New Wing Opens At The National Maritime Museum
Two new exhibitions and facilities galore for the Greenwich attraction.
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Museum Extensions News: Good, Bad, & Ugly
Decisions on two major museum extension projects were announced yesterday, with news both good and bad. Let’s get the bad out of the way: the proposed new wing of the British Museum was unceremoniously shot down by Camden Council. Despite planning officers, Cabe and English …
Vac Sparked Sark Blaze
The source of the Cutty Sark fire last year (one that we bombastically claimed had “destroyed” the clipper) has been identified: an industrial vacuum cleaner, missing its thermal regulator switch, was accidentally left switched on over the weekend. It subsequently overheated and sparked a blaze …
Cutty Sark Gets Cash Donation
It’s only June, but it’ll take an awful lot to topple Sammy Ofer as Londonist’s Person of the Year. Having already pledged £20 million for a new wing at the National Maritime Museum, the Israeli shipping magnate has now ensured the full restoration of the …
National Maritime Museum To Get New Wing
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, proud resident of the handsome World Heritage-listed site that gazes imperiously across the River at the Mammon-fuelled glazed monstrosities of Canary Wharf, today has even more reason to be puffed up with pride. An Israeli billionaire has donated £20 …
