Capital projects

Studio Museum in Harlem reopens after seven-year redevelopment

The organisation was founded in 1968 to address the exclusion of artists of African descent from the mainstream art world

Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration to open next May

Venture to take up residence in former waterworks in Clerkenwell, London

Poole Museum to reopen after seven-year transformation

Redevelopment includes six new galleries and open display of Poole Iron Age Logboat

Scottish museums secure funding for essential building works

MGS has awarded 17 museums a total of £862,000 through its Repair and Adaptation Fund

Courtauld secures £30m donation

Money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus

Global Majority cultural space to open in London

Ibraaz will offer exhibitions, talks, screenings, music and artist residencies

Construction begins on Derry-Londonderry’s DNA Museum

New £15m venue dedicated to city’s maritime and social history due to open in 2027

‘Unapologetically ambitious’: Birmingham Museums Trust launches five-year strategy

Trust sets out plans for transformation and cultural citizenship in wake of council funding crisis

Preston Park Museum reopens as part of railway bicentenary celebrations

Stockton museum unveils £20m extension ahead of 200th anniversary festival

National Gallery seeks architect for new £375m wing

Institution also announces partnership with Tate as ‘joint custodians of the national collection’

Dulwich Picture Gallery opens new children’s space

ArtPlay Pavilion is part of a £5m development that also includes a new cafe and landscaping

Caerphilly Castle to reopen following two-year restoration

Elsewhere, Cyfarthfa Castle and Shire Hall Museum receive funding for transformative projects