VISIT TO FRAUEANU GLASS MUSEUM
The partners delivering Wordsley’s new Glass Museum in the soon to be restored Stuart Crystal Factory went on a trip to the Frauenau Glasmuseum in Bavaria on 16th/17th February 2015 to get ideas from this very successful German museum.
Those on the visit included representatives from the British Glass Foundation, the Keeper of Glass and Fine Arts from Broadfield House, Larry Priest, BPN architects for the new museum and Ian Harraibin, CDP Developments, the developer delivering the restoration of the Stuart buildings. The group was led by Glass guru, Brian Clarke, who is Chairman of the National Glass Association.
A tentative start was made on 16th February clearing out and stabilisation works to the fire damaged elements of the Grade 2 listed Stuart Crystal factory. Final approval is currently awaited for the ERDF grant, which is the last piece in the funding jigsaw for the £6.6m development project. Further support for the fit out of the museum is being requested by BGF from the Heritage Lottery Fund which, if approved, will bring the museum up to a similar standard as Frauenau and museum accreditation status.
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