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NASA to fund museum exhibits
The V&A in London, which will soon benefi t from a sister site in Scotland V&A Dundee design shortlist revealed
Six companies have been shortlisted to draw up plans for a landmark new building to house the proposed V&A museum at Dundee, Scotland. Located at Craig Harbour as part of
city’s redeveloped waterfront area, the attraction will host travelling and perma- nent exhibitions, as well as providing a resource for design and creativity. Among the shortlisted design teams
is Vienna, Austria-based Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, along with Kengo Kuma and Associates of Tokyo, Japan, and Snøhetta from Oslo, Norway. REX and Steven Holl Architects – both based in New York, US, and Sutherland Hussey Architects of Edinburgh are the
other three teams in the running to be appointed to the scheme. The V&A at Dundee project is being led
by Design Dundee - the result of a part- nership between the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee; Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise. Design Dundee chair Lesley Knox said:
“The high quality and wide variety of the shortlist will enable the partners to create a building which will not only be part of the transformation of Dundee’s waterfront but also be a landmark for visitors from Scotland and all over the world.” The winning design bid will be revealed later this summer.
Grand Museum of Egypt inaugurated
Suzanne Mubarak, wife of the president of Egypt, has inaugurated the fi rst two phases of the new US$550m (£372m, 444m) Grand Museum of Egypt. The new 100,000sq m (1.1m sq ft) museum, which occupies a 120-acre (48.5 hectares) site about 2km (1.2 miles) from the Pyramids of Giza, now has a power plant, a fi re station and a conservation cen- tre. One of the milestones in the museum’s construction has been the completion of the conservation centre. This contains 12 laboratories for restoring, scanning and studying mummies, as well as artefacts
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made from pottery, wood, textiles and glass. More than 120 conservationists are already at work in the centre, restoring and preparing 6,800 artefacts for display in the Grand Museum. Funding for the museum has included a loan of US$300m (£203m, 242.4m) from Japan, while the Egyptian Culture Ministry will provide US$150m (£101.4m, 121m). A further US$27m (£18.2m, 22m) has so far been received in donations and the rest is expected to be collected from Supreme Council of Antiquities and other donors and private funds.
Innovative planetarium shows and travelling museum exhibits are among nine projects which NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has chosen to receive agency funding this year. Its Competitive Program for Science Museums and Planetariums will provide US$7m (£4.8m) in grants to improve educational outreach related to space exploration, aeronautics, space science, Earth science and microgravity. This year’s grants range from around US$177,000 (£122,409) to US$1.25m (£864,468) and have a maximum fi ve-year performance period. The projects are situated in Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Utah and Washington and all will work with NASA’s Shared Service Center in Mississippi to complete the busi- ness review necessary before a NASA award is issued. All will partner with NASA’s Museum Alliance, an Internet-based, national network of more than 400 science and nature centers, planetari- ums, museums, aquariums, zoos and related organizations. The projects will provide both
the public and teachers with NASA- inspired space, science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.
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