Article about Broadfield House Glass Museum

http://blog.glassquarterly.com/2009/10/14/historic-british-glass-museum-saved-from-closure-thanks-to-international-campaign/

Andy McConnell on BBC Radio WM - Broadfield House Glass Museum

BBC Midlands Today at Broadfield House Glass Museum

Celebrations At Broadfield House Glass Museum!

Councillor Pete Lowe came to Broadfield House Glass Museum today with some champagne to celebrate the wonderful news that his resolution was won last night unanimously!

Councillor Lowe and I started the morning on a BBC Radio WM breakfast show, then I went on to do 2 more radio interviews and then it was back to Broadfield House Glass Museum for a photo shoot with a newspaper and be interviewed by a reporter.

Today was a victory for the glass museum and many thanks to Councillors Lowe & Tyler, for all their support during our campaign.

VICTORY FOR CAMPAIGN

The Resolution put forward by Cllr Lowe was successful! Broadfield House Glass Museum will remain open to the public.

Save Our Glass Heritage will work towards creating a World Class Glass Museum.

Congratulations and Well Done to everyone that helped to secure the world famous glass collections and archives!

Broadfield House Glass Museum Resolution

Councillor Lowe and Councillor Tyler will be putting a resolution forward on 12th October 2009 at the Council House, Dudley.

The resolution could determine the future of all the glass collections and archives, currently held at Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, West Midlands.

This is a historic day for the world renowned Glass Collections and archives held at the glass museum. We have campaigned for this moment and look forward with great anticipation to the outcome of the resolution.

Broadfield House Glass Museum Billboard

News of the Internationally renowned Glass Museum was on Billboards everywhere!

Here is a picture of the Billboard outside a newsagents in Kingswinford, West Midlands.

http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/10/02/glass-exhibits-could-cost-5m-to-relocate/

Meeting Folk Singer Colum Sands

I met Folk Singer Colum Sands at a gig in Birmingham last night with friends. Colum kindly allowed us to use his song "The Night is Young" as our Campaign Song.

He also asked me to send him our campaign t-shirt!

Broadfield House Glass Museum to stay open?

Express and Star have revealed that Broadfield House Glass Museum will not close in April 2010
http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/10/02/glass-exhibits-could-cost-5m-to-relocate/

Dudley Council would have to spend £3-5m to save £120k

Stage One of the Dudley Council Glass Feasibilty Study has revealed that it would cost £3-5m to redevelop the Red Cone site, to save just £120k by closing down Broadfield House Glass Museum

http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/search/4656435.New_glass_museum_would_cost___3_5m/

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2009/10/01/row-over-plans-to-move-collection-to-red-house-glass-cone-stourbridge-65233-24824086/

Glass Feasibilty Study Stage One Presentation

Dudley Council have published the Stage One report which was Presented to Joint Stourbridge and Brierley Hill Area Committee Meeting

Glass Feasibility Study: Stage One Interim Presentation

Glass Feasibility Study Stage One Presentation

Broadfield House Glass Museum Feasibilty Survey Results Published

Dudley Council have now published on their website the results of the survey conducted by L&R

Online Glass Survey Questionnaire Results

Analysis of the Stourbridge Glass Heritage Online Survey

The rest of the Glass Feasibilty Study documents are available here

https://www.dudley.gov.uk/index.asp?pgid=49335&fs=

Special Broadfield House Glass Museum Meeting Report

Many people voiced their opinions at a meeting held specially for the Glass Museum on 29th September 2009. William Fludgate Chairman of the British Society of Scientific Glass Blowers, travelled 100 miles to voice his opinion. At a packed meeting locals raised their concerns for moving the world renowned glass collections, to the Red Cone Site, saying it was not suitable as there is already much traffic congestion there! L & R Consulting showed everyone a presentation and outlined costs of 3-5 million to move the collections and prepare the Red Cone Site.

Councillors were asked to lift the threat of closure from the Glass Museum and were asked 3 times to reasure the staff about their jobs, they refused.

Cllr Dave Tyler questioned whether the Council were the right people to look after the glass collections and suggested putting the collections into a trust - all the public applauded the suggestion!

I pointed out that when we talk about a World Class Glass Museum, this is what I mean - A hot glass studio to show the skill of glassmaking, space for the archives and lecture facilities and a state of the art exhibition space to suit all ages, that has disabled access. All this should be at a setting and facility for coaches to come far and wide to see our wonderful glass heritage.

Cllr Lowe will be putting a Resolution before the council on the 12th October, asking for cross party support and glass and community involvement to create a National Museum that we can all be proud of.

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2009/10/01/row-over-plans-to-move-collection-to-red-house-glass-cone-stourbridge-65233-24824086/

http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/4656435.New_glass_museum_would_cost___3_5m/