THERE was dismay in museumland last month after rumours that London’s Science
Museum might turn itself into a theme park. Naturally the museum has to pay its
bills, but the idea of leasing space to commercial brand-name purveyors of
entertainment and refreshment seemed shocking. The reality is less
definite—not so much a plan, rather “a methodology for a framework for a
development plan”. But the museum’s spokespeople do say that it needs commercial
income and that you “cannot run an organisation like this without decent
catering and retail facilities”.
Well, maybe they should make a real effort to do…
