Mather and Co, the Cheshire-based museum design consultants, has been appointed to create a new purpose-built museum dedicated to the history of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC).

The attraction, which will be housed in the East Stand at the Headingley Carnegie cricket ground in Leeds, West Yorkshire, is set to open in summer 2010 and will be the first museum of its kind at an English county cricket club outside London. An audio-visual theatre and a range of interactive exhibits will enable visitors to explore the 150-year history of YCCC, while the club's first minute and score books have been restored and preserved for public display.

YCCC chair David Hall said: "Mather and Co presented an impressive range of concepts to interpret Yorkshire Cricket's decorated history and demonstrated its ability to balance new technologies with historical artefacts, which will appeal to a wide audience for many years to come." In addition to the YCCC museum, which will also be used for conferencing and hospitality in order for the club to maximise its revenue streams, Mather and Co is also currently working on an audio-visual show for the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, US.