I'm afraid the old 'donate to a museum' argument does not wash these days.
We've all seen museums selling off vast collections of badges & medals over the last few years, some of which they may have purchased, and some that were donated to the museums by members of the public.
My local military history museum closed it's doors despite being very popular with tourists and military enthusiasts. The council's excuse was that the fabric of the building was letting damp in that could effect the exhibits. That may have been true in parts, but generally the water ingress was in the parts that held no exhibits. Without getting political, the local Lib Dem council has allowed many historic buildings to fall into disrepair, then closed or demolished them. And as for the military museum, nobody has ever explained where all the hundreds of weapons, and literally thousands of medals ended up?
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