Portsmouth D-Day museum receives £4m Lottery funding
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The International Museum of D-Day will open ahead of D-Day 75th commemorations in 2019
A project to overhaul a museum commemorating the Normandy landings has been awarded £4m.
The D-Day Museum, in Portsmouth, will be closed for about a year while it is updated with new displays and galleries.
It received £4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The renovations are expected to cost £4.9m in total, with £170,000 still needed.
The museum will be rebranded the "International Museum of D-Day".
It opened in 1984 and houses the Overlord Embroidery, an 83m-long (272ft) textile tribute to the veterans.
Portsmouth City Council said the museum will close in October 2016 and reopen in late 2017.
A series of events marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings is planned for 2019.
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