Worthing's Museum & Art Gallery has a collection of over 200,000 artefacts, costumes and works of art. 

In late 2003, the Borough Council announced that they were considering the closure of the Museum & Art Gallery, to save £130,000 in the following year. A huge grass-roots campaign, co-ordinated by the Revolutionary Arts Group's Steve Carroll and Dan Thompson, ensured the survival of the Museum & Art Gallery, collecting over 8000 signatures on a petition in one month.

The Save Worthing Museum & Art Gallery Campaign was supported by...

• Revolutionary Arts Group
• West Sussex Art Society
• Worthing Arts Council
• The Friends of Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
• Inpiration by Design
• The Bamboo Band
• Newnum Art
• Rainbow Theatre
• West Sussex Writers' Club
• Worthing Camera Club
• 12 Miles West
• Findon Community Website
• Open Doors (Chichester Art Trail)
• SusArt
• Sunny Worthing Art Group
• Worthing Archaelogical Society
• West Sussex Geological Society
• Acorn Painting Club

and 8001 people signed the petition which was delivered to Worthing Borough Council!

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