New Southampton Sea City Museum

9 February 2010

The proposed plans for Southampton’s £15m Sea City Museum are being exhibited at the Southampton Art Gallery until 12 February. Lead officers will be on hand to answer questions today from 4pm to 7pm. The Gallery is open 11am -4pm weekends, and 10am - 4pm weekdays.

On show will be the architect’s model and the museum design model. The display also explains how important the new museum is to the city’s evolving Cultural Quarter helping to unlock some of our hidden art gallery collection stored in our archives. and in attracting some of the biggest international touring museum collections.

This display follows the planning application being submitted in January and so includes some of the documents that are included in the application. It will also include content from the submission for Heritage Lottery funding, the result of which should be known in late March/early April.

The museum, which if funding is secured, will reshape the city’s Civic Centre. It is is expected to attract 150,000 visitors a year and will transform the old magistrates’ courts into two permanent exhibitions, titled “Southampton’s Titanic Story” and “Gateway to the World”. The new museum will also provide a space that will attract some of the biggest international touring museum collections.

Image shows: Computer generated image of aspirational plans for the new Sea City Museum
Image copyright: Wilkinson Eyre Architects

There will be the opportunity to leave comments or questions at the exhibition or you can contact:

Contact: Tina Dyer-Slade
Email:tina.dyer-slade@southampton.gov.uk

Image shows: Computer generated image of aspirational
plans for the interior of the new Sea City Museum
Image copyright: Wilkinson Eyre Architects

Image shows: Computer generated image showing aspirational
plans for the new Sea City Museum

Image copyright: Wilkinson Eyre Architects