Whitehaven's Beacon Museum open again
A Cumbrian museum which was under threat of closure has reopened after a revamp.
Copeland Borough Council had proposed shutting the Beacon Museum in Whitehaven in 2012 in a bid to save £2.6m from its budget.
It was saved when Sellafield Ltd and the council reached an agreement to jointly run the site.
The museum opened in 1996 and houses a gallery as well as photographs, textiles and archaeological finds.
It closed in January to allow staff to create an exhibition about the nuclear industry, which will run alongside exhibits about Copeland's history.