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CANADIAN QUEENS RANGERS MEET OUR QUEENS RANGERS
CANADIAN QUEEN'S RANGERS MEET OUR QUEEN'S RANGERSqueens_rangers_27_octAllhallows Museum, Honiton arranged a surprise welcome party for a group  of Canadian dignatories  on Friday. Museum administrator, Margaret Lewis met the group at  the 200th Anniversary service at Wolford Chapel  which commemorated  the death  of John Graves Simcoe. She  invited the group  to visit the museum to see this year's  special display on Simcoe.  Members of the Honiton based Society of the King George the Third  Queen's Rangers  and Mr Dennis Cooper, Chairman of Honiton History Society were at the museum to greet  HL Colonel Neville Poy and Major Diane Kruger representing  the Queens Rangers, Ist American Regiment and   Senator The Honourable Vivienne Poy when they arrived.   Major Kruger, Chairman of the Canadian Rangers Regimental Museum she said  it was a wonderful surprise and that they were  all really impressed with  the museum displays, the accuracy  of the Queen's  Rangers uniforms and everyone's  knowledge of Canadian and British military history.  Senator Vivienne Poy said it was an added bonus to be able to see the wonderful collection of Honiton lace and congratulated Allhallows Museum volunteers on achieving their MLA accreditation status and reaching the Museum's 60th anniversary.Allhallows Museum is holding a Simcoe Day (supported by Dorset Museums and the Heritage Lottery Fund) to celebrate the life and times of John Graves Simcoe on  November 4th  from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Admission is free for everyone.  
Allhallows Museum, Honiton gains Accreditation status
Allhallows Museum Honiton gains national quality standard. 

Allhallows Museum in Honiton has just been officially ‘Accredited’ by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Allhallows Museum, famous throughout the world for its outstanding Honiton lace collection also has displays featuring the history of the town from pre history to the present day.   The Museum Accreditation Scheme sets nationally agreed standard for all museums in the UK. Allhallows Museum’s award proves that it measures up, meeting the guideline on how it is run, how it looks after its collections and the service it provides to its visitors.

Secretary, Margaret Lewis on behalf of the Museum Trustees commented  “ This really is an excellent achievement and something to celebrate especially as this year is also the museum’s sixtieth anniversary. Many people do not realise that Allhallows Museum is run entirely by volunteers and this award endorses all of the hard work that they do.  The MLA’s Accreditation scheme sets a hallmark of quality for visitors and users of museum services in areas of care and documentation of collections, how they are governed and managed and on the information and services we offer to users. We hope that this recognition will generate opportunities that will allow us to continue to develop the services we provide“.
 
Mark Wood (Chair of MLA) said: “Being awarded Full Accreditation is an impressive achievement. It recognises the high standard and service that the Allhallows Museum provides and acknowledges the hard work of the staff. Many congratulations!”

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