Theatre Museum may relocate to Blackpool
The threatened Theatre Museum is having discussions with Blackpool about moving the collection after it closes in Covent Garden.
This seems a disaster to me as much of the Collection is London based and a West End location seems the most appropriate.
I am surprised that there has not been a storm of protest about the Theatre Museum - I think this is because the HLF refused two grant applications on account, it is said, of the difficult site the Theatre Museum occupies - being essential subterranean. And so we acquiesce. However, the site is difficult not impossible and it is in the right place - just over the road from the West End's first theatre, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, close by the Royal Opera House and near most of the great London Theatres.
This suggests to me that the HLF has too much power - they reject a grant, the Museum closes, and we all accept it!
To help protect the Theatre Museum Guardians of the Theatre Museum
This seems a disaster to me as much of the Collection is London based and a West End location seems the most appropriate.
I am surprised that there has not been a storm of protest about the Theatre Museum - I think this is because the HLF refused two grant applications on account, it is said, of the difficult site the Theatre Museum occupies - being essential subterranean. And so we acquiesce. However, the site is difficult not impossible and it is in the right place - just over the road from the West End's first theatre, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, close by the Royal Opera House and near most of the great London Theatres.
This suggests to me that the HLF has too much power - they reject a grant, the Museum closes, and we all accept it!
To help protect the Theatre Museum Guardians of the Theatre Museum
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