Posts Tagged ‘ Thinktank ’

Today was a good day, I didn’t have to use my Webley Self-Extracting Revolver

It’s fair to say that The Birmingham Industrial History Society aren’t big fans of the Thinktank, but they’ve magnanimously sent out details of a lecture this Wednesday 7th November at 7pm on “The House of Webley – Gunmakersby Richard Milner”. This well known local firearms manufacturer has long been of interest to engineering historians but research continues to expand our understanding of its activities and importance… many of the firearms produced by Webleys will be illustrated with some detail to set them in context. The theatre entrance is on level G0 of the building, admission is free. Organised by The Newcomen Society (Midland Branch).

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Tanks for all the fish

Charlotte Carey posted on her blog that it was cheaper (with a Railcard, admittedly) to go to the science museum in London than to Brum’s Thinktank and how it was, as someone has even bothered to write on Wikipedia, quite upsetting seeing as the old science museum was free. That’s certainly something I’ve heard before, and actually said without thinking myself, but what’s the reasoning behind it? My limited understanding was that museums owned by the local government were legislated to be free entry, but there was something about Thinktank that made it not a museum. And if, as is easily surmised, it was the extra “interactive” stuff was that worth the £8.50? This isn’t quite the case, Thinktank isn’t owned by the city council but by “Thinktank Trust” which means that it isn’t legislated to be free to the public – it does however receive an annual grant of £2 million from Birmingham City Council to cover a portion of its day to day costs. Some of the exhibits are on loan from the BM&AG collection – semi-permanent loan it would seem as there’s no Science Museum to give them back to. Apart from the council grant the...

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