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New Millennium Experience Company
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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...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PD
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Title (The name of the record)
- New Millennium Experience Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1997-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- New Millenium Experience Company, 1997-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C347/
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