attractIons & MuseuMs


Six shortlisted for 2012 Kids in Museums award


Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland and Liverpool’s World Museum are among six sites to be shortlisted for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award. Te accolade – won last year by Mansfield


Museum – recognises the most welcoming attractions to visitors of all ages. Te Museum of London and Museum


of London Docklands; Brixham Heritage Museum; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; and Haslemere Educational Museum, Surrey, have also been shortlisted for the award. Details: http://lei.sr?a=z2p9O


IWM London submits £35m plans


Imperial War Museums (IWM) has submitted a listed building and planning appli- cation to Southwark Council for the transformation of its flagship branch in London. Te proposals focus on the


first phase of a longer term masterplan for IWM London, which has been drawn up in partnership with renowned architects Foster + Partners. Lend Lease Construction


has been confirmed as the construction management contractor for the scheme, which also involves London- based exhibition designer Casson Mann. Te plans will see larger First World Galleries


New central hall terrace displays will be part of IWM London’s revamp


created in order to enable IWM London to dis- play more of its collection, while its central hall is to be completely overhauled. New central hall terrace displays for improved interpretation of the museum’s larger


People will have to pay to visit the Meridian Line


Scottish Seabird Centre unveils expansion project


Te Scottish Seabird Centre (SSC) near Edinburgh plans to expand and enhance its visitor experience under the working proj- ect title of the National Marine Centre. Simpson and Brown, the original archi-


tects of the SSC, have designed the new-look building. Additional space will also help the centre develop its education work. SSC currently houses the Discovery


Centre, which gives visitors the chance to view seabirds using live interactive cameras, and the Migration Flyaway experience. Details: http://lei.sr?a=U9V6x


National Trust completes £9m Stowe transformation


A £9m transformation of the gateway to a 250-acre (101-hectare) landscape garden in Buckinghamshire – one of the UK’s earliest attractions – has been completed. Work has been carried out to revitalise


the New Inn, the original purpose-built entrance for visitors to Stowe first built by Lord Cobham nearly 200 years ago. Te National Trust has restored it over


a two-year period to create a new visitor centre, which now offers an experience of 18th century life at the site. Details: http://lei.sr?a=J6L3X


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objects also forms part of the project, along with additional top-floor gallery space. Work is to be completed in 2014 in order to


commemorate the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. IWM London will shut for six months from January 2013. Details: http://lei.sr?a=f0c0L


Louvre is world’s ‘most visited’ art museum


New research has found that the Louvre, one of the most iconic attractions in Paris, France, was the world’s most visited art museum last year aſter it welcomed nearly 8.9 million people. According to a study under-


taken by Te Art Newspaper, the Louvre easily claimed the top spot with nearly 3 million more visitors than the second most visited art attraction. New York’s Metropolitan


Museum of Art, US, saw 6 million people come through its doors, while the British Museum, National Gallery and Tate Modern – all in London – completed the top five. Te list of the top 10 most visited art attrac-


Te National Gallery is among the world’s top five most visited venues


tions also included the National Gallery of Art, Washington, US; the National Palace Museum


in Taipei, Taiwan; and Centre Pompidou, Paris. It is Te Art Newspaper’s latest annual poll of exhibition and museum attendances, which it has been carrying out since 1996. Details: http://lei.sr?a=b4q6Y


Housesteads Roman Fort’s new-look museum opens


A new-look museum has opened at Housesteads Roman Fort in Northumberland aſter work on the first phase of improvements to the site’s visitor facilities was completed. English Heritage has led the redevelopment of the musuem at Housesteads, one of the UK’s


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most complete Roman forts. Te second phase will involve the National Trust visitor centre. Te scheme cost more than £1m and will


allow visitors to access the remains of the bar- racks with new and upgraded interpretation. Details: http://lei.sr?a=Q4Y9T


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