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Kilmartin Museum, Scotland
Heritage Lottery Fund Grant for New Heritage Building in Argyll and Bute, West Scotland
11 May 2018
Kilmartin Museum Grant News
Kilmartin Museum Redevelopment Project awarded National Lottery support
Location: Kilmartin Glen (Cille Mhàrtainn), north of Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute, western Scotland
Design: Reiach and Hall Architects
Kilmartin Museum has received a confirmed grant of £3.2 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for their Redevelopment Project.
The project aims to transform Kilmartin Museum into a landmark venue that interprets and celebrates the global significance of Kilmartin Glen, one of the most significant archaeological landscapes in Britain. Kilmartin standing stones:

image courtesy of HLF
As well as becoming a significant cultural and natural tourism centre, completion of the project will enable the Kilmartin Museum to be able to care for its collection of artefacts, some of which are of international significance.
Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the project has taken a massive leap towards becoming a reality.

Providing all the funding is in place, construction work will begin on the project in January 2019, with the aim of works being complete by the summer of 2020. Estimated site visitors will increase to 44,000 that year, whilst the redeveloped Museum will have an economic impact on Argyll as a whole of £5.8 m...