British Museum to ditch depressing bag check “sheds” with an architect competition

Visiting a museum should be an uplifting experience, but these days, it often starts by being asked to open a bag so a security guard can peer at your personal belongings. The British Museum amplifies this depressing start to a visit by doing this in a couple of temporary plastic outdoor sheds, that were plonked outside the museum in early 2016.
British Museum rear entrance
Far from the grand stone facade that people want to head straight into, people are funnelled along queues into a white plas