[typo] Pétition pour le Type Museum

[Jacques André <jacques.andre35@xxxxxxxxx>]

Reçu ça, que les colistiers qui connaissent le Type Museum ne  
manqueront pas de signer...
--
Jacques ANDRÉ


> The Trustees issued a petition to Andy Burnham Secretary of State for
> the Department of Culture Media & Sport  publicised through the
> 19.06.08 edition of the London Review of Books.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/TypeMuseumSociety/TypeMuseumPetition030720080944
>
> This is the first public statement by the Type Museum for almost two
> years concerning the future of the Museum and it's collections. It
> reveals that there is a ... "proposed move into storage of the Type
> Acrchive [sic], from its present home at the Type Museum, in Lambeth,
> to aircraft hangers[sic] at Wroughton, in Wiltshire" ... and calls on
> these plans to be arested and an increse in DCMS support for the Type
> Museum.
>
> The Type Museum Society will publicise this petition, but has also
> launched an e-petition today at 10 Downing Street as follows.
>
> We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the
>    proposed move into storage of the Type Archive, from its
>    present home at the Type Museum, London
>
>    The Type Museum has successfuly collected a large proportion of
>    all the definitive historical materials relating to the art,
>    design & manufacturing production in Britain of the typefaces
>    in which the world's languages are communicated and recorded.
>    This collection has been closed for two years and needs
>    re-opening to public access, educational and scholarly use –
>    not broken up or put into storage as is curently being
>    proposed. The Type Museum's  collections need exhibiting,
>    curatorial & conservation development and educational workshops
>    - not storage. This legacy is vital for the quality of
>    education of future generations of communicators in which
>    Britain has frequently led the world. We appeal for resources
>    to restore and safeguard educational access to these
>    collections.
>
> "Your petition has been approved by the Number 10 web team, and
>    is now available on the Number 10 website at the following
>    address":
>
>    http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/typemuseum/
>
> The Type Museum Society hopes you can support one or both of these
> complementary petitions. Please spread the word and do as much as you
> can to publicise these initiatives.
>
> Time may well be short: NMSI safety experts and major project managers
> were seen on site yesterday 4.07.2008.
>
> There is of course the pre-existing online petition to the Trustees
> themselves which has gathered upward of 650 signatures which you may
> have already signed.
>
> http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/typemuseum/
>
> With all possible best wishes and hope for the future of type.
>
> Apologies in advance should anyone receive multiple notifications of
> these developments.