MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE
The museums plans will centre on the restoration of Abbot’s Hall (1709) and its surrounding gardens. It will also involve the development of existing displays making them more hand-on and interactive. The museum will also seek to construct a purpose built home for its splendid gypsy traveller material which included some rare examples of traditional bow-topped caravans.
Museum Director Tony Butler says, “This is great news for the museum. Although it does not guarantee that we will be successful with the bigger application, this grant shows that HLF like the sound of our project. The museum has its best chance in years to transform itself into a unique first rate attraction – a place in which everyone East Anglia can be proud.”
Museum Director Tony Butler says, “This is great news for the museum. Although it does not guarantee that we will be successful with the bigger application, this grant shows that HLF like the sound of our project. The museum has its best chance in years to transform itself into a unique first rate attraction – a place in which everyone East Anglia can be proud.”
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NEWS
10th February 2006 Museum Receives Lottery Grant
10th February 2006 Museum Receives Lottery Grant
The Museum of East Anglian Life received a further boost to its ambitious development plans by the award of a Project Planning Grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund worth £50,000. The grant will pay for the museum to engage a team of experts to carry out the technical work necessary to submit a £2million application for a capital grant some time in 2007. Suffolk County Council have also given the museum £5,000 in match funding for the development work.