Billed as Scotland’s biggest cultural heritage project, the £45 million refurbishment of Paisley Museum will create a ‘radical’ world-class museum space to preserve and celebrate the town’s history and international impact, reports The Herald.
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… delivering Scotland’s biggest cultural heritage project…
The Herald writes:
The scale of the project is today revealed with its main funders, Renfrewshire Council, detailing for the first time the scope and ambition in its bid to create a world-class museum space.
Kirsty Devine, OneRen’s Project Director for Paisley Museum Re-imagined, stressed the importance of working with the local community to develop the project.
Ms Devine said: “We’re delivering Scotland’s biggest cultural heritage project and our ambition is to create a world-class museum space…”
The project’s managers have worked with around 70 local organisations and community groups in developing the plans for the building and its contents…
Paisley’s industrial past and its global importance in textiles is explored in new gallery spaces…
With eight new public spaces, the new Paisley Museum will be filled with 60 digital displays and will be home to a new garden gallery, public courtyard, café and picnic areas…’
The building redesign is by architects AL_A, whose previous work includes the MAAT contemporary museum in Lisbon and the Exhibition Road Quarter at the V&A in London…
