This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Restore DCMS funding for People's History Museum, Manchester
More details
The People's History Museum in Manchester faces a £200,000 gap in its budget due to government funding cuts.
Regardless of the reasons for the cut it is crucial to sustain funding for this museum. At a time when the government is keen to tackle extremism with a focus on the importance of liberty and democracy, the People's History Museum provides a rare example of a museum representing the fight for these values in Britain itself.
Funding for museums already disproportionately favours London, it is vital that we ensure that a vibrant, informative regional museum which offers key educational insights into the lives and struggles of ordinary British people can continue to operate at its current level of excellence.
Further information:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-s-history-museum-funding-settlement-letters
This petition closed early because of a General Election
141 signatures
Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency
10,000 signatures required to get a government response