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Mivan wins two new museum projects

By Martin Nash    19 Nov 2009

Interiors and theming company Mivan has secured two major museum fit-out projects - the new £4.4m Glasgow Riverside Museum contract and a £1.6m project at the Museum of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell, London.

The Glasgow project will be Mivan's largest assignment since it worked on the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar and the company will be supplying and installing a range of exhibition systems, street scenes and displays throughout the new building. It will be working with Culture and Sport Glasgow and the city council to realise the designs of Event Communications, both of whom worked with Mivan previously on the award-winning Glasgow Kelvingrove Museum in 2006.

The museum - designed by Zaha Hadid - is being built at a cost of £74m, with £18.1m of funding coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund. It has been designed to celebrate Glasgow's contribution to the world of travel and transport and, situated at the heart of the Glasgow Harbour development, is due to open in spring 2011. In contrast, the Museum of the Order of St John at St John's Gate is a Grade 1 listed building and the Gate itself dates back to 1504. As part of an extensive redevelopment Mivan will be carrying out structural works and fitting-out areas in The Priory Church and the Museum at St John's Gate.

The company will be providing joinery and construction services to assist in showcasing unusual artefacts such as paintings, illuminated manuscripts, ancient coins and rare armour. St John's Gate, where the Museum is located, has been welcoming visitors since 1504. The Tudor Gatehouse was constructed as the entrance to the medieval Priory of the Order of St John, the English headquarters of the Hospitallers, whose modern incarnation is the Order of St John, with its two major charities - St John Ambulance and the St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem.

The museum has been designed by London-based Metaphor, who are also involved in Cairo's new Grand Egyptian Museum. It is scheduled to open in 2010 and has already received a grant of £1.6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Pic: An artists impression of the Glasgow Riverside Museum

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