A TWO day consultation on future plans for Skipton Town Hall is due to take place from Friday, June 2.

People will be able to drop in to the town hall on the Friday, or on the Saturday, to find out about ambitious plans to develop the building as a 'cultural hub' for the whole of Craven.

Plans also include a re-invigorated Craven Museum and Exhibition Gallery.

There will be opportunities to see plans, offer feedback, take part in behind the scenes tours of Craven Museum and get up close with some artefact handling sessions.

Members of staff from Skipton Town Hall will also be on hand to explain the proposals for the building and listen to feedback.

Danielle Daglan, Craven District Council's programming and venue development manager said: “We’re keen for the community to have an opportunity to look at the overall plans for the development of Skipton Town Hall and give us their thoughts. It’s a really good opportunity for people to see behind the scenes at the museum – a lot of people don’t realise quite how much we have in our collections."

The architects who are designing the redevelopment of the building will be giving presentations at 11.30am and 1.30pm on both days, showing the initial plans including the redesign of the museum and gallery.

Behind the scenes tours of the museum will take place at 11am, 12midday, 1pm and 2pm, also on both days, showing residents the vast collection kept in store, including a range of fine art, archaeology and social history artefacts which are rarely seen.

People will be asked to give feedback on the proposals which will be taken into account as the plans move forward.

There is also a survey on the future of Craven Museum which people can fill in online at cravendc.gov.uk/museumconsultation. For events at the town hall, go to cravendc.gov.uk/skiptontownhall