Vision and concept

 

The Vision

"To create a new building that will showcase the best of Scotland's art, artefacts and specimens in the Highlands and, by doing so, be an exemplar in providing truly national access to Scotland's collections."

Aims

To provide access within the Highlands to the highest quality of art, artefacts and specimens from national and regional Scottish collections;

To provide a focus for the very best work by Highland artists, or by artists about the Highlands;

To be of international significance, and be able to host temporary exhibitions of a contemporary or Scottish nature; and

To provide a hub for exhibition making, education, conservation and other services for the existing gallery and museum network.

The Concept

Cultural benefits
  • A merging of gallery and museum traditions to provide a showcase for the people and the stories of the Highlands
  • an orientation point, and a resource, for the natural and built environments, the records and collections, and the distinct culture of the Highlands including Gaelic
  • a dedicated focus for the visual arts and crafts, and a generator of activity throughout the Highlands
  • a model of design excellence
Economic benefits
  • A stimulus to economic and community growth in Inverness and the Highlands
  • a symbol of Inverness’s achievements and aspirations, and of Highland regeneration
  • A major contributor to the realisation of the Inverness City Vision, contributing to the cultural, cosmopolitan and creative characteristics of the city region and attracting creative human capital
Educational benefits
  • A resource for learning, formal and informal - from schools to the University of the Highlands and Islands faculties, local history societies to art clubs, heritage groups and individuals and families
  • a home in the Highlands for the very best art, artifacts and specimens, national and international, of past and present
Social benefits
  • A new heart for Inverness, the City in the Highlands - a gathering place, a social centre, a place to belong and be entertained
  • A reinforcer of community identity for an increasingly culturally diverse and transient Highland population
  • A legacy to Highland 2007

 
 
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