The dire financial situation looks like it is about to hit the county's heritage as the Nottingham Evening Post reports that a number of museums are threatened with closure.
Broxtowe Borough Council is considering closing the D.H. Lawrence Heritage Centre at Durban House in Eastwood. I used to live opposite this handsome building (formerly the Barber Walker colliery company offices) and have enjoyed visiting the permanent exhibitions on Eastwood history, the coal industry in the area and Bert Lawrence. The temporary exhibitions have also been well worth seeing, particularly the recent one on coal mining put on by Anthony Kirby who has a splendid collection of coal mining memorabilia, photographs and artefacts. The D.H. Lawrence Society is fighting the closure and has organised a petition:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Museums-Petitions-save-Durban-House/article-739585-detail/article.html
Not to be outdone Nottingham City Council has launched a 90-day consultation on its proposal to close the industrial museum at Wollaton Hall:
http://www.thihsisnottingham.co.uk/news/Nottingham-s-Industrial-Museum-set-close/article-739564-detail/article.html
The Nottingham Lace Centre, housed in one of Nottingham's oldest buildings, is also set to close in April:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Nottingham-Lace-Centre-shut-doors/article-739322-detail/article.html
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