Culture secretary says contested decision to relocate valuable exhibits to London is up to National Media Museums ownerThe culture secretary,John Whittingdale, has refused to micromanage” the trustees of Bradford’s National Media Museum to block the transfer of a part of its valuable photography collection to London.
Speaking on the subject for the first time since plans were announced to relocate more than 400000 objects from the Bradford museum to a unusual “international photography resource centre” at the Victoria and Albert museum in Kensington, and Whittingdale said the decision was up to the museums involved.
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Source: theguardian.com