The Folkestone Collections

11 <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p>The Folkestone Collections - This new organisation is being established to safeguard and retain Folkestone’s artistic heritage in the locality.<br /> The impe tus for its formation stemmed from the recent closure of the Metropole Gallery and the proposal to dispose of the collection of paintings and other art works of local interest built up since it opened in 1961.</p> </body>