The vision of Pembroke 21C Community Association to open a museum in the historic town has been given a boost with the award of almost £5,000 from the lottery funded Awards for Wales.
One aspect of the museum, to be called The Pembroke Story, will be a series of carved stone reliefs which will tell the story of Pembroke pictorially and which will be housed both in the museum and on the Town Trail.
Pembroke sculptor Perryn Butler has been commissioned by the Community Association to produce the sculptures. The Awards for All Wales funding will enable her to involve the community in researching and telling the stories of the heritage of Pembroke.
The workshops which will begin later in the year will allow those attending to become involved in the research, drawing, sketching and modelling of ideas for Perryn's carvings.
He said: "I think that between us we can come up with choices that will allow Pembroke people to be pleased and enjoy ownership of the sculptures but also attract visitors and put Pembroke on the sculpture map of Great Britain."
Currently, a bid is being developed to the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable Pembroke 21C to set up the museum to open in 2006. The project and its long term success are dependent on the support of the community and to facilitate this there will be an open public consultation meeting about the museum at Pembroke Town Hall on Thursday, October 6, at 7.30 pm.
Perryn Butler will be at the meeting to talk about her plans for the workshops, and offering practical advice on how to develop ideas for the museum will be Mark Thomas, of the Pembrokeshire Museums Service.
For all enquiries about the museum project, telephone 01646 680090.