Category: News
Burrell Collection announces summer start to construction of £66m refurbishment
Kier Construction Scotland is set to commence the refurbishment of Glasgow’s Burrell Collection in early summer 2018 Glasgow City Council’s Contracts and Property Committee has confirmed Kier Construction Scotland as the preferred bidder to deliver the Main Building Contract to take… Read more
British Council announces funding to take UK exhibitions to Arabian Gulf
The UK-Gulf Exhibition Programme – which has been granted to the British Council by the UK government – will support UK museums and galleries to partner with institutions in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The new… Read more
V&A Museum of Design Dundee to open in September
Set on the banks of the river Tay and inspired by the cliffs to the east the new V&A Dundee stands at the centre of the £1bn transformation of the Dundee waterfront, once part of the city’s docklands, and… Read more
Arts Council England holds annual diversity event and publishes new report
Reflecting on two reports published by CEBR and the Social Mobility Commission last year, he’ll say that the arts sector, including museums, needs to do more to help young people progress in their lives and challenge socio-economic barriers. Read more