Jarvis welcomes museums closure threat lifted

Barnsley Central MP and Shadow Culture Minister, Dan Jarvis, has welcomed the news that key northern museums are no longer at risk of closure.

In recent weeks there had been mounting concern that Bradford' National Media Museum and York's National Railway Museum could face clusre due to Government spending cuts.

But today the Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, said that there was “no question” of those within the Science Museum Group closing.

“I welcome the Minister’s comments. Across the north, thousands of people have rightly voiced their concern about the threat of closure to some of our finest museums," said Mr Jarvis.

“Museums are an important part of our heritage and they act as drivers for jobs and growth. It would have been extremely short-sighted of the Government to have allowed them to close.

“Clearly we will need to await the detail of the Comprehensive Spending Review, but this looks like a victory for both common sense and for all those people who came out and made the case to protect our museums”.