What’s happening at the National Media Museum isn’t vandalism. It’s a fresh start | Mary Archer

The Science Museum Group’s trustees have thought hard about securing a bright future for the museum – and moving part of its photography collection simply makes senseThe planned move of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum has generated much heated comment and soul-searching about the north-south divide. Yet the novelist JB Priestley, of whom there is a striking statue outside the National Media Museum, remarked that he had “always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start” and that is precisely what is now dawning at the museum.The tale of loss, even of cultural vandalism, being put about by some is simply wrong. The Science Museum Group’s trustees have thought hard about the future of the National Media Museum, and the real story is of a museum rooted in its community with vibrant plans and a photographic collection that will still include three million images: a story of confidence and ambition. Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 21, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Mary Archer Tags: Museums Science Photography London UK news Bradford Culture North of England Source Type: news