"Campaign to save The Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon" Topic

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Mercurius	22 Dec 2013 4:53 a.m. PST
The Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon is under threat of closure. The Museum, which was set up in 1962, is earmarked for closure from the end of 2014. The Friends of the Cromwell Museum are determined to prevent this if at all possible. Check the info on their site … see 'what you can do' … consider signing the petition if you want to help Save the Cromwell Museum site Petition A lot of effort went into establishing the Museum – it would be a pity to see it closed as a result of council budget cuts … Mercurius
Herkybird	22 Dec 2013 6:50 a.m. PST
Done! – Oliver Cromwell was a great cavalry commander, and a man after my own heart in many ways, I feel anything supporting his memory is worth doing.
Timbo W	22 Dec 2013 10:34 a.m. PST
Done – otherwise I shall have no reason whatsoever to visit huntingdon in future ;-)
Big Martin Back	23 Dec 2013 4:33 a.m. PST
Done – have been there ages ago. My late aunt lived in the area.
chrisminiaturefigs	23 Dec 2013 5:35 a.m. PST
Done and signed Mercurius. A museum remembering a person who helped write an important chapter in British history is threatened with closure. Only in this country!!
dusty 562	23 Dec 2013 7:37 a.m. PST
Done worth saving
Fat Wally	23 Dec 2013 9:40 a.m. PST
Done.
martin goddard	23 Dec 2013 11:01 a.m. PST
I would be most grateful if the museum survives! Warts and all. martin
Mercurius	23 Dec 2013 11:15 a.m. PST
Maybe we will have helped … Heritage doesn't always do so well when budget problems are uppermost … but budget problems are hopefully temporary, the past is permanent – it is good that people care about it Merry Christmas one and all (whatever the Lord Protector's views on such merry making might have been ) Mercurius The Pike & Shot Society
lancslad	04 Jan 2014 6:59 a.m. PST
What are the propsed plans for the museum once it has been saved? It might be an idea to think of a sustainable methodlogy for the collection rather than the site itself. I pressume the Friends group has developed a forward plan or simlar? At a yearly adverage of 11,000 visitors (education figures are a disaster – 2009 figs)it might be a more viable idea to centralise all Cambridge collections under one roof. Collections are better cared for and posts are more sustainable?