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Redevelopment

New Royal Marines Experience set to open in October

The £15m development will be unveiled at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

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The difficulties of redeveloping much-loved local authority museums

Ipswich Museum’s restoration and redevelopment promises to strike exactly the right balance between nostalgia and the 21st century, says Eleanor Mills

Field of vision | Sheep Field Barn, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

The exhibition space of this world-famous sculptor has been sympathetically upgraded to embrace a more inclusive, educational environment

Hull Maritime Museum reopens following £20.4m redevelopment

More than 8,000 visitors have already booked free tickets for venue's opening month

London Museum sounds out DJs to join late-night collective

Musicians will play regular evenings when the institution reopens in November

Cornish communities invited to shape museum redevelopment

Online and in-person consultation launched to plan the future of Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

Q&A | ‘If you’re going to attract funders, you’ve got to have a big, bold ambition’

As a new SS Great Britain museum opens, CEO Andrew Edwards talks to us about his wider plans for dockyard site – and how he dealt with a media backlash against its new name

Ripon Workhouse Museum opens following £2.8m redevelopment

Immersive visitor experience tells working class histories

Tower of London announces £70m plan for new learning and engagement facilities

Tomorrow’s Tower project will increase learning capacity by 250%  

New industrial heritage attraction opens to the public in Wrexham

Stori Brymbo comprises a restored steelworks and a 300-million-year-old fossil forest

The Light: New Durham museum announces August opening date

Former Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery transformed after decade-long closure

Q&A | ‘Frederick Horniman’s legacy lives on today – but in a world that is very different’

Director of content Peronel Craddock tells us about the Horniman’s plans for the future as it celebrates its 125th birthday