Fundraising is a hard task at the best of times. Our approach is modular, and what the museum looks like and delivers depends on how much we raise.

If we raise £400,000, we can buy a site of the right size in a county town in the historic heartlands of the Brexit fight, where there will be lots of local interest, support and volunteer backing.

But around £1.5 million funds a museum in a big town or small city with good transport links, which increases visitor numbers and makes it much easier to hold events with VIP guest speakers.

So that’s our immediate target range, to which we add the initial set up costs and a strategic reserve – which are easier to fundraise for once we have actual bricks and mortar.

We aren’t being wildly overambitious in our financial targets, indeed quite the reverse. The sums we are talking about are on a par with just the annual cleaning and maintenance bill for the EU’s House of European History…

Have a think about your local borough, town, or county museum and you’ll have an idea of what is usefully achievable even on a budget. We already have enough items donated or pledged to make a collection worth putting on display.

A museum that attracts and informs visitors, quickly becoming a site of national importance and reference… A centre of learning around national identity, trade, and continental ties… The added significance of a hub that supports the Special Relationship… Our mission is an important one; please support us and make the museum the best it can be.