23rd September 2012, 04:16 PM
Tyne and Wear Museums' field unit seems to be pretty 'in-house' for instance? Don't know any details of their financial set-up but they certainly ain't arms-length from the rest of the museum service which is directly funded by the local councils. And the annual magazine put out by W. Yorsks, Arch Advsory Service and Archives seems, when you check the authorship, to be largely produced by ASWYAS staff which immediately casts doubts on the 'separateness' of that operation....