lucky wrote:Given that the relatively popular Doctor Who Exhibition on a site next door had to close once its Council subsidy ended, I can't see how this enterprise will stay open without substantial ongoing subsidy from the city or the Welsh Government. It's eating up public open land for an unprepossessing building that will likely be closed within 3-5 years, when there is already a massive white (well, blue) elephant next door in the closed Doctor Who Exhibition site.
I'm not sure this is a fair comparison.
The Military Medicine Museum is a free museum - it is supported by a charitable foundation, grants, research, donations, ancilliary income from shops, cafe, training courses, events spaces, etc. Doctor Who was a paid for attraction (and not that cheap and despite being a moderate Dr Who fan, in my view, not that good).
You're right that the MMM may struggle to make its new much larger fancier home work. But its quite a different proposition to the Dr Who Experience - in that its not a moneymaking exercise. Its already subsidised, will probably continue to be subsidised in some form. I don't think they are asking the city to subsidise it though?