Construction Diary July to September 2021 — Kilmartin Museum

Building our New Museum: Construction Diary

July to September 2021

Preparing the floor of the Education Space.

Preparing the floor of the Education Space.

Work continues on the digging out the ground for the Collections Store, which will be underneath Reception.

Work continues on the digging out the ground for the Collections Store, which will be underneath Reception.

The excavation of the site of the Collection Store seen through a new entrance in the wall of the old Museum Gallery.

The excavation of the site of the Collection Store seen through a new entrance in the wall of the old Museum Gallery.

One of the emptied rooms in the old Museum, formerly home to displays of prehistoric pots!

One of the emptied rooms in the old Museum, formerly home to displays of prehistoric pots!

Visible through the scaffolding is the backdrop to our former seashore display in the old Museum Gallery. Like all the other fixtures and fittings, this will soon be removed!

Visible through the scaffolding is the backdrop to our former seashore display in the old Museum Gallery. Like all the other fixtures and fittings, this will soon be removed!

Contractors TSL carefully manoeuvre structural girders into place in the old Museum building.

Contractors TSL carefully manoeuvre structural girders into place in the old Museum building.

Work continues in the old offices above the former Museum.

Work continues in the old offices above the former Museum.

A shelter is added to the Pop Up cafe.

A shelter is added to the Pop Up cafe.

The Education Space continues to take shape.

The Education Space continues to take shape.

Structural elements defining the walls of the new Collections Store begin to take shape.

Structural elements defining the walls of the new Collections Store begin to take shape.

The fire escape is removed from the old offices, part of which will become a lift shaft.

The fire escape is removed from the old offices, part of which will become a lift shaft.

New internal divisions inside the old Museum building.

New internal divisions inside the old Museum building.

The Education Space begins to look like a building following the pouring of the concrete walls.

The Education Space begins to look like a building following the pouring of the concrete walls.

The concrete walls of the Collection Store are now in place.

The concrete walls of the Collection Store are now in place.

Looking through the entrance linking the new Collections Store with the old Museum Gallery.

Looking through the entrance linking the new Collections Store with the old Museum Gallery.

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