Heritage News Wine attraction for Bordeaux T e museum will tell the story of the city’s history
£9m BMAG development moves forward
A £9m (10.8m, $14m) project to cre- ate new galleries exploring the history of Birmingham at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) has moved forward, with the internal fi t-out now set to begin. T omas Vale Construction is handing
over the new Birmingham History Galleries to staff , following work to restore and refur- bish part of the Grade II*-listed museum building. West Yorkshire-based Redman Design is behind the proposals. Due to open in September 2012, the proj-
ect has involved the creation of more than 1,000sq m (10,764sq ſt ) of space.
Heritage attraction opens in Ugandan capital
T e Igongo Centre has opened its doors to the public in Biharwe, Uganda. T e heritage attraction has been billed
as a ‘cultural museum’ and will show- case Ugandan art and exhibit traditional Ugandan life as well as chart the coun- try’s history. Owned by publisher James Tumusiime, the attraction is the fi rst of its kind in East Africa. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni, who attended the open- ing, said: “T e African cultural heritage as well as the African languages are very rich but need to be used positively.
Casson Mann has revealed that it is working in part- nership with Paris-based architects X-Tu on the devel- opment of a new international cultural wine centre for Bordeaux, France. T e facility, which forms
part of a strategy to pro- mote the city as the world’s wine capital, is due to open in 2014 and will explore the stories behind wine and its place within culture. It is hoped the Centre for
Wine Culture and Tourism will become an “important destination” for wine lovers and visitors, with a hologram cinema and interactive devices pro- posed. Facilities will include ‘Le vin au coeur des civilisation’, an “atmospheric” gallery that is set to be submerged into the ground and will examine more than 4,000 years of wine his- tory. T e City of Bordeaux, Bordeaux Urban
T e visitor attraction will showcase the region’s rich history of wine
Community and the CIVB - Inter-profession wine council are partnering on the 55m (£47.4m, US$74.4m) development. Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and
Aquitaine Regional Council are also involved, with the 10,000sq m (107,639sq ft) centre scheduled for completion in 2014.
NIAO concern over Titanic development
T e Northern Ireland Audit Offi ce (NIAO) has published its review of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s (NITB) Signature Projects. Among the developments examined as part
of the NIAO study is the Titanic Signature Building in Belfast and the new Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre in County Antrim. The total cost of the Signature Projects,
which include the Walled City of Derry, will be £159m (191m, $247.7m) when complete, of which £71m (85.3m, $110.6m) comes from NITB. According to the NIAO, the Titanic Signature Building – due to open in March 2012 – will need 290,000 visitors each year to break even and may face an uncertain future if predicted tourist numbers are not realised.
T e Titanic Signature Building is due to open in 2012 T e NIAO also raised concerns about the
appeal of the attraction, with the economic downturn leaving many parts of the Titanic Quarter undeveloped.
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