I fought to retain my local museum open for the staff,volunteers, community, and children – but my voice was ignoredAusterity has killed my museum. I was a volunteer for two and a half years,but now the doors of the local museum are closed, all the staff made redundant, and the collection rationalised,and the Grade II-listed medieval building that housed it will be attach up for sale. A display case in the central library is the token replacement.
Where is this cultural act of vandalism? Not in the hard-hit north or a cash-strapped central London borough – but leafy Bromley in south-east London.
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Source: theguardian.com