London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Latest NewsLAMAS’s Year of London’s History in the Museum of London’s Galleries of Modern London Many LAMAS members will have visited the magnificent new Galleries of Modern London at the Museum of London, which opened earlier this year. Visitors may have noticed the Timeline, which is a rail around the inner wall of the new galleries showing a small space for each year between 1666 and 2012. Many institutions and private individuals have already contributed £5,000 each towards the cost of the new galleries, to ‘own’ the year which is significant for them. Their name is shown alongside the year, together with a caption explaining the significance. As a mark of appreciation of the close association which LAMAS has with the Museum of London, LAMAS Council felt we should take the opportunity to purchase the year of our founding, 1855, on the Timeline. As well as publicising the Society it will be a way of acknowledging our thanks for the substantial help which the Museum and its staff have given to LAMAS over many years and continue to give. This includes the use of the Lecture Theatre for our two annual conferences and venues for Council and Committee meetings. Additionally, the Museum hosts our lecture series and provides accommodation for our library, business records and publications. Council took this decision after careful discussion and a vote which excluded the Museum of London staff who are members of LAMAS Council. We are hoping that in a few weeks our text will be engraved on the 1855 panel and the founding of LAMAS will be proudly commemorated alongside the many other events significant to Londoners.
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