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Cardiff Museum project nets funding
Devon beach site for
Cardiff's Old Library to be transformed into museum by £440,000 Lottery grant
new surfing museum
Trustees of the proposed By Pete Hayman
Museum of British Surfing have
confirmed that they are in talks Plans to develop a new museum
with the Christie Estate over the at the site of Cardiff's Grade
possibility of developing a II*-listed Old Library, which
permanent home for the explores the history of the
attraction at a North Devon Welsh capital city, have been
beach. A site close to Saunton awarded £440,000 by the
Sands has been earmarked for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
the new museum, which has The grant will go towards the
received approval for two first stage of opening the
development grants totalling Cardiff Story attraction, which
more than £33,000 from the will be based around 8,000 Dan Clayton-Jones (right) at the Old Library with Dr Kathleen
Leader 4 initiative and the North exhibits stored by the National Howe, museum manager, and councillor Nigel Howells
Devon Area of Outstanding Museum Wales since the
Natural Beauty's sustainable closure of the city's last gallery, as well as an interactive success of the temporary
development fund. dedicated museum in 1924. history lab and learning suite exhibitions staged at the Old
Artefacts depicting the city's with classrooms and group Library proved there is a real
'Harry Potter station'
maritime, industrial and social activity spaces in the basement demand for the story of Cardiff
secures HLF funding
history will be put on show at for use by school and commu- and its people to be told."
DA West Highland railway the new museum and will be nity groups. The first phase of work on
station featured in two Harry interpreted through digital Dan Clayton-Jones, chair of the Cardiff Story is expected to
Potter films has been handed stories and interactive exhibits the HLF committee for Wales, cost £2.4m and is scheduled to
£195,000 by the Heritage in order to help bring the story said: "Cardiff is one of the few be completed in November
Lottery Fund towards work to of Cardiff to life. major cities without a dedi- 2010. The Old Library building
improve the site as a visitor HLF funding will go towards cated museum and we wanted itself has already undergone
attraction. Glenfinnan Station part of a new ground floor to help correct that. The restoration work.
Museum will use the investment
to allow visitors to experience
the atmosphere of the station
Work underway on Mary Rose
Dorset castle set
during the late Victorian period,
for major revamp
while also providing information By Pete Hayman
on the history of the West A major scheme to repair and
Highland Line. Many of the Demolition work has started on restore Sandsfoot Castle in
station's artefacts – including the Mary Rose Ship Hall in Weymouth, Dorset, has been
pieces of furniture, trolleys and Portsmouth, Hampshire, which handed a boost after the
original rolling stock – are is making way for the develop- Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
currently in storage due to the ment of a new £35m museum approved a development grant
poor condition of the building. dedicated to the historic warship. towards a survey of the site.
The ship itself at Portsmouth The £23,100 first-round pass
Orange Order to
Historic Dockyard was with- will allow the Friends of
open visitor centres
drawn from public view on 20 The attraction will reopen Rodwell Trail and Weymouth
Two new museums are set to be September to allow work to to the public in 2012 and Portland Borough Council
created – one in Belfast and one start, which will see a boat- (WPBC) to establish how much
in Loughall – under plans shaped museum building built on the same level as the ship's work is needed to stabilise the
unveiled by the Orange Order to over the dry dock containing main deck. castle and make it safe for
examine the history of the the Mary Rose. The Heritage Lottery Fund public access.
organisation in Northern Ireland. A team including architects has contributed a total of £21m A full survey of the castle,
An application has been filed at Wilkinson Eyre has designed towards the scheme, while a including a laser scan of the
the European Funding Programme the new attraction, which will special programme of events building and the cliff face, is set
to help fund the £4m scheme, imitate a section of the Mary and activities will be provided to be completed by May 2010
which will create museums at Rose's missing port side and for the duration of the before being submitted along
Schomberg House in Belfast and will enable visitors to view construction process due for with a conservation and
Sloan's House in Loughall. artefacts from galleries located completion in 2012. management plan.
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