computer generated image of proposed new Museum of Transport
Museum of Transport

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Timescale: 2003-09
Budget: £60 million
Partners: Glasgow City Council and Heritage Lottery
Lead: Glasgow City Council
Target: Creation of new riverside attraction

Status:

Zaha Hadid architects and Events Communication Ltd appointed as the designers. Planning application lodged 2006.
Activity: A key component of Glasgow’s waterfront regeneration is the New Museum of Transport. It will be a larger and improved replacement for the present Transport Museum in the Kelvin Hall.

It is being built on a site where the Clyde and Kelvin rivers meet and is next to Glasgow Harbour. It will display the land and maritime transport heritage of the city. The historic Glenlee tall ship will be moored alongside. The museum is due to open in 2009.

 

last updated: 18 October 2006