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Catalogue description New Millennium Experience Company
| Reference: | PD |
|---|---|
| Title: | New Millennium Experience Company |
| Description: |
Records of The New Millenium Experience Company (NMEC). Board and Committees, minutes of meetings and agenda papers: PD 1. A collection of photographs relating to the Millennium Dome: PD 2. Records of the operations of the New Millennium Experience Company: PD 3. |
| Date: | 1997-2001 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
New Millenium Experience Company, 1997- |
| Physical description: | 3 series |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The New Millenium Experience Company (NMEC) was first formed on the initiative of the Millenium Commission in February 1997, and became formally recognised as NMEC in June of that year. It was a public sector company with a single shareholder (initially the minister without portfolio). It was responsible for ensuring that the whole populace had the opportunity to celebrate the arrival of the third millenium. To do this, it sponsored a nationwide programme of events, activities and projects, which were centred on educational themes, with the aim of making learning an enjoyable activity for people of all ages. In addition to this national programme (for which it maintained a record of achievement), NMEC was responsible for the construction and much of the content of the Millenium Dome at Greenwich. The work of the company was funded from income generated by the National Lottery, and not by taxpayers. |
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