Lead museumrole for DCC
LONDONDERRY’S local authority has assumed the lead responsibility on a proposed new Maritime Museum in Ebrington that will mark the city’s seafaring heritage from Colmcille to the Cold War as well as the emigration of “some of the most famous luminaries in the founding of the American Nation” from the port in the 1700s.
In a joint statement First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness explained: “The establishment of a Maritime Museum in Derry-Londonderry is a programme activity under the catalyst programme ‘Accelerating the Growth of the Tourism and Cultural Economy’. Derry City Council has assumed lead responsibility in the One Plan for the delivery of this project.”
SDLP MLA Colum Eastwood asked the First Minister and Deputy First Minister for an update on the establishment of the Maritime Museum as detailed in the One Plan.