The Museum of London has confirmed it intends to move out of its home at the Barbican and into buildings at Smithfield Market. The move could then pave the way for a new ‘world-class concert’ venue to be built on the vacant London Wall site.
A spokesman for the Museum of London said, ‘We do not currently have the space to present our collections properly. Our visitor numbers have doubled in recent years and continue to grow; our schools programme is at capacity.'
The museum, which hopes to attract around 2 million visitors a year to its new home, admits it still needs to thrash out a deal with long-term tenant and developer Henderson Global Investors which had been looking at alternative retail-led plans for the market buildings.