Attractions news


Focus to work on Coventry Transport Museum project


Focus Consultants has been appointed as lead consultant on a new project to trans- form Coventry Transport Museum into an “internationally signifi cant” attraction. T e project is in line to secure a £4.9m


grant aſt er it received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and will include a major overhaul of exhibition spaces. Plans also include the revitalisation of the


Grade I-listed Old Grammar School, which will be brought back into use as a public access archive and educational facility. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=U8v8r


Work begins on Bannockburn


Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has helped mark the start of work on a new multi-million pound visitor centre designed to celebrate the Battle of Bannockburn. Mansell Construction


Services has been appointed to deliver the attraction near Stirling, which was designed by a team led by Edinburgh- based Reiach and Hall. Sinclair Knight Merz;


Turner and Townsend; and KJ Tait form part of the project’s design team, while Bright White and Ian White Associates are also involved. T e Scottish government has contributed


T e visitor complex has been designed by a team led by Reiach and Hall


£5m towards the new visitor centre, which aims to enhance the Bannockburn site and explore its signifi cance in Scottish history. A further £4.1m has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with the attraction set


RAMM reopened last year aſt er a £24m revamp


RAMM wins Art Fund Prize 2012


Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) has been crowned winner of the 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries at an event held in London. T e museum reopened last December


following a major £24m refurbishment and held off competition from three other insti- tutions to pick up the £100,000 award. RAMM was established in 1868, with its


founding principles infl uenced by Prince Albert’s “cultural ideals” of art, science, design and technology combined in one universal vision.


Details of Renaissance fund revealed by ACE


Arts Council England (ACE) has revealed further details of its Renaissance Strategic fund, which is part of a number of mea- sures in support of the museum sector. T e programme will be delivered in two


stages – the fi rst in 2012-13 will see £7m made available and the second will invest up to £15m a year in 2013-14 and 2014-15. Renaissance Strategic investment will be


directed at locations not served by Major partners, with the East Midlands and South Yorkshire among the fi rst set to benefi t. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=K6W5p


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to be completed in 2014 – the 700th anniver- sary of the Battle of Bannockburn. Temporary visitor facilities will be provided


once an existing visitor centre at the site is shut on 31 October, before being demolished. An outreach programme is also planned. Details: http://lei.sr?a=M7W1g


Survey reveals ‘devastating impact’ of cuts


New research carried out by the Museums Association (MA) has uncovered the “dev- astating impact” of funding cuts on heritage attractions throughout the UK. More than 110 museum ser-


vices and institutions took part in the association’s sur- vey, with 51 per cent reporting a reduction to their budgets compared with April 2011. Nearly a quarter have been


forced to reduce public access by shutting whole or part of sites either temporarily or permanently, while 11 per cent have permanently closed whole sites. Other fi ndings from the survey showed that


More than 110 services and institutions participated in the MA’s survey However, 36 per cent of those who responded


42 per cent of participants had reduced staff - ing levels, with nearly a third seeing budgets reduced by more than a tenth.


to the survey expect to increase the quality of service over the next year – compared with 13 per cent at the same stage last year. Details: http://lei.sr?a=b9c9g


English Heritage sites net outside learning awards


The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom has awarded the fi rst 10 national Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Site Provider Awards to English Heritage sites. Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire and Dover Castle in Kent are among the fi rst 10 recipients


Read Leisure Management online leisuremanagement.co.uk/digital


of the award – a new benchmark to accredit sites that meets the needs of school visitors. T e awards were launched in May following


the success of the LOtC Quality Badge, which has accredited more than 850 organisations. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=k7c1f


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