Opening date for Yorkshire Sculpture Park's visitor centre

YORKSHIRE Sculpture Park's new £3.6m visitor centre is set to open to the public next spring.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Oct 2018, 09:08 BST
Updated 26th Oct 2018, 09:13 BST
DEVELOPMENT: Yorkshire Sculpture Parks new visitor centre will feature a restaurant and shop.DEVELOPMENT: Yorkshire Sculpture Parks new visitor centre will feature a restaurant and shop.
DEVELOPMENT: Yorkshire Sculpture Parks new visitor centre will feature a restaurant and shop.

The centre, which is set to welcome its first visitors on March 30, will be known as The Weston in recognition of significant support from family grant-maker The Garfield Weston Foundation.

It is being built on a historic quarry site at the eastern entrance to 18th century Bretton Estate in Wakefield and will include a restaurant, gallery public foyer and shop.

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Designed by architects Feilden Fowles, it is being built by Yorkshire-based company William Birch.

The Weston will increase the capacity of the museum and gallery which was visited by more than 480,000 people during 2017, its 40th anniversary year.

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