News Article Comments : Burton Brewing Museum saved

The Molson Coors brewing museum and visitor centre in Burton-on-Trent has been saved and will reopen in 2010, possibly as early as Easter.

The centre has been in existence since 1977 but Molson Coors took the decision to shut it in June 2008 as part of a cost cutting exercise to save £1m a year.

The victory is the result of a sustained campaign by beer lovers, brewery workers, local MP Janet Dean and the Burton Mail . It will be known as the National Brewery Centre.

Molson Coors has awarded a 25-year lease to Planning Solutions, a company with a wide portfolio of leisure activities, including Conkers in the New Forest, the Robin Hood Experience in Nottingham and Trentham Gardens near Stoke-on-Trent.

Planning Solutions has also had an involvement with the Vinopolis wine experience in London and therefore has experience of promoting the beverage industry.

Molson Coors will make a £200,000 investment in the venture and will also provide annual funding of £100,000 while charging on