Files reveal Tony Blair's government was once offered the chance to move the venue out of London.
Tony Blair's government was offered the chance to move the Millennium Dome out of London to Swindon, according to newly-released official files.
In March 2001, the Director of the Science Museum Lindsay Sharp came up with a solution for the venue. He said the external Dome structure could be moved to a 620 acre site owned by the Museum. There it could house a research centre, exhibition attraction, and "a living residential community of the 'third age'", as well as a tourist village and special school.
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