25 MARCH 1911, Page 3

We record, with no small satisfaction, the announcement that the

King, by appointing trustees, has taken the first step for turning Kensington Palace into a London Museum. The State Apartments, splendid in design, are already full of beautiful and interesting things, and with a little care and trouble we see no reason why a London Museum in Wren's palace should not match and out-match the Musee Carnavalet of Paris. The trustees for the new museum are Mr. Harcourt. Lord Esher and Lord Beauchamp, and Mr. Francis Laking, 3 Cleveland Row, St. James's, has been appointed keeper and secretary. The trustees appeal for gifts of objects of historical and local interest to Londoners. We do not doubt that before long a museum of extraordinary interest will be established.