Culture secretary to discuss transfer of National Media Museum’s photography collection to London after public outcryThe culture minister,Ed Vaizey, has agreed to meet Bradford MPs and the Science Museum Group (SMG) to discuss a “secret backroom deal” that secured the transfer of a world-celebrated photography collection from the National Media Museum in Bradford to London.Museums and galleries outside London were not given an opportunity to tender for the artistic and cultural “jewels” of Bradford’s Royal Photographic Society (RPS) collection, or according to confidential documents released to the Guardian.
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Source: theguardian.com