Captain MURRAYasked the hon. Member for St. George's in-the-East, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the building for the extension of the South Kensington Spirit Museum is to be placed in the Natural History Museum Gardens, facing Cromwell Road; and, if so, will he state the reasons why this particular site has been selected, and whether any other sites have been considered?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNIt has been proposed, and the proposal has been accepted by the Trustees of the British Museum to place the Spirit Museum in the gardens facing Cromwell Road. This site has been selected because it is the most convenient for the purpose. Other sites have been considered, but have been abandoned as they would interfere with the future extension of the Natural History Museum.
Captain MURRAYIs the Spirit Museum an extension of the Natural History Museum, and is the site that has been selected not likely to be a public danger to the inhabitants of Cromwell Road?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNIn reply to the first question the Spirit Museum is not an extension of the Natural History Museum; and in reply to the second question there is already a Spirit Museum in the neighbourhood of the Natural History Museum.
§ Mr. SANDYSCan the hon. Gentleman say what a Spirit Museum is; is it connected with psychical research?
§ Mr. CROOKSAre there any spooks there?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNA Spirit Museum is a museum for preserving specimens in spirit.