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AN important aspect of the annual report for 1943–44 of the National Museum of Wales is the evidence it provides of a council fully conscious of the Museum's educational function, which even under war-time conditions has been considerably developed. Lectures, demonstrations, special exhibitions, loans to research workers and schools, and the provision of facilities, material and instruction for teachers and students engaged in specialized work are striking examples of the valuable work being carried out by all departments. For the future, the opportunities provided by Section 100 of the 1944 Education Act for closer co-operation between schools and museums have been recognized. Accordingly the Council, in collaboration with the Welsh Department of the Ministry of Education, has already given consideration to the matter in relation to Welsh schools. Other authorities responsible for the conduct of museum affairs in a post-war world would do well to note this action. The Council also reports that its Memorandum on Museum and Art Gallery Services in Wales and Monmouthshire (summarized in the 1942–43 Report) has been forwarded to the Minister without Portfolio by the Welsh Reconstruction Advisory Council. With it the latter has sent a communication asking the Minister to give special attention to the importance of extensions to the National Museum being recognized as part of the official schedule of post-war reconstruction work; the provision of Government funds for an open-air museum as an essential auxiliary to the National Museum, and the establishment of a museum grant committee, there being a particular need for a grant for technical assistance to local museums in Wales.
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National Museum of Wales. Nature 155, 540 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155540a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155540a0