Building our New Museum: Construction Diary
April to June 2021
Contractors TSL mobilisation gets underway.
A moment of calm before excavation begins!
Pop up cafe cabins setup is underway.
Digging the hole which will become the Collections Store (below) and Reception (above).
Further excavation of the Collections Store foundations.
A view of the construction site from the former offices above the old Museum.
Works continue!
Works begins on the space that will become one of the temporary exhibition galleries.
Cafe kitchen removal completed and the knock through to the new extension begins.
The Pop Up Cafe opens - ‘Lucy’s at Kilmartin’.
The Pop Up cafe has seating set alongside interpretative displays and information about the Redevelopment Project.
Excavations for the new Learning Space begin.
Panoramic view of the construction site.
Work begins on the entrance into the Learning Space from the old Museum.
Holes open up (intentionally!) beside the cafe.
View from the cafe towards the entrance to the new Collections Store below.