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By 2000, work was required to refurbish the roof which was leaking badly in many places. On 23 May 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to meet 75% of the project costs (see below).<ref>SVR News 136</ref> The rest of the year was spent in negotiations with the Lottery Fund on the conditions to be met, with the work not beginning until 2002. At some time around the late 1940s, the outside canopies on the front of the building had been removed and a trap door with an electric hoist put in the upper floor on the station side. The upper loading doors which were no longer needed were subsequently bricked up giving the building a rather plain external appearance. The eventual plans for the museum roof included rebuilding the canopies in their original form and restoring the upper floor openings on the station side of the building.<ref>SVR News 138</ref>
==Future developments==
{{As of|2021|11}}:<ref>email from David Postle "Film Shows at KRM, 27 November 2021</ref>
*Plans for a proposed extension to the museum building have been drawn up and will shortly be submitted to the Council for planning permission.
*A significant re-design of the museum's website is in progress.
*The nursery opposite the museum building having closed, the museum has decided to take over the building and develop it as an archive and research centre as well as providing additional meeting space which can be let out.
==Grants==
