National Centre for Popular Music
Museum (former), student union in Sheffield, South Yorkshire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000. However, the plan for the centre was devised in the mid-1980s and Sheffield City Council were aiming to raise the money for it in April 1993[1] so the concept long predated the Tony Blair / Cool Britannia era of which it was seen as a notable failure.
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Sheffield Hallam Student Union | |
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Former names | National Centre for Popular Music |
Alternative names | The HUBs |
General information | |
Type | Museum (former), student union |
Architectural style | Avant-garde |
Location | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
Address | Paternoster Row |
Coordinates | 53.3775°N 1.4660°W / 53.3775; -1.4660 |
Current tenants | Sheffield Hallam University Students' Union |
Completed | February 1999 |
Inaugurated | 1 March 1999 |
Cost | £15 million (Lottery funded by £11m) |
Owner | Sheffield Hallam University |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Stainless steel drums |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Nigel Coates |
Architecture firm | Branson Coates |
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