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"Malcolm N....." <malcolm@mgnixon.org.uk> wrote in message
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> I perhaps really should know, but I don't (:-( ;
> are the museums totally run by BW - or is there an involvement with
> the Science Museum - who run other transport museums around the
> country.
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> Maybe the curatorial aspects need better coordination with other
> national museums.
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> Malcolm
> webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

The waterway museums were run by BW but the Waterways Trust took them over
6yrs ago. The Trust (there's a misnomer) was set up and part funded by BW.
They have no Government aid and are separate from any other museum.  Hence
the need to charge entry and to raise funds. There are three museums
Gloucester, Ellesmere Port & Stoke Bruerne and all are in decline with the
knowledgeable personnel having left, as has been reported in the waterways
press
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