38: Exploring the coast

Back in Week 8 I wrote about our new Coast Explorers Gallery which is replacing the old, but very popular Undersea World.  The structure of the gallery is now all in place, and we are finalising the graphics. The displays will enable people to find out more about the important marine and coastal habitats that …

8: From Undersea World to Coast Explorers!

As the ground works continue outside we have been turning our attention to those bits of display that can be done before we get the extension in our hands.  One of the important areas is the new Undersea World, now to become a more interactive space called "Coast Explorers". While we want to keep the …

Goodbye (for now) Undersea World…

  We're coming to the end of two weeks clearing the parts of the museum that are going to be affected by the building works for the extension.  We're not changing many of the displays, but providing a proper kitchen for the tea-room means that our "back-office" downstairs is moving into the room occupied, until …