Making RAMM fit for the 21st century
The 2001 to 2011 Development Project treats the Museum buildings as a single unit for the first time in its 140 year history.
RAMM was built over a thirty year period to house the museum along with a school of arts, a school of science and a library. Each has flourished, outgrown its allotted space and moved on, leaving the museum to expand until it could grow no more. The city library moved out of the Museum in 1930, the school of science ultimately developed into Exeter University and the school of art is now Plymouth University's Faculty of Art & Education.
The redevelopment will repair structural damage, allow further growth with an additional entrance and a new temporary exhibitions gallery and all sections of the building will be integrated to serve museum visitors for generations to come.
RAMM’s multimillion pound Development Project is funded by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund (£9million), Exeter City Council and other sources. Making RAMM fit for the 21st century takes a wide range of skills and expertise. The main specialists working on the project are:
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Architectural Designers Exhibition Designers Main contractor Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor Structural and Services Engineers Construction Design Management Exhibition Fitout |
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Preparing the new galleries
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Preparing the new galleries - painting
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Preparing the new galleries - wiring
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Mechanical and electrical fittings in the central gallery
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Delivering plant from Northernhay Garden to the roof of the new temporary exhibitions gallery 1
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Delivering plant from Northernhay Garden to the roof of the new temporary exhibitions gallery 2
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Delivering plant from Northernhay Garden to the roof of the new temporary exhibitions gallery 3
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Delivering plant from Northernhay Garden to the roof of the new temporary exhibitions gallery 4
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Securing the new entrances into the central gallery
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Pouring the concrete retaining wall at the goods entrance
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Re-laying old Victorian wooden floor tiles in the geology gallery
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Delivering glass in the skylight that illuminates the stairs from the new garden entrance
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Delivering glass for the skylight illuminating the stairs from the new garden entrance 2
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Delivering glass in the skylight that illuminates the stairs from the new garden entrance 3
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Glass for the new skylight that will illuminate the stairs from the new garden
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Fitting glass in the skylight that illuminates the stairs from the new garden entrance
