Openings

Mark your diary: museum openings to look forward to in 2021

There'll be a host of exciting new museum spaces to get us out of the house next year

Switzerland | Kulturstiftung Basel H Geiger, Basel

This new venue not only offers free admission – visitors get a complimentary catalogue as well

Plymouth finds out what’s inside The Box

The £46m museum, gallery and archive space has been created from three historic buildings

Waltham Forest to open new exhibition space

Project builds on Borough of Culture legacy

Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, Science Museum, London

Art and drama meet medical history in these transformative displays

The Silverstone Experience, Silverstone, Northamptonshire

History and technology are the driving forces of this attraction

Aberdeen Art Gallery

A clever but much-delayed redevelopment has successfully expanded and modernised the exhibition spaces

Being Human, Wellcome Collection, London

This new permanent exhibition explores what it means to be human through our relationships with others and the environment

God’s House Tower, Southampton

Dominic Tweddle explores this venue’s transformation from a strategic defence facility in medieval times to a space for modern art

Cambridge Museum of Technology

The redevelopment of this venue, which showcases the industrial heritage of the city, is a triumph

France | Commonwealth War Graves Commission Experience, Beaurains, Arras, France

Simon Stephens goes behind the scenes of the work being done to commemorate those who died in the world wars

The Box spearheads a big year for Devon’s museums

As well as the opening of the flagship project for Mayflower 400, Torquay Museum is celebrating its 175th anniversary with a series of events and activities