Conservation Lab Demolished
21 July 2008
Monday 21 July 2008 - in a single day the museum conservation laboratory was demolished to make way for a new temporary exhibitions gallery.
Built in 1891, the lab started life as part of the Exeter School of Science. When the expanding School of Science moved to Bradninch Place in 1911, the building was taken over by the School of Art. It was then converted into a conservation lab in 1978.
The new temporary exhibitions gallery will be connected with the two current temporary exhibition galleries (the Tempex and Rowley Galleries) allowing RAMM to bring major national touring exhibitions to the South West.
Objects for the new displays are currently being conserved at temporary labs in the Exeter Ark, the Museum's new purpose built store. Offices and stores at the rear of the Museum building will be converted into conservation labs as part of the redevelopment.
