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Exhibits .
The Library .
NEWS!
The
Museum Extension
From Hole
in the Ground to Grand Opening!
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Wednesday, September
28, 2005
The big day has
arrived! We have been looking forward to "breakthrough",
when the back window of the main building becomes a doorway into
the extension.
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Chris Tod, the
Museum Curator, has been busy moving or covering things to protect
them from dust. In fact the job was achieved with no dust and
the sliding doors are about to be fitted. New back doors to the
building are also being put in place as the old doors had become
rotten.
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Friday, October
27, 2005
This is the view
from the extension into the main part of the Museum and another
view through the same door looking the other way, into the extension.
Floor coverings will be laid next week and other fittings can
then be installed. Chris Tod will begin the task of preparing
the display of exhibits and setting up new facilities for visitors.
Behind the scenes, the new storage area will improve the way
exhibits are kept and made accessible for use but reorganising
everything is likely to take some time.
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Monday, November
14, 2005
The new grass seed
has grown and had its first cut. The builders have removed their
fences and everything is looking clean and tidy.
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Tuesday, November
15, 2005
CELEBRATION DAY!
Today the builders
handed the extension over to the Museum with an official exchange
of the key. Simon Stringer of Stringer and Kitson presented the
key to Chris Tod as the local press recorded the event. There
were several guests, including Anna Grundy from the Heritage
Lottery Fund. Here she is talking to Chris Tod in the new upper
floor storage room. She warmly congratulated Steyning Museum
for the great success of its building project, completed two
months earlier than planned.
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It has been a day
for celebration and a big "thankyou" to everyone who
supported the idea and helped it to become a reality. Of course,
Chris Tod was too polite to tell the builders that the key wouldn't
fit in his pocket because in every other respect their work has
been beautiful.
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Front page news
in the Steyning Herald!
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Thank You!
There is a sign
on the wall recording the Museum's gratitude to all those who
suported the extension project. By Summer 2006 the new extension
will be ready to open to the public, with an area for children,
a computer, special exhibits and more.
Tony Kitson will continue with his photographic diary as the new exhibition space develops. Thanks for keeping our web users up
to date Tony - great photos!
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See "News"
above for more about the Steyning Museum extension.
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