Ceredigion Museum Starts 2017 With Major Changes
Ceredigion Museum is starting 2017 with dramatic new developments and during this phase it will temporarily be closed. But the exciting ‘New Approaches’ project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and other supporters, is well underway and many local people are already involved by volunteering and taking part in the new interpretation.
Carrie Canham, curator at the museum, is excited to report that work is progressing well on the alterations. She outlined the changes ahead; ‘Besides creating a new entrance, combining the Tourist Information Centre with the Museum reception, building a new shop and café and installing a lift to all four floors of the museum there will be new displays in the auditorium of the old Coliseum cinema. It’s a very exciting time for us here at the museum.’
The HLF funding also covers the cost of working with local people to create some of the interpretation which will appear in the newly created displays. Film and sound recordings are being made, and both woodcarving and tile making workshops are being planned during the next few weeks enabling local people to work with staff and professional artists and designers.
Councillor Gareth Lloyd, the Cabinet member responsible for Economic and Community Development Services said, “Due to the nature of the work the museum will have to be closed for two months while some of the major alterations take place.” Carrie added, “The museum is closed until half term in February. The major construction work to our existing entrance will be carried out at this time. It was necessary to close the Coliseum while this work was carried out as there will be a great deal of noise and disruption.”
A grand opening will be held to mark the opening of the new facilities at the start of summer – as the next phase of the ‘New Approaches’ project continues.
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