Holburne Museum: the countdown begins
The industrial hoardings hiding Bath’s Holburne Museum have come down, signalling the final stage of the building’s spectacular transformation and the exciting build up to its re-opening in May 2011.
It’s been a hard-hat area and a shrouded, sealed-off end of Great Pulteney Street since March 2009, but the waiting is almost over and the reappearance of the familiar façade is like seeing the face of an old friend - but knowing that somehow they’ve changed.
And changed it has: the addition of a modern ceramic and glass extension to the rear of the striking 18th century building will provide much needed exhibition space, without destroying the beauty or the integrity of the original structure.
An ambitious project
Even if we hadn’t been asked to design the Holburne’s Challenge logo and most recently to provide display panels for the railings outside the building, we would have been drawn to this museum and followed the very public progress of such an ambitious project with interest.
Utopia's Challenge logo takes centre stage
As it is, we absolutely love the fact that the legendary artist Peter Blake launched the Holburne Challenge in November last year, Sergeant Pepper style, our logo displayed on the drum.
Now our beautifully produced panels (thanks N3 – great job) are on full view in front of the building announcing the museum’s grand opening dates.
Surprise us, Skip
We very much enjoy being a part of this operation and although, thankfully, our involvement does not extend to us running the Bath Half on 6th March, Skip has been heard muttering something about getting his old Womble costume out of storage, so watch this space.
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