Cash to move Scottish Screen Archive to Kelvin Hall

The Kelvin Hall has been one of Glasgow's leading sports and museum venues

Ministers have allocated £250,000 towards a project to move the Scottish Screen Archive to a new home at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow's west end.

The archive, which holds more than 100 years of film and video, is currently located in the city's Hillington area.

The planned move to a new cultural, research and training hub at the Kelvin Hall has been given initial approval for almost £5m of lottery funds.

It is hoped the move will allow greater public access to the film archive.

The National Library of Scotland has responsibility for the Scottish Screen Archive.

'Fitting home'

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the Scottish government's £250,000 would help move the collection to a more "fitting home".

"The SSA became part of the National Library of Scotland in 2006," she said.

"Since then, it has been based in a building on an industrial estate at Hillington with limited access for viewers and researchers.

"The Kelvin Hall development will be a fitting home and research centre for a fascinating collection of moving images portraying more than a century of Scotland's rich heritage."