Milton Keynes Museum has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund of over £200,000.
Milton Keynes Museum has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £222,850.
The grant will ensure that communities can work with the Museum on pilot displays planned to tell the story of Milton Keynes in a Gallery built in partnership with Milton Keynes City Council on the anniversary of the new City.
This year, the museum celebrates its 50th anniversary and plans are in place to evolve alongside the city's constantly evolving story and communities.
The series of displays will include; The Beginning – the decision makers and their plans; the contextual timeline – each decade since the 1960s; How to bring woods and wild spaces meaning in an inside space; The Plans – grids and separating people from the traffic; The People's Story – how
to be inclusive and tell the stories as an unmissable attraction.
“This has been the Museum's aim since the new galleries were launched in 2019,” said Museum Director Bill Griffiths, “Thanks to the generosity of the Heritage Fund and importantly, the National Lottery players we can now realise this dream.
“It will be a crucial moment in the development of the Museum which is a jewel in the crown of the new city. It brings us so much closer to sharing Milton Keynes' rich history – both ancient and modern – with people from all over the country and beyond.
“Milton Keynes is a special place with a special story, and this grant will take us nearer our dream of telling that story in glorious detail. We are thrilled.”
