It is terribly sad to learn of Margaret Roper’s passing away. The Holburne owes a tremendous debt to Margaret and the entire Roper family. They supported every initiative the Museum put their way – from sponsoring Xa Sturgis in the Bath Half marathon to buying dinner tickets to transformational gifts to our learning programme and endowment fund. Margaret also gave a great deal of time to the Holburne and was very keen to learn about the Collection, and I know she was particularly delighted with the Holburne’s Silver: Light and Shade exhibition. In fact it was for this exhibition that the family donated a special silver gift – the Duchess of Norfolk’s seventeenth century toilet set – which is now a great asset to our Collection.
Margaret will be very much missed by everyone at the Holburne without whom the Museum would not be what it is today.
Dr Chris Stephens
Director