heritage news
¤1.8m Clara Bog Visitor Centre unveiled
tom walker
A new €1.8m (£1.5m, $2.6m) visitor cen- tre has been unveiled at Clara Bog, County Offaly – one of Ireland’s most important raised bogs– by former Irish taoiseach Brian Cowen. Te Clara Bog Visitor Centre forms part of the National Development Plan and has been funded with the help of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. EU funding has also supported the construction of the vis- itor centre, which was designed and project managed by the Office of Public Works.
US$5m wing for Florida museum tom walker
A new US$5m (£3.1m, €3.4m) wing has been unveiled at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, US. Te attraction – home to a
‘comprehensive’ collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany materi- als – has received a 12,000sq ſt (1,115sq m) extension as part of the scheme. Long-term public access will now be provided to the restored Daffodil Terrace from Louis Comfort’s Long Island home at Laurelton Hall. A total of 250 art and archi-
Te new wing will house 250 art and architectural exhibits in its galleries
tectural exhibits are also on display in the new galleries, with the Laurelton Hall galleries adding 6,000sq ſt (5,57sq m) of public exhi- bition space alone. California-based Griswold Conservation Associates headed a conserva- tion team that worked on the Daffodil Terrace
Te new plans have finally been given funding
Stonehenge plans secure ‘Big Society’ boost
tom walker
Tourism minister John Penrose has revealed that proposals to improve the visitor experi- ence at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, have been put back on track with government support. A funding package that includes private
philanthropy, National Lottery cash and commercial backing is to be complemented with plans to enable English Heritage (EH) to access its reserves. Penrose has con- firmed that EH will be using £2m (€2.3m, $3.3m) of its historic reserves, which have been raised from philanthropic sources.
Berlin museum secures EU design prize
pete hayman
David Chipperfield Architects’ design for the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany, has been handed the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. Te attraction reopened in 2009 for the first time in 70 years, follow- ing the completion of an extensive €212m (£187m, $308.5m) redevelopment project. David Chipperfield Architects’ renova-
tion of the museum was selected for this year’s award from a shortlist of six by the EU and Mies van der Rohe Foundation.
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restoration, which is now installed in a new glass-enclosed gallery. Winter Park-based archi- tects RLF worked on the scheme as well, which also included another new gallery that will act as a study room and boasts copies of books from Tiffany’s library.
Holocaust museum planned for Rome tom walker
Te mayor of Rome, Italy, has announced plans for the con- struction of the country’s first Holocaust museum. Te €19m (£16.2m, $27.6m),
2,500sq m (27,000sq ft) museum is to form the focal point of Rome’s 10-year ‘Stati Generali’ plan for major proj- ects in the city, and will be constructed in the central area of Villa Torlonia, adjacent to both Benito Mussolini’s villa and the 2,000-year old Jewish catacombs. Te catacombs, currently closed, will be restored and opened to visitors. Museum director, Marcello Pezzetti said:
Te museum will chart the history of the holocaust and Italy’s role in it
“Italy was a partner of Nazi Germany, not a victim, as the populace generally holds. “Unlike Germany, we have never even begun the process of soul-searching. Italians don’t
feel involved, they do not consider themselves as having collaborated. Tis museum, which will cover global Holocaust history, but have a special section on Italy, will speak directly to Italians, and not just to Italian Jews.” Te museum plans were created by architects Luca Zevi and Giorgio Maria Tamburini.
Sioux City museum opened in Iowa, US pete hayman
A new US$12.5m (£7.8m, €8.5m) downtown museum in Sioux City, Iowa, US, opened its doors to the public on 23 April. Located on the first floor of a former depart- ment store building, the 55,000sq ſt (5,110sq m)
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attraction is at the heart of a new cultural and entertainment district for the city. A theatre, multi-use classrooms, offices, a
conference room, temporary exhibit spaces and a giſt shop are included, along with arte- fact and exhibition preparation rooms.
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