National Gas Museum Trust


The National Gas Museum Trust is a United Kingdom charitable trust, established in 1997 to take over the responsibility for the UK's two former gas museums.

Formations and objectives

Originally incorporated on the 16 July 1997 as a private company limited by guarantee, its two prime objectives as set out in its Memorandum and Articles of Association are:
It has the standard Charitable Trust powers, enabling the Trust to:
Sir Denis Rooke former Chairman of British Gas was a trustee until his death on 2 September 2008.

Collection

After closure of the London museum, the entire collection was moved to the Gas Museum in Aylestone Road, Leicester. Some of collection is now on display there, and after a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the entire collection has been catalogued.