▁hous ed ▁the ▁museum ▁was ▁also ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁city , ▁and ▁may ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁future ▁Network ▁Rail ▁services ▁to ▁London . ▁ ▁The ▁una ut hor ised ▁sale ▁of ▁hundreds ▁of ▁items ▁from ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁collection ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁BBC 1 ▁Inside ▁Out ▁programme ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁dated ▁ 2 2 ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁museum ▁wrote ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁l enders ▁of ▁items , ▁" F ollow ing ▁a ▁further ▁extensive ▁search ▁for ▁the ▁items , ▁I ▁can ▁now ▁confirm ▁that , ▁unfortunately , ▁we ▁have ▁only ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁locate ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ten ▁[ items ] ... ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁great ▁regret ▁that ▁the ▁Museum ▁cannot ▁locate ▁the ▁remaining ▁items ▁and ▁I ▁apolog ise ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁Museum ' s ▁trust ees ▁for ▁this . ▁I ▁also ▁confirm ▁that ▁the ▁Museum ▁has ▁now ▁completed ▁the ▁transfer ▁of ▁the ▁arte fact s ▁it ▁held ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁& ▁Commonwealth ▁Trust ▁( h eld ▁by ▁Br istol ▁City ▁Council ) ▁and ▁the ▁Museum ▁has ▁now ▁moved ▁out ▁of ▁its ▁prem ises ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁which ▁oper ates ▁the ▁Museum ▁will ▁be ▁w ound ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁near ▁future , ▁with ▁an ▁intention ▁to ▁enter ▁a ▁M embers ▁Vol unt ary ▁Li qu id ation ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 ." ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁October ▁ 2