Reading Foundation for Art

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Reading Foundation for Art
Housed at Reading Museum
CuratorsElaine Blake
Funded byDonation
Website rffa.org.uk

Reading Foundation for Art is an English charity registered in 1974. Its main purpose is to build an art collection for the people of Reading, Berkshire. [1] [2]

The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities.

Reading, Berkshire Place in England

Reading is a large, historic university and minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is now the county town. It is in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway. Reading is 70 miles (110 km) east of Bristol, 24 miles (39 km) south of Oxford, 40 miles (64 km) west of London, 14 miles (23 km) north of Basingstoke, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Maidenhead and 15 miles (24 km) east of Newbury as the crow flies.

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History

The foundation was formed in 1974 following a donation by an anonymous benefactor. The first trustees registered it as a charity with the stated aim of purchasing works of art or other objects of archaeological, historical or scientific interest for the benefit of the public. These works are held in the permanent collection of Reading Borough Council in Reading Museum. The foundation also acquires works by donation and provides part funding for purchases made directly by the museum. [2]

Trustee person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another

Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to transfer the title of ownership to the person named as the new owner, in a trust instrument, called a beneficiary. A trustee can also refer to a person who is allowed to do certain tasks but not able to gain income, although that is untrue. Although in the strictest sense of the term a trustee is the holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary, the more expansive sense encompasses persons who serve, for example, on the board of trustees of an institution that operates for a charity, for the benefit of the general public, or a person in the local government.

Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. Berkshire is purely a ceremonial county, with no administrative responsibilities.

Reading Museum Local museum in Berkshire, UK

Reading Museum is a museum of the history of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and the surrounding area. It is accommodated within Reading Town Hall, and contains galleries describing the history of Reading and its related industries, a gallery of artefacts discovered during the excavations of Calleva Atrebatum, a copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, finds relating to Reading Abbey and an art collection.

Contents of the collection

The Foundation now owns over one hundred and twenty works of art including [2]

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References

  1. "Charity Commission of England and Wales" . Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Reading Foundation for Art" . Retrieved 2019-04-02.