Contractors are working round the clock to get the £74m Riverside Museum ready for opening on 21 June.
Glasgow Museums is leading a team that also includes fit-out firm Mivan, exhibition designer Event and Zaha Hadid Architects. The transport museum is Hadid’s first major public commission in the UK.
“Zaha Hadid has a reputation for preciousness but this is completely unwarranted as far as I am concerned,” said Lawrence Fitzgerald, project director for the museum. “She has shown real devotion to the project and her staff are really keen.”
The building has been designed to provide large column-free spaces to display more than 3,000 exhibits, many of them very large, which will tell the story of the city’s transport, engineering and shipbuilding legacy.
Hadid’s project director for the scheme is Jim Heverin, who is also leading on the development of £130m aquatics venue for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Glasgow Museums has worked with Mivan and Event to create flexible displays systems that will be relatively easy and cheap to change.
“The flexible systems mean we don’t need to wait for the next multi-million pound refurbishment to change things,” said Fitzgerald.
Funders for the museum include Glasgow City Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Riverside Museum Appeal, a charitable trust that has raised about £4.5m.
Glasgow Museums is leading a team that also includes fit-out firm Mivan, exhibition designer Event and Zaha Hadid Architects. The transport museum is Hadid’s first major public commission in the UK.
“Zaha Hadid has a reputation for preciousness but this is completely unwarranted as far as I am concerned,” said Lawrence Fitzgerald, project director for the museum. “She has shown real devotion to the project and her staff are really keen.”
The building has been designed to provide large column-free spaces to display more than 3,000 exhibits, many of them very large, which will tell the story of the city’s transport, engineering and shipbuilding legacy.
Hadid’s project director for the scheme is Jim Heverin, who is also leading on the development of £130m aquatics venue for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Glasgow Museums has worked with Mivan and Event to create flexible displays systems that will be relatively easy and cheap to change.
“The flexible systems mean we don’t need to wait for the next multi-million pound refurbishment to change things,” said Fitzgerald.
Funders for the museum include Glasgow City Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Riverside Museum Appeal, a charitable trust that has raised about £4.5m.
