National Maritime Museum news

The National Maritime Museum of China, designed by COX Architecture, has opened in Tianjin after a six-year design and construction process. Covering an area of ... More

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15 May), with museums large and small being honoured and Sir ... More

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, London has opened four new galleries in a £12.6m (US$16.5m, €14.3m) renovation project on its east wing. Designed ... More

Architecture firm Purcell will create an extension to the historic home of the University of Manchester - Manchester Museum, after winning planning and listed building ... More

Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) transformation of a former German WWII bunker into a cultural complex camouflaged among the protected dunes of Blåvand, western Denmark, has ... More

Leisure architecture was a big winner on the opening day of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Berlin, with a quintet of projects triumphing in ... More

St Louis Science Center in Missouri, US, is teaming up with Boeing for a new interactive exhibition exploring the wonder of flight and innovation in ... More

Attractions Management understands that the award-winning design for China’s new National Maritime Museum, created by Australian practice Cox Rayner Architects, is now likely to be ... More

Two giant glass floors 42m (138ft) above the Thames have opened at Tower Bridge as part of a new attraction marking its 120th birthday. The ... More

The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth was among the chief winners at the Museums and Heritage Awards on May 14, scooping two trophies at the ... More

A number of attractions have seen a big spike in visits owing to a fine Summer in 2013 according to the Association of Leading Visitor ... More

For the fifth consecutive year, Cornwall has been voted the nation’s favourite holiday destination, by winning the Best UK Holiday County or Region category in ... More

Six museums have been announced on the shortlist for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award. Picked from 20 possible candidates, the shortlist was selected by ... More

Tate Modern has announced a major gift of £10m from the Eyal Ofer Family Foundation to support the completion of the new development of Tate ... More

The Queen has today (25 April) officially reopened the restored Cutty Sark to the public in Greenwich, London. The historic clipper was severely damaged by ... More

A national fundraising appeal has been unveiled by the National Maritime Museum (NMM) and the Art Fund in a bid to acquire Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's ... More

Exhibition designer Real Studios has created an introductory gallery for the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich to coincide with the opening of the new Sammy ... More

London's National Maritime Museum (NMM) has officially opened the new £35m Sammy Ofer Wing, which is the largest development in the Greenwich attraction's history. The ... More

Figures released by the National Museum Directors' Conference show that this summer saw a record number of visitors to the UK's national museums. More than ... More

Britain's museums and galleries generated £1bn in revenue from overseas tourists during 2009, according to VisitBritain estimates. The figure comes from last year's International Passenger ... More

A new study published by tourism agency VisitBritain claims that the royal family generates more than £500m in visitor expenditure each year. According to the ... More

OOKL, a handheld multimedia guide developed by Science.Ecology.Art Limited (the SEA), is also taking interactivity in an interesting new direction. The guide, currently in use ... More

Plans for the temporary use of Greenwich Park to host equestrian and modern pentathlon events during the London 2012 Olympics have been given the green ... More

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall (NMM) is to launch a new major exhibition on lighthouses in the new year. Called Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks, ... More