Capital projects

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

National Slate Museum and Chatsworth cascade get lottery funding

Capital projects also underway at a number of other institutions

Harris announces reopening date after four-year revamp

Preston venue will unveil new galleries, learning spaces, cafe and shop in September