Budget heads over £300m mark as Museum of London releases new images

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2019-07-01T12:23:00

Museum of London_Stanton Williams June 2019_NMT-0.0-190619-AerialVisual_Artistic impression of the view across the buildings from the south west_created by Forbes Massie

Source: Forbes Massie

Scheme was originally costed at £250m

The budget for the project to convert derelict market buildings into a new home for the Museum of London has gone up a third to more than £300m because of the condition of the 19th century structures at the site.

The museum held an international design competition in 2016 to find an architect to convert some derelict buildings at the nearby Smithfield General Market into its new home.

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