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MCC MUSEUM
MCC MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTING MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, DEDICATED TO TRACING THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET.
The Collection was established in 1864 when Members were invited to donate items of interest to furnish the Pavilion. In 1953 HRH Duke of Edinburgh opened the Imperial Memorial Gallery, which enabled the Club to display works to the public for the first time.
Today MCC Museum works towards Accreditation Standards and collaborates with a number of national museums and schools through its active loans, community and tours programmes. MCC Museum is part of Sporting Heritage, a nationwide network which cares for sporting collections, and, as a sports museum, collects history shortly after it is made through items associated with particular moments or people.
THE FIVE-MINUTE BELL
The ringing of the pre-match five-minute bell at Lord’s is a tradition introduced in 2007.
The bell, which is located outside the Bowlers’ Bar of the Lord’s Pavilion, is rung to signify the imminent start of play, and it has become a great honour to be invited to ring it on the morning of a Test match.
The list of respected figures reads like a who’s who of the cricketing world with many former international captains and greats having rung the bell to signal five minutes until the beginning of play.