Calls to Save 85-Year-Old Museum Under Threat of Closing

Museum at risk of closing after 85 years

A Banbury museum has warned it is at risk of closing after 85 years.

Museum may be forced to close if Council proposals go ahead

Grants from Cherwell have been reducing over a number of years Banbury Museum could be forced to close permanently if Cherwell District Council goes ahead with a plan to cease providing funding for the venue. The Trust which operates the museum has issued that warning after it became clear that the Council is considering saving money by cutting grants to the museum, as highlighted in its current budget consultation. Here, it suggests Banbury Mus…