Museum’s new extension opens under new name
The new extension to Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, designed by Berman Guedes Stretton, has officially opened this month under its new name, The Wilson Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The practice won the RIBA national competition for the extension in 2008.
In central Cheltenham, the building offers 1,250 sq m of additional gallery space and ancillary facilities, including dedicated education and outreach spaces, an open archive, cafe and shop.
The galleries have been designed as flexible spaces capable of exhibiting the museum's collection of Arts and Crafts work, interactive shows for families, and touring national and international exhibitions.
