# British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Trustees of the British Museum](/buyers/the-trustees-of-the-british-museum/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £22,000,000
- Published: 8 May 2024
- Planned start: 20 February 2025
- Planned end: 19 February 2036
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6a0f407e-ee7c-441e-948c-20d1175db91a-748960
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6929d466-7db4-491e-970a-b32c7a4ac634

## Description

The British Museum is delighted to launch this international competition to choose a visionary, architect-led design team to work with the Museum to develop an extraordinary design for a significant part of its Bloomsbury site: The Western Range\. This is an important commission to re-envisage and transform key parts of the main, iconic site in Bloomsbury\. This will be the Museum's biggest building project since the 1820s, when work commenced on the original quadrangle\. The ambition is significant: to restore the Western Range and, in so doing, reimagine a third of the existing gallery area, deliver improved collections storage and create new amenities to enhance the visitor experience, making the collection as accessible as possible to all the Museum's audiences\.

## Related contract awards

- [British Museum Western Range Competition to find an Architect-Led Design Team](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a0e6ef2f-78bb-4845-9ea3-fa37bcc04a30): The Trustees of the British Museum
- [BM\.23\.039 SWEC Programme: East Road Building - Base Build](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-44a0cce8-ed33-44db-9220-b2aea4272105): The Trustees of the British Museum
- [British Museum Design Competition Management](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eed17189-ae57-4b7f-8cac-a1cc601fa79a): The Trustees of the British Museum

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6a0f407e-ee7c-441e-948c-20d1175db91a-748960)