Lewis Textile Museum
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The Lewis Textile Museum was bequeathed to the people of Blackburn by a local cotton industrialist, Thomas Boys Lewis (1869–1936). The Lewis Textile Museum was closed in 2006 and a new gallery with its collection of looms and textile machinery was moved to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. The gallery which now houses the exhibits at the main Museum & Art Gallery was named CottonTown and opened in April 2007 by Jack Straw, the local Labour MP.
The closure of the Lewis Textile Museum [1] caused surprise which the local paper, the Lancashire Telegraph reported. [2]
Most recently, the building of the Lewis Textile Museum, was planned as a new drugs centre although this was met with local uproar. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ David Higgerson, Museum to shut four years after being saved. Lancashire Telegraph, 1 March 2006.
- ^ Hypocrite jibe over museum closure plans. Lancashire Telegraph, 11 March 2006.
- ^ Plan in for museum drugs centre. Lancashire Telegraph, 29 May 2006.