Comments on: Closure threat to Brixham museum http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2009/01/06/closure-threat-to-brixham-museum/ arts, the environment and current affairs throughout South Devon and beyond Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doc http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/2009/01/06/closure-threat-to-brixham-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-107148 Doc Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:29:33 +0000 http://www.peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk/?p=3103#comment-107148 £11,000 is a small amount to pay to maintain the culture and history of a community. We should be cerebrating the distinctive parts of Torbay, and not surrendering to the idea that all towns should be clones of each other. Museums and local history projects are ways of celebrating the richness of our society, and of maintaining a few islands of distinctiveness in the rising tide of the monopolies of national chains. Museums preserve the old and inform us of battles lost and won. The William statue is just a nice piece of carved stone, if no one knows that it is hard evidence of one of the most significant social and political changes in world history. They also exploit new opportunities: Now the Bay has Geopark status, how are we letting residents and visitors know about our unique geology if we close down our museums? £11,000 is a small amount to pay to maintain the culture and history of a community. We should be cerebrating the distinctive parts of Torbay, and not surrendering to the idea that all towns should be clones of each other. Museums and local history projects are ways of celebrating the richness of our society, and of maintaining a few islands of distinctiveness in the rising tide of the monopolies of national chains.

Museums preserve the old and inform us of battles lost and won. The William statue is just a nice piece of carved stone, if no one knows that it is hard evidence of one of the most significant social and political changes in world history. They also exploit new opportunities: Now the Bay has Geopark status, how are we letting residents and visitors know about our unique geology if we close down our museums?

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