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LORD EUSTACE PEBCY, Rector of the Newcastle Division of the University of Durham, has issued an appeal for funds for the erection of a Museum of Romano-British Archaeology, devoted to the area of the Roman Wall at Newcastle-on-Tyne, in connexion with the University of Durham. The proposal arises out of a recommendation of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries made two years ago, which had in view the need both of facilities for study of the area of the Wall and also of the requirements of the magnificent collections of Romano-British antiquities belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, the main source of information concerning the Roman frontier in Britain and settlements adjacent, which have been brought together in the course of the last hundred years, and are now somewhat inadequately housed in the medieval Black Gate of the Castle. The Society has generously expressed its willingness to place its collections at the disposal of the University for this purpose, subject to certain conditions. Although the erection of such a museum had been contemplated in the projected building scheme of the University, it had been set aside for the moment in view of more urgent needs; but it has now been brought within the range of practicable proposals by the offer of a grant of £5,000 from the University Grants Committee, provided the further sum required to make up the total estimated expenditure of £20,000 is raised within a period of two years. The Museum will not be confined to Romano-British antiquities but will include all relics obtained from the area of the Wall, both prehistoric and of post-Roman date down to the Norman conquest. Subscriptions are being received by Lord Eustace Percy at King's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 2.
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Proposed Museum of Romano-British Archæology. Nature 143, 153 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143153b0
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