Riverside Museum

ambox
type = notice


text = This article or section contains information about a planned museum.
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change as the construction and/or completion of the museum approaches.

The Riverside Museum is a planned new development for the Glasgow Museum of Transport, currently under construction in the Glasgow Harbour regeneration district of Glasgow, Scotland.

Concept and design

The Riverside Museum is expected to attract up to 1 million visitors a year, by creating a more accessible and environmentally stable home for Glasgow's significant Transport and Technology collections, including exhibiting stored materials not currently on public display. The location within Glasgow Harbour celebrates the river Clyde, and also means that existing collection and visiting craft will be able to berth alongside the museum. [citeweb|url=http://www.clydeport.co.uk/index.php?site_id=3&page_id=558|title=Riverside Museum|publisher=Clyde Port|accessdate=2008-04-30]

Proposed to be opening in 2011 to cope with the expanded collection, currently partly housed in Kelvin Hall, the museum site by the River Clyde will house a new structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and engineers Buro Happold. [ [http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/museum_of_transport_glasgow.htm Museum of Transport Glasgow, Glasgow Transport Museum, Zaha Hadid ] ]

Funding

Of the £74million needed for the development of the Riverside Museum, Glasgow City Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund have committed £69million. The Riverside Museum Appeal is a charitable trust established to raise the final £5,000,000 in sponsorship and donations from companies, trusts and individuals for the development of the museum. The Riverside Museum Appeal Trust is recognised as a Scottish Charity SC 033286. [citeweb|url=http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showProject.cfm?venueid=7&itemid=58|title=Riverside Museum Appeal|publisher=Glasgow Museums|accessdate=2008-04-30]

Construction

On the 13 November, 2007 the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Bob Winter, cut the first turf. [citeweb|url=http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART51894.html|title=Building of Glasgow's £74M Riverside Museum gets underway|publisher=24hourmuseum.org.uk|date=2007-11-13|accessdate=2008-04-30]

Collection

As well as housing the existing collections of the Glasgow Museum of Transport, the city has acquired additional items to enhance the experience:
*L. S. Lowry: "Cranes and Ships, Glasgow Docks" – acquired at Christie's in November 2005 for £198,400, the painting is presently on display at the Kelvin Hall. The 1947 work was bought with the help of Glasgow businessman Willie Haughey of City Refrigeration Holdings, and a £20,000 grant from the National Art Collections Fund. [citeweb|url=http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART32729.html|title=Lowry's painting of Glasgow docks - comes home|publisher=24hourmuseum.org.uk|date=2005-12-23|accessdate=2008-04-30]
*SAR Class 15F 4-8-2 steam locomotive, No.3007 - built by North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow in 1945, the locomotive was a gift from South African railways operator Spoornet to the project. Presently residing in George Square, as part of the effort to raise the £5million public contribution funding. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6961626.stm|title=Train steams in for museum funds|publisher=BBC News Scotland|date=2007-08-24|accessdate=2008-04-30]

ee also

*Culture in Glasgow
*Scottish Tramway and Transport Society
*Glasgow Corporation Tramways - history of trams in Glasgow

References

External links

* [http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showProject.cfm?venueid=7&itemid=58 Riverside Museum Appeal]
* [http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/showProject.cfm?venueid=7&itemid=33 Riverside Museum Project]