About Us
Woodhorn Charitable Trust is an independent charity which manages Woodhorn as a museum and visitor attraction and provides a home for the Northumberland Archives. The Trust also manages the Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office – a branch of the County Archives Service, Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Hexham Old Gaol, Hexham Moothall and Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. The local authority, Northumberland County Council, has a statutory responsibility to provide an Archives Service and under the terms of a Service Level Agreement the Woodhorn Trust is engaged by Northumberland County Council to manage this service and the museums. The Trust is registered as a charity No. 1129712 and a limited company No. 6893854.
The Trustees of Woodhorn are:
- John Browne-Swinburne, Chairman
- Ian Lavery M.P.
- Philip Browell
- Penny Wilkinson
- Rev. Peter Robinson
- Cllr Lesley Rickerby, nominated by Northumberland County Council
- Ian Gordon
- Ralph Charlton
- David Ronn