Schedule Of The Building Process

59 Planning, preliminary brief
Design brief developed prior to the PFI process by University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council.
60 Architectural competition
The Architectural competition (in this case a competitive dialogue) ran from October 2007 to February 2009
61 Period of project
62 Opening of the construction work
January 2010
63 Conclusion of the construction
January 2012
64 Furnishing and moving the collections
65 Opening of the new building for public
Opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth 2 in July 2012 as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations.