Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Independent 1:50, 2 May 2018

Certainly, I have met with the association representing museums. What we are working on emphasising—. If she has read, which I'm sure she has, the remit letter that I sent fairly recently to National Museum Wales, we emphasise the importance of working closely with local museums and with regional hubs in terms of museums. I'm very keen to see how we can develop this further in creating partnerships in the tourism regions I've just described, between museums, so that people can undertake a tour of different museums within a region, so that they can enjoy the offer that we have.

I don't know why, to answer her first question, the museums in Wales have not benefited from that particular prize, but I will certainly find out in greater detail what the criteria are for this award. But as far as we're concerned, we welcome the collaboration with both local authority museums and heritage sites that have museums on them that are in private ownership. In particular, I have visited a number of privately owned wonderful castles, many of them in parts of the world that will be well known to her in the Tywi valley. I know how much people who care for these particular monuments are pleased to be working with Cadw in terms of the organisation of the place, while also clearly benefiting from the numbers of visitors, who are paying visitors, to their properties.