Uffizi display space. As well, a new exit was planned and the lighting, air conditioning and security systems were updated. During construction, the museum remained open, although rooms were closed as necessary with the artwork temporarily moved to another location. For example, the Botticelli rooms and two others with early Renaissance paintings were closed for 15 months but reopened in October 2016. The major modernization project, New Uffizi, had increased viewing capacity to 101 rooms by late 2016 by expanding into areas previously used by the Florence State Archive. The Uffizi hosted over two million visitors in 2016, making it the
Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery converting Hitchin Town Hall to museum use, which is scheduled to open in 2015. Hitchin Museum closed to the public on 1 September 2012 to allow staff to dismantle displays, clean objects and prepare for the opening of a new Museum of North Hertfordshire in 2017. Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery had six main galleries: two art galleries, one on either side of the front door, and a social history gallery on the ground floor, which led into the Yeomanry Gallery. Upstairs were the Costume Gallery and the Pharmacy Gallery. The Yeomanry Gallery displayed the uniforms and medals of the