Category: Openings & closures
Julia Peyton-Jones to step down as director of Serpentine Galleries
Julia Peyton-Jones has been Director of the Serpentine Galleries since 1991 and was joined in 2006, by Hans Ulrich Obrist as Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects. Together they have made the Serpentine… Read more
HLF awards timely grant of £2.8m to establish National Centre for Horology
HLF has awarded the British Horological Institute (BHI) – a membership organisation for people who make, repair, collect and sell clocks, watches and other timepieces – a grant to create a National Centre for Horology at its… Read more
Flying Scotsman to return as working museum exhibit after £4.2m conservation
The National Railway Museum has drawn up plans that will see, from early 2016, the reappearance of The Flying Scotsman around the UK as a working museum exhibit, demonstrating the engineering science behind steam traction to new generation. For… Read more
Glasgow’s Burrell Collection’s £66m refurbishment to begin in 2016
The announcement of the closure date marks the next milestone in the Burrell Collection’s ambitious plans to overhaul the roof, building fabric, interior and ageing plant, as well as creating an entirely new experience for visitors. The move follows a… Read more
Heath Robinson Museum moves off the drawing board
The building of the Heath Robinson Museum is now underway in Pinner in the northwest London borough of Harrow where the illustrator lived from 1908 to 1918, and produced some of his most significant work. The new museum will include… Read more
Fully Fashioned: The Pringle of Scotland Story
The National Museum of Scotland will open a new exhibition on Friday exploring the 200-year history of one of the world’s oldest fashion brands… Read more
Norton Priory to pilot revolutionary radio carbon dating process
A £96,000 Arts Council England grant awarded to Norton Priory Museum & Gardens and the University of Liverpool will fund the development of a new form of carbon dating… Read more
AIM announces 6 new recipients of the Biffa Award
The awards are part of a three-year £1.5m deal between the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) and waste management company Biffa… Read more
LUSITANIA: her people remembered – exhibition launched to mark centenary of ship’s sinking
New exhibition opens ahead of centenary of the torpedoing of passenger ship during WWI… Read more
Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku opens the new YARAT contemporary arts and education centre today
The not-for-profit contemporary art organisation has opened its new Contemporary Art Centre in a former Soviet-era naval headquarters… Read more
V&A launches Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty
Visionary fashion designer Alexander McQueen’s work is celebrated in a special show opening Saturday (14 March) with 240 of his ensembles and accessories… Read more
CASE STUDY: Loughborough University – Restoring Beijing’s Palace Museum with 3D printing
Following groundbreaking work with museums in China, Loughborough University Design School is using the latest 3D digital technologies to develop commercial services for museums… Read more
Extensis Launches Next Generation Font Menu for Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint
Suitcase Attaché gives users a creative boost by unleashing the power of typography in two widely-used applications. Read more
Museums + Heritage Show announces extensive programme of free talks and one-to-one expert advIce
With just over two months to go until Museums + Heritage Show 2015, the organisers of the UK’s most comprehensive event for the cultural sector has announced its most ambitious programme yet… Read more
British Postal Museum & Archive Chairman to pass on her mail bag as new £22m museum planned for 2016
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) will deliver its new museum next year with a fresh chairman… Read more
Whitworth Art Gallery reopens following £15M transformation
The Whitworth Art Gallery will throw open its doors tomorrow (Saturday), both the old ones and the new, which connect to the park, following an 18-month redevelopment… Read more
All aboard! V&A Museum of Design Dundee embarks on national tour of scotland
With building work beginning next month the V&A Museum of Design Dundee begins a touring exhibition today that will visit more than 70 venues the length and breadth of Scotland… Read more