Scotland’s second major museum development of the summer opened at the weekend with the unveiling of the redeveloped National Museum of Scotland (NMS) in Edinburgh.
The £47.4m NMS follows hot on the heels of Glasgow’s £74m Riverside Museum which opened in late June.
The architect for NMS was Glasgow-based Gareth Hoskins, while the exhibition designer was Ralph Appelbaum Associates, which has offices in London, New York and Beijing.
A trio of multi-million pound museum openings in Scotland will be completed on 30 November when the National Galleries of Scotland unveils the £17.6m revamp of Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
These museums will play an important part in the three-year celebration of Scottish culture and creativity that Fiona Hyslop, the cabinet secretary for culture and external affairs, announced late last month.
The aim is for Scotland to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Creative Scotland, the development agency for the arts, screen and the creative industries, will put £6.5m of lottery funds into a programme to support creativity over the next few years.
National Strategy for Scottish museums and galleries
Work to develop a national strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries is continuing.
The Museums Strategy Group, which met for the first time in July, is working on consultation programmes and making transitional arrangements so that Museums Galleries Scotland, currently a membership body, can become the national development body for the sector.
The next meeting of the strategy group is on 1 September.
A sector consultation is already underway and a public consultation will start in September.
The £47.4m NMS follows hot on the heels of Glasgow’s £74m Riverside Museum which opened in late June.
The architect for NMS was Glasgow-based Gareth Hoskins, while the exhibition designer was Ralph Appelbaum Associates, which has offices in London, New York and Beijing.
A trio of multi-million pound museum openings in Scotland will be completed on 30 November when the National Galleries of Scotland unveils the £17.6m revamp of Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
These museums will play an important part in the three-year celebration of Scottish culture and creativity that Fiona Hyslop, the cabinet secretary for culture and external affairs, announced late last month.
The aim is for Scotland to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Creative Scotland, the development agency for the arts, screen and the creative industries, will put £6.5m of lottery funds into a programme to support creativity over the next few years.
National Strategy for Scottish museums and galleries
Work to develop a national strategy for Scotland’s museums and galleries is continuing.
The Museums Strategy Group, which met for the first time in July, is working on consultation programmes and making transitional arrangements so that Museums Galleries Scotland, currently a membership body, can become the national development body for the sector.
The next meeting of the strategy group is on 1 September.
A sector consultation is already underway and a public consultation will start in September.
