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Engineering group TAIT has announced plans to acquire Thinkwell Group, the global experience design and
06 Feb 2020
The Smithsonian Institute has announced a new partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
15 Nov 2019
Gus Casely-Hayford, the British curator, cultural historian, broadcaster and lecturer, has been named as the
30 May 2019
The Smithsonian Institution’s board has elected Lonnie G. Bunch III as the organisations new secretary.
29 Jan 2019
Bosses at Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, research and education complex, will have been pleased
01 Nov 2018
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has unveiled plans to create two interconnected sites at
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08 Jun 2018
London mayor Sadiq Khan has set out a £1.1bn vision for East Bank at Queen
14 Jul 2017
Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) transformation of a former German WWII bunker into a cultural complex
08 May 2017
The architecture practice of Sir David Adjaye will lead the design of a major library
17 Aug 2016
Famed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama will be the subject of a touring exhibition, with the
14 Mar 2016
After months of speculation, National Football League (NFL) franchise the Washington Redskins has finally confirmed
08 Mar 2016
New images have been released of the ambitious Olympicopolis cultural development planned for London’s Queen
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Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have been appointed to design a new stadium
26 Nov 2015
Discovery Times Square has teamed with the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMoNA) and the
25 Sep 2015
Delegates are gearing up for the first MuseumNext international conference to take place in North
03 Jul 2015
Renzo Piano’s designs for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures are to be realised, after
22 Jun 2015
A team of interior designers and exhibition designers have completed work on the new “innovation”
29 Jan 2015
The US-based Smithsonian Institute is working to finalise a deal to open its first international
14 Nov 2014
A proposed masterplan for the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C, was unveiled this week by
21 Oct 2014
The US-based Smithsonian Institution is looking to raise US$1.5bn (€1.2bn, £928m) in an organisation-wide fundraising
08 Aug 2014
A new museum celebrating country music, built in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
25 Jul 2014
In an effort to help stem the significant loss of cultural artefacts and landmarks in
17 Oct 2013
Hundreds of thousands of US employees have headed back to work following a 16-day government
18 Jun 2013
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has donated US$12m (£7.6m) to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African
18 Jun 2013
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has donated US$12m (£7,6m) to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African
18 Jun 2013
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has donated US$12m (£7,6m) to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African
03 Sep 2012
Image: The exhibit is home to a variety of species The Smithsonian Institution has opened
27 Jul 2012
Image: The appointment comes into effect in October Kirk Johnson has been named director of
24 Jul 2012
Image: The new exhibition is to open in 2015 Mars, Incorporated has contributed US$5m (EUR4.1m,
13 Jul 2012
Image: Interiors of 17 museums have been mapped A collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and
22 Jun 2012
Image: The National Postal Museum in Washington DC Work has now begun on the construction
14 Jun 2012
Image: The entrance to the new activity centre A new family activity centre has opened
04 May 2012
Image: The current exhibition space will close in 2014 The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of
26 Jul 2011
Singapore's National Heritage Board (NHB) Academy has secured a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed
26 Jul 2011
Singapore's National Heritage Board (NHB) Academy has secured a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed
13 Apr 2011
The Smithsonian Institution has revised its plans for the creation of a US$245m (170m euro,
03 Sep 2010
Patricia Stonesifer, chair of the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents and former CEO of the
13 Aug 2010
Justin Estoque has joined the staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
01 Jun 2009
The US$106m (£64m, 74.4m euro) expansion of the 170,000sq ft (15,793sq m) Anchorage Museum at
02 Feb 2009
The Smithsonian Institution has chosen six architectural teams to compete for the £351m ($500m, €391m)
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