The current exhibition of Yorkshire Museum treasures at the British Museum got a mention in Parliament yesterday.
York’s MP Hugh Bayley encouraged others to get down to the exhibition in London - or even better to travel to York to see the collection of star objects when the Yorkshire Museum re-opens in August.
Here’s how the exchange was reported in Hansard - the daily record of everything said in the Houses of Parliament.
Hugh Bayley: My right hon. Friend was in York last month, and perhaps he knows that, at the British Museum at the moment, there is an exhibition of some of the greatest treasures from Yorkshire, including the Middleham Jewel, the Coppergate Helmet and the Ormside Bowl. Will the Minister encourage members of the public, particularly Londoners, to go to the British Museum to see what makes York so special, perhaps as a taster to encourage them to go north in the summer and visit the real thing in Yorkshire?
The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Margaret Hodge): I am delighted that the temporary closure of the Yorkshire Museum has made it possible for those jewels in our crown to be exhibited in a room in the British Museum. I encourage everybody to go and see them. The partnership between national and regional museums is hugely important in ensuring that all the country’s wealth of artefacts are enjoyed by many more people. It is this Government who, through a renaissance in the regions, have made that partnership possible. That is why it is enormously important that we continue to fund that programme.
Click here for more information about Treasures from Medieval York, the exhibition at the British Museum which runs until 27 June.
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