Capital projects

In brief | Latest moves, projects and developments in the sector

King’s Tower opens to public | National Portrait Gallery immersive partnership | V&A Wedgwood acquisition

Fit-out starts at Hull Maritime Museum

The £12m revamp is expected to be complete in spring 2026

Burrell Collection named Scotland’s building of the year

Glasgow museum wins top Rias award for redevelopment that 'rejuvenated an old friend'

National Science and Media Museum to reopen with Hockney exhibition

Bradford museum will welcome visitors back from 8 January

New £100m visitor attraction to open in Belfast

Belfast Stories expected to completed by 2030

Wrexham’s ‘museum of two halves’ asks public to vote on new name

Venue will house national football museum and galleries dedicated to Wrexham history

Capital museum projects face uncertainty as government mulls £100m cut

Funding for National Museums Liverpool, National Railway Museum and V&A Dundee could be withdrawn

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery reopens to the public

First phase of redevelopment incudes Made in Birmingham display

V&A East Storehouse to pioneer Order an Object service for visitors

Venue aims to ‘create a new paradigm for access’ as 2025 opening date is revealed

Heritage Fund awards £30m in grants as it prepares for 30th birthday

Windrush port and Crystal Palace dinosaurs among the heritage attractions to receive lottery boost

Museum of Welsh Cricket among six local venues to share £1.2m

Capital grants will support organisations to build resilience and sustainability

Profile | ‘There’s a sense of culture being under attack’

Former MP Tristram Hunt, now director of the V&A, on why he left politics and the challenges of leadership in the era of the culture wars