Welcome
to the unofficial website of London's fully hands-on,
free children's museum.
THE
LIVESEY MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN WAS
CLOSED DOWN BY SOUTHWARK COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY 2008.
Though
council leader Nick Stanton denied it at the time, the council
planned to auction off the historic building. Council leaders
decided to close the museum without consultation or warning
in order to minimise opportunities for local people to act
to save the museum.
Many
Southwark councillors, despite knowing the good work the museum
had done, began publicly belittling the museum's reputation.
The head of Southwark's culture department made false statements
about the museum's visitor figures in order to smooth the
way to the museum's closure.
By
the time the council was forced to backtrack when it was made
clear that the building was not its to sell, the museum had
already been closed. This closure was a completely unnecessary
act of cultural vandalism, proving the emptiness of Southwark
Council's claims to care about the Old Kent Road area.
Now
Southwark Council has rejected an exciting proposal to allow
the building to reopen as an interactive museum for the whole
community. This has apparently been done largely out of spite.
The museum's last chance lies with the Charity Commission.
Read
the story here:
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART63660.html
http://www.theatrepeckham.co.uk/news.html
Join
the Friends of the Livesey:
http://liveseyfriends.wordpress.com/
SIGN
THIS ONLINE PETITION:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/16681.html
Join
SAVE SOUTHWARK'S MUSEUMS on facebook:
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8314768438
