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The Museum of London (MoL) has confirmed that it has made 11 voluntary redundancies and is looking to set up Museum of London Archaeology (MoLA) as a stand-alone charity.
A spokesman said MoLA would eventually be set up as independent charity, a move that would give it “greater commercial potential”. Meanwhile, the museum is also reviewing the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (LAARC), which is a free-of-charge repository for archaeological finds from the Greater London area.
The museum is currently redeveloping its Roman gallery, and a new senior curator post has been created to cover pre-history and Roman history. The spokesman said outgoing staff were given the opportunity to apply for this role, but it will now be advertised externally.
The museum has not had just one curator look after these two fields of history for more than 20 years, but the spokesman said this “was not a return to the 1980s”.
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