New BM&AG gallery: “the story of the city”
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery gets £300,000 of additional DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Improvement Fund money to…
“use on a new gallery telling the story of the city from medieval times to the present.”
“Birds Eye View of Birmingham in 1886″ by H.W. Brewer. Town Hall on right, BM&AG in centre of picture.
Meanwhile, ideas for a future Birmingham are being gathered over at Created in Birmingham, following the recent Creative Republic meet. There’s still some confusion about how local creatives can contribute, and it seems that attendees are being limited to suggesting one idea? But I imagine that — if you don’t want to risk detailed or multiple ideas becoming dumbed-down while passing through in a chain of Council out-trays — it might also be useful to CC it directly to Urban Initiatives which is heading the consortium of consultants involved.
The ‘one idea’ thing is just a way to encourage more people to get involved – breaking it down to something bite-size because things are still at the idea-generation stage. People are welcome to throw in as many ideas as they like really.
Comment by Chris — Tue, 26th August 08 @ 8:30 am
[...] D’Log has spotted that the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery have been given some money by the DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Improvement Fund to develop new audiences. From the BBC: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will spend its £300,000 grant on a new gallery telling the story of the city from medieval times to the present. [...]
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