Burrell’s world tour struggles to get beyond Glasgow

The planned international tour of works from the Burrell Collection, which the museum hoped would generate as much as 15m, is proving more challenging than anticipated. Although the institution is scheduled to close for a major renovation on 23 October, details of the tour have yet to be announced. The delay suggests that Glasgow Life, which runs the museum, is struggling to convince foreign venues to pay substantial fees to borrow works from its 9,000-strong collection.
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