The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum opened in 1970 to help preserve historic buildings
An open air museum in Sussex has received initial support in its bid for £4m of lottery money to build a new visitor centre.
The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, near Chichester, said the cash would go towards a new refectory.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded the centre £250,000 so that it can develop detailed plans before applying for a full grant in 2014.
The museum houses more than 45 historic building exhibits.
Director Richard Pailthorpe said the project would involved relocating one of the museum's medieval houses.
"We want to improve the way we tell the history of our buildings and the stories of the people that lived in them even better than we do now," he added.
- Published6 April 2011
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