This is the latest of a string of actions and omissions by the city council suggesting preservation and enhancement of our city's heritage and respect for its history are shamefully neglected.
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Andrew Hopkins
9 years ago
History is something to be learnt from. Profit should not be something on the agenda, only our heritage and teachings there after.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
How sad that they should even consider closing the museum.
It's important to educate young people about our city's history, and the museum does this.
I've been there many times, and my mother used to do the garden there.
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Dorothy Hutchinson
9 years ago
It cannot be right for a tourist city which claims to have World Heritage Status to consider reducing if not actively destroying this unique museum. As more ancients artifacts are unearthed in Canterbury this museum becomes more necessary for residents and tourists. The fact that the museum is closed for half the year, has no imaginative leafleting, and lacks good directional signing suggests a lack of interest from the council. Would the councils in Bath, York, or Winchester act with such lack of imagination. Canterbury has two major university's with a student population of approximately 50 thousand and a general rising population. I have nothing against the Marlowe's Youth Theatre but don't use it as an excuse to reduce in value what could, with some effort and imagination become a really wonderful museum in a very beautiful building.
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Ann Parkin
9 years ago
I believe there is great potential in this museum but much more needs to be done to raise awareness of its existence
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Philip Bedford
9 years ago
I may have an Australian email address but I have lived in Canterbury for many years and always take my visitors to the Canterbury Heritage Museum as one of the highlights of their visit. Please don't close it
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John Hill
9 years ago
An extraordinarily interesting and set out museum, very underpublicised. If visitors and locals were made more aware of it, footfall would rise dramatically.
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Hubert Pragnell
9 years ago
This is one of the most important medieval domestic buildings in Canterbury and indeed England and should be used for what is most appropriate for it, a museum and educational venue. And with access to the general public.
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Tim Beardsmore
9 years ago
I visited the Heritage Museum today (22/03/17) and was delighted with the comprehensive explanation of Canterbury's history. If this is to close where will visitors to the city like me be able to get such an excellent introduction to the city's timeline.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Please do not put our email address on the online signature list.
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Mrs Val Thistleton
9 years ago
A worthy cause to be campaigning for.
Where else could Canterbury display its hsitory more effectively?
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Mrs mccarthy
9 years ago
It would be a great loss to the City to lose this great asset. My grand children find it fascinating as it has so much to interest them. Please reconsider. Once closed it will never reopen in its current format.
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Judy Seymour-Ure
9 years ago
The Heritage museum MUST be kept open. It is exactly what it says it is - a Heritage Museum for Canterbury, and as such is a valuable addition to the city for residents and visitors alike. Please re-think the decision to close it.
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Cathy Sales
9 years ago
Tourists and students, particularly foreign students, require local leisure and cultural activities. The City centre is relatively small with not that much to occupy visitors. We cannot afford to lose this Museum. When it was open more often I would regularly take groups round as part of wider educational projects, which was much enjoyed by all. It has been very frustrating for us that we have not been able to access it off season.
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Peter Bradford
9 years ago
I have already filled in a form issued by the Heritage Museum and posted it to them.
Canterbury Heritage Museum is a wonderful resource giving visitors and tourists a thorough and fascinating grounding in the history and development of Canterbury in one of the most magnificent historic buildings in the city .
Friends of mine who have lived longer in Canterbury than me have suggested that the museum was never adequately publicised or advertised.
A means must be found to secure the long term future of the Museum and the building.
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R G Healey
9 years ago
This is an opportunity to change the building into a diverse hub of arts related activity.
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Diana Holbrook
9 years ago
A museum and history of this ancient city is vital, to tell its story and keep its history alive for future generations
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David Hargrave
9 years ago
I vehemently oppose the museum closure. The museum must be preserved
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David Hargrave
9 years ago
The proposal to close the museum is nothing short of vandalistic. The theatre has more than enough facility without misappropriating this vital city amenity.
Essential it is maintained for it's current use.
This is the latest of a string of actions and omissions by the city council suggesting preservation and enhancement of our city's heritage and respect for its history are shamefully neglected.
History is something to be learnt from. Profit should not be something on the agenda, only our heritage and teachings there after.
How sad that they should even consider closing the museum. It's important to educate young people about our city's history, and the museum does this. I've been there many times, and my mother used to do the garden there.
It cannot be right for a tourist city which claims to have World Heritage Status to consider reducing if not actively destroying this unique museum. As more ancients artifacts are unearthed in Canterbury this museum becomes more necessary for residents and tourists. The fact that the museum is closed for half the year, has no imaginative leafleting, and lacks good directional signing suggests a lack of interest from the council. Would the councils in Bath, York, or Winchester act with such lack of imagination. Canterbury has two major university's with a student population of approximately 50 thousand and a general rising population. I have nothing against the Marlowe's Youth Theatre but don't use it as an excuse to reduce in value what could, with some effort and imagination become a really wonderful museum in a very beautiful building.
I believe there is great potential in this museum but much more needs to be done to raise awareness of its existence
I may have an Australian email address but I have lived in Canterbury for many years and always take my visitors to the Canterbury Heritage Museum as one of the highlights of their visit. Please don't close it
An extraordinarily interesting and set out museum, very underpublicised. If visitors and locals were made more aware of it, footfall would rise dramatically.
This is one of the most important medieval domestic buildings in Canterbury and indeed England and should be used for what is most appropriate for it, a museum and educational venue. And with access to the general public.
I visited the Heritage Museum today (22/03/17) and was delighted with the comprehensive explanation of Canterbury's history. If this is to close where will visitors to the city like me be able to get such an excellent introduction to the city's timeline.
Please do not put our email address on the online signature list.
A worthy cause to be campaigning for. Where else could Canterbury display its hsitory more effectively?
It would be a great loss to the City to lose this great asset. My grand children find it fascinating as it has so much to interest them. Please reconsider. Once closed it will never reopen in its current format.
The Heritage museum MUST be kept open. It is exactly what it says it is - a Heritage Museum for Canterbury, and as such is a valuable addition to the city for residents and visitors alike. Please re-think the decision to close it.
Tourists and students, particularly foreign students, require local leisure and cultural activities. The City centre is relatively small with not that much to occupy visitors. We cannot afford to lose this Museum. When it was open more often I would regularly take groups round as part of wider educational projects, which was much enjoyed by all. It has been very frustrating for us that we have not been able to access it off season.
I have already filled in a form issued by the Heritage Museum and posted it to them. Canterbury Heritage Museum is a wonderful resource giving visitors and tourists a thorough and fascinating grounding in the history and development of Canterbury in one of the most magnificent historic buildings in the city . Friends of mine who have lived longer in Canterbury than me have suggested that the museum was never adequately publicised or advertised. A means must be found to secure the long term future of the Museum and the building.
This is an opportunity to change the building into a diverse hub of arts related activity.
A museum and history of this ancient city is vital, to tell its story and keep its history alive for future generations
I vehemently oppose the museum closure. The museum must be preserved
The proposal to close the museum is nothing short of vandalistic. The theatre has more than enough facility without misappropriating this vital city amenity.