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The Value of Heritage
Can Heritage really contribute to sustainable development? For me the better question is: Can sustainable growth really exist without heritage playing a part?
Introduction to “Heritage Counts” 2014
English Heritage
Tourism,Sense of PlaceRelevanceIdentityEducationSocial cohesionPersonal DevelopmentQuality of lifeEmployment
There are many stories to tell in the first of the new galleries: ancient MK
Discovered on or close to the site of Milton Keynes Museum:
The UK’s largest Bronze Age roundhouse The Roman villa at Bancroft
Milton Keynes has some fantastic stories to tell but who knows about them?
Civil War, Elizabeth Woodville ‘The White Queen’, The Princes in the Tower, and Dr John Radcliffe: just a few examples of Milton Keynes making history
The biggest museum in the Country run almost entirely by volunteers;
Contributing hours/year totalling almost£¼ million.
Milton Keynes Museum 2014
Milton Keynes Museum 2014
•An Independent museum;
•Run for the community;
•Sustainable – not a drain on the public purse;
•Expected to attract 30,000 visitors this year;
Plan of the Museum Site
Farmhouse
Car Park (present)
Reception (present)
Street of Shops
StorageAgricultureTelephonesTransport
Tea Rooms & Cottage
Site of New Galleries
Site of old car park to be restored
Wolverton
The Programme
• Approval from HLF Before February 2016
• Build Start Spring 2016
• Build Complete Winter 2017/8
• Open to Visitors 1st April 2018
What do we want?
To produce the best Museum in the Country:
• Every artefact; every display; every sentence, every illustration; every sound; every change of lighting; every interactive must be excellent.
• We want you to help make sure that the display telling your story is the very best that it could be.