REME MUSEUM of TECHNOLOGY



DEVELOPING THE MUSEUM

New Exhibition Hall

The Museum of Technology is building the first of two new Exhibition Halls to house the unique collections at the Arborfield location.

It is intended that the new exhibition halls, together with extensions to the original buildings, will create a new Museum of Technology for Berkshire and the South of England. This will include facilities for schools, researchers and educationalists.

The stages of construction and preparation of the exhibits are shown in the following. Each page contains a collection of photographs, with the total download size of each page being shown.

Clear site Clearing the site and laying the foundations - August to October 1998 (106k)
The frame goes up - November 1998 (92k) Frame
Ceremony Ceremonial laying of the foundation stone - 12 November 1998 (110k)
Cladding starts - November 1998 to January 1999 (94k) Cladding Start
Cladding Complete Cladding complete - February 1999 (27k)
The end draws near - March 1999 (88k) End draws near
Almost there Adding the finishing touches - April 1999 (79k)
Inspection and hand over - 21 April 1999 (83k) Hand over
First vehicle The first vehicle enters the hall - 27 April 1999 (36k)
The BARV arrives - 5 May 1999 (75k) BARV arrives
Display start Starting to build the displays - May 1999 (37k)
Challenger arrives - 25 May 1999 (104k) Challenger arrives
More arrivals More arrivals - 15 June 1999 (58k)

 

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REME Museum, Isaac Newton Road, Arborfield, Berkshire RG2 9NJ, United Kingdom

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Page produced by Peter Eldred - Last updated 28 June 2004