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SIGNIFICANT of the new stress being laid upon the educational possibilities of museums was the presence of the President of the Board of Education, the Right Hon. Earl De La Warr, at the Jubilee Conference of the Museums Association, held at Cheltenham in July. In an address to the members the President of the Board gave clear evidence of his own interest in museums and indicated that, but for the special financial condition of Great Britain, he would have announced the setting up of an inquiry into the relationships of museums to education and to the State. On the whole, he seemed to be doubtful about the expediency of bringing the museums of the country under the control of the Board of Education, believing that freedom of initiative. was greater under the present system, and that a happy combination of official help and collaboration with local or voluntary effort was a source of strength in many spheres of work in Great Britain.
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Museums and Education. Nature 144, 626 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144626b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144626b0