History is made: 10 new UK attractions for day trips and short breaks

From a Merseyside Shakespeare theatre to a Vagina Museum in east London, here are brand new or revamped visitor attractions to check out this year

The Burrell Collection is reopening after a six-year, £68m refurbishment, with a third more gallery space and new displays. The storerooms on the lower ground floor will be open for the first time, showing how objects are cared for, and a new outdoor space will make the most of the museum’s setting in Pollok country park. The 9,000 objects acquired by the shipping magnate William Burrell make up one of the biggest privately amassed collections in the world, and the new-look galleries will focus more on the people who made the artworks and originally owned them. Highlights range from ancient Chinese porcelain to 20-plus paintings by Degas.
Opens 29 March, free entry, burrellcollection.com