The National Gas Museum Trust is a United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 charitable trust

Charitable trust

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 , established in 1997 to take over the responsibility for the UK's two former gas museums.

Formations and objectives

Originally incorporated on the 16 July 1997 as a private company limited by guarantee (Company Number 3404062), its two prime objectives as set out in its Memorandum and Articles of Association are:

• 1. To ensure that the artefacts held by the Museum
  London Gas Museum
  The London Gas Museum was a museum in the London Borough of Newham in east London, England.It was situated on Twelvetrees Crescent, on the eastern side of the River Lea and near to Bromley-by-Bow tube station...
  
   at Bromley-by-Bow
  Bromley-by-Bow
  Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is an inner-city district situated east north-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...
  
  , London
  London
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  , (now closed), and held by the John Doran Gas Museum
  Gas Museum
  The Gas Museum, also known as the National Gas Museum, is situated in the former gatehouse of a gasworks in Leicester, England, and deals with the history of domestic and industrial gas supply. It is claimed to be "the biggest collection of gas and gas related artefacts in the world".The building...
  
  , Leicester
  Leicester
  Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
  
  , are preserved for future generations
• 2. To establish a ‘living collection’ by providing a mechanism that would ensure gas artefacts from the present and future are collected, maintained and displayed

It has the standard Charitable Trust powers, enabling the Trust to:

• Raise funds and invite and receive contributions
• Acquire, alter, improve and to charge or otherwise dispose of property
• Employ staff
• Establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for all or any of the Objects
• Co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities operating in furtherance of the Objects or similar charitable

Sir Denis Rooke

Denis Rooke

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 former Chairman of British Gas

British Gas plc

British Gas plc was formerly the monopoly gas supplier and is a private sector in the United Kingdom.- History :In the early 1900s the gas market in the United Kingdom was mainly run by county councils and small private firms...

 was a trustee until his death on 2 September 2008. Rod Kenyon

Rod Kenyon

Rod Kenyon contested Houghton le Spring and Washington in the 1983 and 1987 General Elections. In 1985 he contested the Tyne Bridge by election for the SDP-Liberal Alliance finishing second to David Clelland....

 and Chris Weston of Centrica

Centrica

Centrica plc is a multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America. Centrica is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names "Scottish Gas" in...

 plc are current trustees.

Collection

After closure of the London museum, the entire collection was moved to the Gas Museum in Aylestone Road, Leicester. Some of collection is now on display there, and after a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund is a fund established in the United Kingdom under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993. The Fund opened for applications in 1994. It uses money raised through the National Lottery to transform and sustain the UK’s heritage...

, the entire collection has been catalogued.

External links

• Gas Museum
• National Gas Museum