RAF museum unveils centenary celebration plans after Budget boost
Museum reveals its programme of activities for the summer of 2018, as Priti Patel visits the museum to learn how the funding will be used.
皇冠体育app RAF museum in Hendon has outlined its plans to celebrate and commemorate the centenary of the RAF in 2018, after the Chancellor announced in his Budget that the museum is to receive a 拢2.5 million grant to support the programme.
皇冠体育app museum revealed its ambitious programme of activities for the summer of 2018, as the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Priti Patel, visited the museum to learn how the funding will be used.
皇冠体育app museum鈥檚 plans include re-landscaping the site to create a sense of the original London Aerodrome that stood on the ground nearly 100 years ago.
皇冠体育app museum will also build a new visitor centre with a caf茅, shop and soft play area.
A series of new permanent exhibitions will open in the summer of 2018. 鈥樆使谔逵齛pp First 100 Years of the RAF鈥� and 鈥楴ow and the Future鈥� exhibitions will enable visitors to understand the story of the RAF from its earliest years in the First World War to its global role today.
皇冠体育app 鈥淎ir Power in an Age of Uncertainty鈥� exhibition will focus on the roles of the RAF since the early 1980s.
皇冠体育app museum is also rolling out a new digital programme, 鈥淢y RAF Story鈥�, which will collect and share personal stories of the men and women of the Service to ensure they are preserved for future generations. Additionally, a new learning programme will aim to inspire young people in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Priti Patel said:
皇冠体育app RAF Museum in Hendon is a great cause and I鈥檓 delighted that the LIBOR funding will provide a necessary cash injection towards their plans to celebrate this important landmark in the RAF鈥檚 history.
So far, through LIBOR fines on banks, we鈥檝e taken around 拢450 million from those who broke the rules and demonstrated terrible values, and used the funds to support our brave forces across the UK, and other good causes.鈥�
This donation is a fitting way to mark the extraordinary contribution the RAF has made and continues to make in service to our country.
Chief Executive of the RAF Museum Maggie Appleton said:
皇冠体育app Museum鈥檚 RAF Centenary Programme is incredibly important as it commemorates 100 years of the Royal Air Force.
皇冠体育app story we tell reflects the bravery, ingenuity and dedication of our people. It is a story that belongs to every one of us. We are therefore very grateful for the support and acknowledgement we received.
皇冠体育app Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum was established in 1968 as a legacy of the RAF鈥檚 fiftieth anniversary. It opened on its London (Hendon) site in 1972 and at its Cosford site in the West Midlands in 1979.
皇冠体育app museum is a national museum and a registered charity and currently welcomes around 700,000 visitors a year. Entrance is free of charge and the museum is supported by around 拢8.5 million grant in aid via the MOD, as well as by income from its fundraising and trading activities.
Since October 2012 the government has been able to make a series of LIBOR fines announcements where it has been possible to use fines levied from those who have demonstrated the worst of values to support those who demonstrate the best of British values.
Of the 拢450 million received, over 拢250 million has been given directly to support military charities and other good causes. This in addition to the 拢10 million each year commitment to support the Armed Forces Covenant in perpetuity.