Richard Oliver Danvers Power |  | Nov. 14, 2012 |




