Such a shame when museums close. Staff here can certainly keep an eye out for these kinds of closures and let you know via this mailing list - and great if others on this list could do the same when/if you hear of imminent closures. Cheers, Lucy

On 12 October 2016 at 17:06, Michael Peel <email@mikepeel.net> wrote:
It's worth noting that there have been Wikimedia events at several of these museums in the past:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Queen_Street_Mill_Museum/event
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Queen_Street_Mill_Museum/event_2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Judges%27_Lodgings/event

Clem Rutter and I have been in contact with Jo Hayward (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jhayward001) to see if there was anything that Wikimedia could do to help here (e.g., holding additional events/taking photos/improving the articles), but nothing concrete came out of those discussions. Obviously, they have quite a lot of other things to be worrying about at the moment!

Thanks,
Mike

On 11 Oct 2016, at 16:12, geni <geniice@gmail.com> wrote:

5 museums in Lancashire closed recently.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37512136

Museums close fairly regularly (although not normally in that number)
. Is it possible WMUK could keep track of this and give us a heads up
as a sort of "last chance to see"?


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