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"We're all volunteers here and we want to make people feel proud of the area they live in. We closed Barnet Museum to the public during the pandemic but carried on keeping local history alive with the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Barnet, organising the painting of the High Street banners and a book and calendar too. It's actually an important part of national history which happened locally. The Museum has been operating since 1938 and it's always been run by volunteers. I've been volunteering here for over 10 years and I took early retirement some time ago, which allowed me to devote as much time to the Museum as needed. Now I'm the curator and sometimes it feels like a full-time job!
"To begin with I was more interested in international history than national history, but since then, in my role as curator of the Museum, I've really got into local history. I'm passionate about it now. We're also very keen on heritage-based development, as that's a huge cohesive thing for the community and the area."
"We're all volunteers here and we want to make people feel proud of the area they live in. We closed Barnet Museum to the public during the pandemic but carried on keeping local history alive with the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Barnet, organising the painting of the High Street banners and a book and calendar too. It's actually an important part of national history which happened locally. The Museum has been operating since 1938 and it's always been run by volunteers. I've been volunteering here for over 10 years and I took early retirement some time ago, which allowed me to devote as much time to the Museum as needed. Now I'm the curator and sometimes it feels like a full-time job!
"To begin with I was more interested in international history than national history, but since then, in my role as curator of the Museum, I've really got into local history. I'm passionate about it now. We're also very keen on heritage-based development, as that's a huge cohesive thing for the community and the area."
