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The museum will be relocated from Hampshire to a portside site in Cardiff
Scott Brownrigg’s designs for the Museum of Military Medicine’s new premises have been given the green light.
The proposals, which will see the museum relocated from its current premises in a military barracks in Hampshire to new digs in the Welsh capital, were approved by Cardiff council.
The existing museum’s collections, which contain over 30,000 objects ranging from uniforms, medals, medical equipment, personal artefacts and photographic archives, educate visitors about the history of military medicine from the English Civil War to the present day.
By Tom Lowe2021-01-11T06:00:00+00:00
Complex to relocate to Cardiff from current Aldershot base
Scott Brownrigg’s designs for the Museum of Military Medicine’s new home have been given the green light.
The proposals, which will see the museum relocate from its current base in military barracks at Aldershot in Hampshire to new digs in the Welsh capital, were approved by Cardiff council late last month.
The museum will be built in the Butetown area of Cardiff
The existing museum’s collections, which contain more than 30,000 objects ranging from uniforms, medals, medical equipment, personal artefacts and photographic archives, tell the story about the history of military medicine from the English Civil War to the present day.
The beautiful open space set to be lost to Wales for a museum few want
The planned Museum for Military Medicine would rip up the much-loved area of Cardiff Bay behind the Norwegian Church
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Cardiff Bay with the Norwegian church below
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Military medicine museum planned for Cardiff Bay playground and waterfront site approved
Thousands have objected to the use of land that is popular as a leisure destination in Cardiff Bay
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Plans have been approved for a museum of military medicine on the site of a playground, well-used open space and a small hut in Cardiff Bay despite thousands petitioning against it.