HC Deb 23 July 1974 vol 877 cc397-8W
16. Mr. Strauss

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what pro- gress is being made to convert part of Somerset House into a theatre museum.

Mr. Hugh Jenkins

A Keeper has been appointed and will take up his duties in September. He will be responsible to the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum for the running of the theatre museum. His first task will be to settle the design brief for the new museum in consultation with my Department and the Department of the Environment, who will jointly be funding the project. It is hoped to open the theatre museum before the end of 1975.