MUSEUM updates
Director’s Message When I wrote my piece for the Bulletin two months ago, I never
imagined how much the world would have changed, nor that the Museum would face two tough challenges in such a short period of time.
The fl ood in February half-term left the Museum car park completely submerged and water came onto the Museum site, but fortunately didn’t enter any of our buildings. Through a gargantuan effort we managed to stay open throughout, only closing one morning during our busy half-term week. Staff stood in the rain directing visitors to where they could park while the normal car park was out of action. We were so grateful to all the Members and other visitors who cheerfully adjusted to the temporary arrangements and we enjoyed having the chance to speak directly with so many of you. Less than a month later, we have had to shut the Museum in
order to play our part in helping prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus and to keep our staff, Volunteers, Members and other visitors safe. This closure will have a much bigger impact on Brooklands Museum as we are dependent on income from admissions and memberships for all the Museum’s expenditure, much of which continues despite the closure and a skeleton staff. Nevertheless, Brooklands is still an amazing place, with captivating and inspiring stories to tell and I am sure it will continue to be a favourite destination for many people when we are able to welcome you back. We are already thinking about how we can celebrate re-opening when it comes. In the meantime and until you can come back in person, there is plenty of Brooklands content to keep you going on our website and on the social media channels of both the Members and Museum. We have been so grateful for the many warm wishes of support and donations to our #LoveBrooklands appeal which we have received. Please stay safe and keep in touch with us during the closure, and we look forward to seeing you again as soon as we can. Tamalie Newbery
MAY - JUNE 2020 | BROOKLANDS BULLETIN
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