Museum to reopen after four-month closure
Seaford MuseumA museum in East Sussex is to reopen after closing for four months for maintenance works.
The 200-year-old Martello Tower of Seaford Museum underwent work completed by Seaford Town Council (STC), including checks and cleaning displays and artefacts.
"Important maintenance works are not always apparent to visitors, but are nonetheless very necessary," the museum said.
The work was also undertaken by the Seaford Museum and Heritage Society, who run the museum.
The tower was originally built as defences when Napoleon Bonaparte threatened to cross the English Channel in 1803.
After the war, the tower provided homes for signallers, excise men and miners.
It was later occupied in 1979 by the Seaford Museum and Heritage Society and underwent refurbishment by Lewes District Council before becoming STC's property.
"Maintaining the two-hundred-year-old Martello Tower is unending and complex," the museum added.
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