Museum News New-look Ypres museum opens
In Flanders Field Museum, the heritage attraction exam- ining the events of World War One (WWI), has reopened its doors in Ypres, Belgium, following an extensive reno- vation and expansion. The 5,000sq m (53,819sq
ſt) museum is housed in the town’s iconic Cloth Hall and its redesign has been led by Brussels-based design prac- tice noAarchitecten. A new WWI research cen-
tre has been created at In Flanders Fields Museum, which itself is 50 per cent larger following the expansion. In order to offer a more “intense” visitor
experience, multimedia exhibits have been used to explore general and military view- points of the conflict. Among those involved were Tijdsbeeld and PieceMontée; Bruns; Klaus Verscheure and
noAarchitecten led the redesign of In Flanders Field Museum in Ypres
Filip Martin; and UK-based band tindersticks, which produced the museum soundtrack. Birger Stichelbaut’s aerial photography
research led to the creation of the In Flanders Earth application, while Kiss the Frog worked on the computer elements. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=U0h8q
Green light for £41m V&A development
The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London, UK has received approval from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for its £41m (US$64.4m, €52.5m) Exhibition Road project. Amanda Levete Architects
(ALA) were appointed in March 2011 to work on the scheme, which will lead to the creation of a new purpose- built underground gallery. Work will start this autumn,
with the project to include a new entrance allowing access to the gallery via a staircase offering views of the museum’s façade. Work will also include opening up a pre-
viously inaccessible back-of-house space to create a new open courtyard for installation, events and a café. See p26 for full details.
Amanda Levete Architects were appointed to design the project in 2011 Te V&A has now raised £25m (US$39.2m,
€32m) towards the total cost of the Exhibition Road project, which is due for completion in late 2015 and will open to the public in 2016. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=q0l0h
Google maps indoor spaces at Smithsonian museums
A collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Google has now allowed vis- itors to virtually explore spaces at its 17 US museums and the National Zoological Park. Visitors who use Google Maps for Android are now able to access more than 2.7 million
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sq ſt (250,838sq m) of interiors, which aims to allow for easier exploration of the sites. Attractions to have been mapped so far are
the National Museum of American History and the National Museum of Natural History. Read more:
http://lei.sr?a=o5u7P
image: in flanders field museum
image (c) amanda levete architects – v&a museum, london
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