Activity behind the scenes

As the building work advances apace, find out what else is going on as we prepare for 2011.

While the building alterations and refurbishment has been going on, the Royal Museum Project team has also been busy preparing for the installation of the new exhibition spaces. Exhibition designs have been completed and we are about to start working with software developers for our new interactive games and activities for the galleries.

Good progress has been made on writing the explanatory text for the galleries and work has started in earnest to source wonderful images for the displays.

Meanwhile, conservation work is progressing well, with around 45% of objects now conserved.

There are around 50 people involved in the development of the exhibitions just now, and we will have a team of at least 30 people installing objects in 2011.