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Dame Margaret Weston obituary First female director of a national museum who broke new ground by taking cultural treasures to the entire country Dame Margaret Weston, the then director of the Science Museum, in 1979. Photograph: Photoshot/Getty Images Dame Margaret Weston, the then director of the Science Museum, in 1979. Photograph: Photoshot/Getty Images RogerHighfield Mon 18 Jan 2021 11.40 EST Last modified on Thu 25 Feb 2021 04.09 EST Dame Margaret Weston, who has died aged 94, was the first woman in the UK to run a national museum and a pioneer when it came to sharing cultural treasures with the entire country. While director of the Science Museum, from 1973 to 1986, she opened the National Railway Museum in York, the first national museum outside London, where today a miniature steam train used by visitors is named after her.

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