Image: A render of the redesigned foyer (National Science and Media Museum)
Designs show a redeveloped foyer which visitors will be able to experience from early next year.
The National Science and Media Museum has revealed designs for its foyer, set to be redeveloped and to open alongside the launch of Bradford 2025 in January.
The new designs reveal a reconfigured foyer with a new welcome desk, soft seating and redesigned shop as well as an additional passenger lift.
Complications with the construction and installation of the lift had caused its initial 2024 reopening to be pushed back to next year. The museum’s Sound and Vision galleries will launch in summer 2025.
As part of the Bradford 2025 programme, artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast are creating a new immersive installation for the museum’s temporary exhibition galleries, launching in April 2025.
On reopening visitors will see the return of the interactive Wonderlab gallery, along with the IMAX – the biggest screen in West Yorkshire. its 2025 programme will also see the return of the museum’s annual Yorkshire Games Festival
Commenting on the plans for reopening, Director Jo Quinton-Tulloch said: “It’s going to be a momentous year for the district, and we’ve planned a fantastic lineup of exhibitions, festivals, and events including a new immersive exhibition in partnership with Bradford 2025; a supercharged Bradford Science Festival and the opening of our new Sound and Vision galleries in the summer.”
