Attractions news redevelopment
V&A Museum of Childhood to close for two-year revamp Creating an "unforgettable first museum experience for children" is the aim of the V&A Museum of Childhood
The museum's own collections of board games and dolls houses will be joined by Hollywood props and costumes
in London, which has announced it will close in May 2020 to undergo a
■■Plans include spaces for kids to express themselves
two-year, £13m transformation. It said the "reimagination" of its
The museum's own collections
collections, galleries, building and public
of board games and dolls houses
programme will turn it into a "world-
will be joined by Hollywood props
leading centre of creativity for children".
and costumes, such as the original
Indeed, creativity is a major theme
superman costume and Frankenstein's
for the planned new museum, which
Monster, which will be set within
said it wants to "champion the role of
theatrical displays to inspire budding
creativity on the school curriculum and
screenwriters, authors and story-tellers.
nurture the next generation of artists".
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The gobbins in line for £11m development
museums
£900k Coastal Forces museum to open in Gosport
plans for an £11m extension to The gobbins,
A new museum, dedicated
a famous cliff-face path
to the smaller craft used
at Islandmagee, County
by the Royal Navy in both world wars, is set to open in
Antrim, northern Ireland, ■■Coastal forces operated smaller vessels in wwII
Gosport, Hampshire, in 2021.
have made significant progress, according to the
25,000 officers at the
The Coastal Forces
height of both wars.
Museum is expected to
"They attracted people
open in Q2 2021 and will
local borough council. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is
will aim to educate visitors
looking for a bit of 'derring-do'
preparing an outline
on the significant role the
because the missions they
business case for the
Coastal Forces played
performed were brimming
project – called The
in both world wars.
with excitement and often
gobbins phase II – which
action," Tweddle said.
will see the coastal path
According to Dr Dominic
The £900k museum will
extended to take in more
of the National Museum of
form part of the second phase
geological features, with
the Royal Navy, the Coastal
of a £30m redevelopment
new structures crossing
of Priddy's Hard, a naval
gullies and crevices, making
base on the west side of
it a more adventurous
Tweddle, the director-general
Navy and had more than
The coastal forces were an important component of the navy
2000 boats manned by
Dominic Tweddle
Forces were an 'important component' of the Royal
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Portsmouth Harbour.
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