Public vote result sees new museum in Perth named...Perth Museum
08.11.2022 - 12:49
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The name for the new museum being built as part of the £26.5 million Perth City Hall revamp has been unveiled as...Perth Museum.
It might seem like an obvious choice but the decision was made after more than 450 people took part in a consultation.
More than 60 per cent of respondents voted for the name to “encapsulate the stories and the history of the building”.
Construction work began on the new museum in 2021 and is expected to open in 2024, becoming the new home of the Stone of Destiny.
The new art facility will tell the story of Perth and Kinross’ ancient roots through social and natural history with the iconic relic, also known as the Stone of Scone, as the centrepiece.
Alongside this change, the existing Perth Museum and Art Gallery on George Street will be rebranded as Perth Art Gallery, with the social and natural history collections currently on display there to be moved to the city hall building in the next couple of years.
However, to enable further work on the preservation and conservation of objects to be displayed, all exhibition spaces at Perth Museum and Art Gallery will be closed to the public for three months from January to April 2023.
The current museum gift shop, coffee bar and lecture theatre will remain open with limited hours for customers and special events.
A series of outreach events and programmes is also planned to bring the museum out into communities during the closure period.
Perth Museum and Art Gallery will reopen in April 2023 as Perth Art Gallery, and the new Perth Museum in the city hall will open in spring 2024.
Perth and Kinross Council said the two institutions “will complement each other to enable a richer and more inclusive exploration of the region’s past, present, and future”.
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