Museum for the Royal Marines
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:37 pm
MARINES LAUNCH £5M FUNDRAISING DRIVE FOR NEW MUSEUM
Royal Marines need up to £5m of your money to fulfil their dream of opening a new museum in Portsmouth.
For three years the story of the elite naval infantry – who trace their illustrious history back to 1664 – has gone untold as their old museum in Portsmouth closed... in preparation for a new one opening in the city’s historic dockyard.
They were counting on a handout from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help with the £10m cost of the move – but 18 months ago the bid for lottery cash was rejected, leaving the museum in limbo.
Museum bosses hope to pay for the majority of the move by selling the former museum building at Eastney – plus a second, hopefully-successful for lottery funding.
But that still leaves them at least £1.1m short (or £5m short if the lottery application fails a second time) - prompting the big push for donations.
Marines past and present have lent their support to the fundraising drive, including Afghanistan veteran Mark Ormrod, now a motivational speaker/life coach/athlete/author and charity fundraiser after losing both legs and his right arm to an improvised explosive device a decade ago.
He wants the public “to celebrate, commemorate and also enjoy our prestigious history. There are so many stories which need to be told, not only to honour those Royal Marines who’ve gone before us, but also to inspire the Royal Marines of the future.”
The museum closed in April 2017 as the 150-year-old building was no longer suitable for displaying the Corps’ vast historical collection - more than two million artefacts going back to the birth of the marines more than 350 years ago - maintenance was proving prohibitively expensive and it could not properly accommodate people with disabilities.
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Royal Marines need up to £5m of your money to fulfil their dream of opening a new museum in Portsmouth.
For three years the story of the elite naval infantry – who trace their illustrious history back to 1664 – has gone untold as their old museum in Portsmouth closed... in preparation for a new one opening in the city’s historic dockyard.
They were counting on a handout from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help with the £10m cost of the move – but 18 months ago the bid for lottery cash was rejected, leaving the museum in limbo.
Museum bosses hope to pay for the majority of the move by selling the former museum building at Eastney – plus a second, hopefully-successful for lottery funding.
But that still leaves them at least £1.1m short (or £5m short if the lottery application fails a second time) - prompting the big push for donations.
Marines past and present have lent their support to the fundraising drive, including Afghanistan veteran Mark Ormrod, now a motivational speaker/life coach/athlete/author and charity fundraiser after losing both legs and his right arm to an improvised explosive device a decade ago.
He wants the public “to celebrate, commemorate and also enjoy our prestigious history. There are so many stories which need to be told, not only to honour those Royal Marines who’ve gone before us, but also to inspire the Royal Marines of the future.”
The museum closed in April 2017 as the 150-year-old building was no longer suitable for displaying the Corps’ vast historical collection - more than two million artefacts going back to the birth of the marines more than 350 years ago - maintenance was proving prohibitively expensive and it could not properly accommodate people with disabilities.
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