Author: Jemma Jarman

This article was first published by The British Museum. The British Museum has announced Lina Ghotmeh — Architecture (LG—A) has won the competition to redesign its Western Range galleries.  A pivotal moment in the Masterplan project to transform the Museum’s historic building, the project will be one of the biggest cultural renovations undertaken anywhere in the world. […]

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This article was first published by the Collections Trust. The Collections Trust has announced David Gelsthorpe as their next Chief Executive. David has been Chair of the UK Museum Accreditation Scheme for four years, and is Chair of Your Trust, Rochdale’s culture and leisure trust. Most recently, David was Curator of Earth Sciences at Manchester Museum for 18 years, where […]

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This article was first published by the Museums Association. The ground floor of the Science Museum in London is to undergo a transformation over the next five years with the opening of three new free galleries exploring space, stories of the science of today and the history of invention. As part of the changes, the […]

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This article was first published by Twentieth Century Society. C20 Society has renewed its call to nationally list the Southbank Centre, which includes the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Rooms and Queen Elizabeth Hall. This visionary combination of performance spaces and art gallery is a post-war architectural masterpiece, and is perhaps the most totemic – and controversial – […]

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