The National Gas Museum Trust is a
United Kingdom
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charitable trust, established in 1997 to take over the responsibility for the UK's two former gas museums.
Formations and objectives
Originally incorporated on the 16 July 1997 as a private company limited by guarantee (Company Number 3404062), its two prime objectives as set out in its Memorandum and Articles of Association are:
*1. To ensure that the artefacts held by the
Museum
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at
Bromley-by-Bow,
London
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, (now closed), and held by the
John Doran Gas Museum,
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city l ...
,
[The 1977 Chairman of the East Midlands Gas Board] are preserved for future generations
*2. To establish a ‘living collection’ by providing a mechanism that would ensure gas artefacts from the present and future are collected, maintained and displayed
It has the standard Charitable Trust powers, enabling the Trust to:
*Raise funds and invite and receive contributions
*Acquire, alter, improve and to charge or otherwise dispose of property
*Employ staff
*Establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for all or any of the Objects
*Co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities operating in furtherance of the Objects or similar charitable
Sir
Denis Rooke
Sir Denis Eric Rooke (2 April 1924 – 2 September 2008) was an English industrialist and engineer.
Early life
Denis Eric Rooke was born in New Cross, London, the younger son of Frederick George Rooke, a printer and travelling salesman, and hi ...
former Chairman of
British Gas was a trustee until his death on 2 September 2008.
Collection
After closure of the
London museum, the entire collection was moved to the
Gas Museum in Aylestone Road, Leicester. Some of collection is now on display there, and after a grant from the
Heritage Lottery Fund, the entire collection has been catalogued.
References and notes
*"Far from the sodding crowd" Robin Halstead et al.,Penguin
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External links
National Gas Museum
Organizations established in 1997
Charities based in Leicestershire
Gas museums
Charitable trusts
1997 establishments in the United Kingdom