Save Wandsworth Museum
We oppose the planned closure of Wandsworth Museum and urge Wandsworth Council to consult local residents, voluntary organisations and schools on finding ways of keeping it open.Last year, 30,000 peop... continue reading »
"This is a fascinating and important part of our local heritage - as a family , we have been visiting the Museum over many years and hope that it can be saved from closure. I would be happy to volunteer to help there if needed !"
"Please don't shut down such an invalauble asset to the comunnity."
"it would be extremely sad and shortsighted at the very least to close such an invaluable local cultural resource"
"This is a unique museum containing the history of the borough. Please preserve this it is part of our heritage and it is vital it remains amid the redevelopment."
"I cannot believe that the majority of Wandsworth residents feel that the small saving in council tax in any way compensates for the loss of this irreplaceable cultural and educational resource. I urge councillors to take a long hard look at their decision"
"Time to put local services ahead of the mantra 'Lowest Council Tax in the country'. The cuts have gone far enough."
"Wandsworth Museum proides a wonderful service and I strongly urge the Council to rethink this hasty decision."
"I hope that these proposed closures are not out of some aim to remain the cheapest council tax in the country. Wandsworth will become like any other dull high street should the museum close, never minding the fact that so many in the community derive plea"
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"Very few local town centres have museums left. The closure of this museum will mean a crucial link to Wandsworth's past will be lost to children of all ages. Much is made nowadays of the need for young people to have civic pride and a sense of belonging -"
"Are councillors so obsessed by a low-tax regime - thus desperately attempting to keep themselves in power - that they cannot see what idiocies they are minded to commit, both in considering shutting the museum AND Battersea Arts Centre?"