Great North Museums

Image Gallery - Packing Up, Construction Photos & Exhibition Galleries

On this page, you can follow the project's progress through photographs, artist's impressions and exhibition plans. As the exhibition designers, Casson Mann, complete the detail of each new exhibition, more images will be added to the website.

All exhibition images courtesy of Casson Mann.

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Before and after: stripping out old displays

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  • A photo of the Bird Gallery before strip out.
  • A photo of the Bird Gallery after strip out.
  • A photo of the shop before strip out.
  • A photo of the shop after strip out.
  • A photo of the Den before strip out.
  • A photo of the Den after strip out.

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The big move: packing up the collections

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  • A photo of the mummy being prepared for transit.
  • A photo of wrapping everything for safe transport.
  • A photo of dismounting the moose antler.
  • A photo of moving out our heaviest object.
  • A photo of volunteers helping with the pack up
  • A photo of the main gallery full of packing crates.
  • A photo of the collections ready to go.
  • A photo of everything moved safely to a secure location.

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Demolition and Construction

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  • A photo of the museum site before demolition begins.
  • A photo of demolition of subsidiary buildings.
  • A photo of demolition of the Victorian domestic extension.
  • A photo of construction beginning on site.
  • A photo of laying the foundations of the new wing.
  • An aerial photo of the museum site during construction.
  • A photo of the new building going up.
  • A photo of the new wing getting taller.
  • A photo of work beginning on the first floor of the new wing.
  • A photo of work beginning on the second floor of the new wing.

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Exhibition designs and plans in progress

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Living Planet

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  • An artist's impression of the Living Planet gallery.
  • An artist's impression of a Living Planet gallery display case.
  • An artist's impression of a Living Planet gallery display case.
  • A front elevation of the Living Planet Bio Wall.
  • Living Planet showcases in the planning.
  • Living Planet showcases in the planning.
  • Living Planet showcases in the planning.
  • Living Planet showcases in the planning.

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Geology - Discovering Lost Worlds

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  • An artist's impression of the gallery plinths designed as tectonic plates.
  • A plan over view of the Geology gallery.
  • A plan of Mesozoic sea display.
  • An artist's impression of one section of the display.
  • An artist's impression of a showcase in detail.
  • A plan view of the Carboniferous Seas display.
  • An artist's impression of models and case backgrounds.
  • An artist's impression of the gallery with T-Rex in foreground.

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Wild Places - The Natural History of Northumbria

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  • An artist's impression of the Wild Places gallery with 'tree walk' foot bridge concept.
  • A plan of the Wild Places gallery showing principal display areas.
  • A drawing of one of the exhibition hides - an interactive exploration area in the Wild Places gallery.
  • A plan of the case layout for bird specimens.
  • An artist's impression of how the Wild Places Gallery show cases might look.

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Hadrian's Wall

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  • A plan view of the Hadrian's Wall gallery.
  • A technical drawing of the Hadrian's Wall model and related projection screen.
  • An artist's impression of the Hadrian's Wall gallery viewed from the Living Planet gallery entrance.
  • An artist's impression of the Hadrian's Wall gallery with a model of Hadrian's Wall in the centre.
  • An artist's impression of one of the gallery's Roman characters and related stone altar.
  • An artist's impression of how visitors might view the Hadrian's Wall gallery exhibits.
  • An artist's model of an interactive exhibit, the Mithraeum.
  • An artist's impression of graphics working together with objects and proposed seating.

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Shaping the Landscape

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  • A plan of the prehistoric archaeology gallery, Shaping the Landscape.
  • Elevation plans and floor finishes/power proposals for this gallery.
  • An elevation and plan of the Ice Age plinth.
  • Plans of the Mesolithic/Neolithic sections of the display.
  • Elevations and plan of the prehistoric displays.
  • A plan of the Bronze Age displays.
  • An elevation drawing of the Bronze Age display.
  • An elevation and plan of the Iron Age display.

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Study Zone

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  • A plan and section of the central display units, cabinets and plinths.
  • An elevation drawing of the Study Zone, showing supervised and free access public areas.
  • A plan and elevation of the Study Zone gallery.
  • An artist's impression showing visitors in both areas of the gallery.
  • A section drawing through an open display plinth and a drawer unit.
  • A section drawing through a display case and a computer interactive.

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Secrets of the Nile - Life and Death in Ancient Egypt

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  • A plan and section of the Egypt gallery.
  • Elevation drawings of the display architecture.
  • An elevation and plan showing the position of an Egyptian statue.
  • An artist's impression of how the mummy display might look.
  • An artist's impression of the Egyptian gallery.

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The Ancient Greeks

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  • A drawing of the proposed floor plan for the Greek gallery.
  • A drawing of the proposed section through the Greek gallery.
  • An elevation and plan of Greek pottery displays.
  • An artist's impression of the Greek gallery.
  • An artist's impression of possible graphic treatment of the walls in the Greek gallery.

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World Cultures

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  • Plan of proposed display layout in the World Cultures gallery
  • Proposed section in the World Cultures gallery
  • Plan and elevation drawing for the Sharing Food display
  • Plan and elevation drawing for the display areas, Believing in Objects and Dealing with Conflict.
  • Plan and elevation drawing for the Power and Status display.

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The Great Mouse House

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  • A plan view of Under Fives' Gallery
  • An image of the Under Fives' Gallery: - Section: Cheese Room & Sensory Wall, Story Wall and costume area
  • An image of the Under Fives' Gallery - Sections through Entry and Mouse Hole Wall and Art Wall
  • An image of the Under Fives' Gallery - Plan of proposed central table

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