By the end of 2014 in the Scottish city of Dundee is planned to build a subdivision Victoria and Albert Museum. The project cost is estimated at 47 million pounds

British Museum Victoria and Albert (V & A) will open its representation in the Scottish city of Dundee . It is located in the gallery, which will be built on the banks of the River Tay. It will be held traveling exhibitions, and conducted research in the field of contemporary design. The construction unit, which is scheduled to open by the end of 2014, estimated at 47 million pounds.

V & A in Dundee will differ from the highly popular units Tate Gallery in St Ivse and Liverpool. It will be only temporary exhibitions, and training of the permanent exhibition is not planned yet.

already announced an international contest of architectural projects of the new building. Among the possible contenders for the contract referred to, even the famous American Frank Gehry (Frank Gehry), designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Financing of the project is still difficult. You must collect from government organizations and private sponsors 46 million pounds in just two or three years. With the current economic climate, when the public and private funding for the arts in every way reduces the scope, find the amount will be quite difficult. Now the administration has requested the Government of Dundee, Scotland £ 15 million. However, ministers have not responded as to whether to provide for the construction of such large sums of money since the budget for Scotland for next year is still uncertain.

Professor Pete Downes (Pete Downes), which is part of group leaders the project, said that in the next three years, they need to collect from philanthropists and private sponsors 30 million pounds. He admitted that this is a very difficult task, but it noted that implementation of such projects is very important to combat the recession.

Erection of building V & A in Dundee will be an important part of a broad restructuring of the coastal zone city. A similar scheme in recent years have also revived other ports and industrial centers in Britain, is in poor condition, such as Gateshead, Salford, Leeds and Liverpool, where to build prestigious centers of culture and art.

Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Mark Jones (Mark Jones), commenting on the construction of a branch in Dundee, said: "I think this is a serious project, and that he would do a good job. We constantly traveling exhibitions, and we believe that such cooperation would be beneficial for both sides ».

parallel with a branch in Dundee Victoria and Albert Museum is also developing two other small projects. V & A plans to build a permanent exhibition space in the resort city of Blackpool, as well as its exhibitions in Millenium Gallery in Sheffield.

Material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: guardian. co.uk , artinvestment.ru