Projects

Three-year, £46.4 million transformation of The National Museum of Scotland sees 16 new galleries and 8,000 objects on display - many for the first time...

Highlights from our Museum Architecture Retrospective from Museum Identity magazine Vols 06 and 07. Discover some of the most remarkale museum architecture from the past decade - from the iconic to the sublime

Telling the fascinating story of Liverpool and its world-renowned people, the £72m Museum of Liverpool is testament to those who have shaped and continue to influence the history of the city

The new Sammy Ofer Wing at the National Maritime Museum is a transformative £36.5m capital project which sets a new strategic direction for the Museum

Riverside is unique in terms of vision and the new museum is exceptionally designed. It’s a welcoming, coherent space that puts the visitors’ enjoyment at the forefront

In one of the most innovative and ambitious museum developments of the last decade in the UK, M Shed, Bristol’s new city history museum, has opened to the public

Turner Contemporary: Victoria Pomery on creating a gallery that doesn’t compromise on quality and which welcomes audiences from all walks of life

The second phase of the new Ceramics Galleries celebrates the vast size and strength of the V&A ceramics collections. The collection has been off-view at the museum since 2004

Described as one of the most important cultural projects ever to be undertaken in Northern Ireland, the Ulster Museum’s £17million landmark refurbishment project has resulted in a dramatic but sensitive transformation of the south Belfast building.

In a £10 million transformation The Jewish Museum London tells the story of Jewish history, culture and religion in an innovative and compelling way - exploring the experience of immigration, cultural diversity, and Jewish identity as part of the wider story of Britain

Cathy Ross, Director of Collections and Learning at Museum of London explains how the opening of the new Galleries of Modern London raises the bar for museums around the world...

The V&A’s £30 million Medieval & Renaissance Galleries mark the completion of the first phase of the Museum’s £120 million Future Plan transformation. The new galleries are the biggest project the V&A has undertaken since the British Galleries opened in 2001 and have been seven years in the making. Ten new galleries, occupying the entire south east wing of the Museum, display 1800 objects from the V&A’s collection of medieval and Renaissance treasures.

The new building will provide the Ashmolean with 100% more display space. It comprises 39 new galleries, including 4 temporary exhibition galleries, a new education centre, state-of-the-art conservation studios, and Oxford’s first rooftop restaurant. In the Cockerell Building, the newly refurbished galleries of Western Art will reopen after 10 months of closure.

The MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art is Italy’s first national public museum dedicated to contemporary art and architecture. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the ultramodern museum is situated in Rome’s Flaminio neighbourhood, on the site of the former military barracks.

Get ready to experience the Natural History Museum’s metamorphosis when the landmark new Darwin Centre opens to the public on 15 September 2009. One of the highlights will be Cocoon, a 65-metre-long, eight-storey-high cocoon at the heart of the building. Here for the first time you'll see into the hidden world of scientific research, where real Museum scientists work on cutting-edge research.

Tate will shortly start demolition work to clear the area directly south of Tate Modern, making way for a new £215 million new development. The project will address some of the strains on the current building. The gallery was originally designed for 2 million visitors but current visitor numbers reach up to 5 million.

Casson Mann are a team of designers dedicated to the delivery of innovative projects. They have worked with many of the major national museums in the UK and have created some benchmark galleries including the British Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Wellcome Wing Galleries at the Science Museum and the Churchill Museum for the Imperial War Museum.

OPERA works in a broad range of architectural projects. Their portfolio contains several large-scale museum interiors and major exhibition designs, including: Museum Twentse Welle, Enschede; National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden; Museum of World Culture, Göteborg

Image Gallery from our 'Digital Interpretation: Interactives & Multimedia in Museums' Study Day. Date: Wednesday 18th January 2012. Venue: London Transport Museum, Imperial War Museum, Science Museum, and Churchill Museum. Study day exploring interactive exhibits and innovative uses of multimedia, AV, film and digital interpretation in museums