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 Plans
for Alexandra Palace TV museum threatened
The General Manager of London’s Alexandra Palace, Keith Holder,
says he’s disappointed with 'limited interest' by the BBC in plans
for a museum to celebrate its heritage as the birthplace of television.
Lawyers acting for Alexandra Park and Palace Board have indicated that
it would be “impossible” for the lease to contain any detailed
guarantee for the museum when no funding is in place for such an attraction.
Firoka, the firm poised to take over the landmark, has put aside one
floor of the BBC tower for the museum, a space which would not include
the original studios where the first broadcasts were made in 1936. But
Firoka has also warned that, if no funding can be found for the museum
within three years, the museum could not be guaranteed at all.
Trustees of the Palace have also criticised the BBC for “disassociating”
itself from the museum plans, and failing to offer any financial backing
for the museum. “This is the BBC’s heritage we are talking
about. In the absence of the BBC’s commitment, that is certainly
not going to happen,” said Keith Holder.
Robin Reynolds, head of heritage at the BBC, said: “In terms of
our input to the museum, we would very much like to help. What we have
said though is that we are not in the business of creating the museum.
We are not chartered to create museums with the money that we have got.
We have got a lot of assets that we could exhibit in appropriate places
and furnish the story of the launch of television, but we would not be
in any position to create anything that has to stand on its own two feet,
in terms of attracting business to the site. It would have to be someone
else’s enterprise.”
Source: Media Network, Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton
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