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| The new case |
The new case for the redisplay of the Cook-voyage collections has been in place on the Lower Gallery of the museum for a few months now. Made by Mayvaert, the case is 8 metres long and 2.8m tall, and will provide space to display nearly all of the first and second voyage collections. The modern showcase could be seen as a departure from the more 'traditional' cabinets at the Pitt Rivers, but we wanted the objects to speak for themselves, without the distraction of a case designed to appear Victorian.
The case had to be lifted into the museum in sections by crane - a nerve-wracking experience for everyone concerned!
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| Lifting case components into the back of the museum |
The new display has been designed by two of our Museum Technicians, Chris Wilkinson and Alan Cooke, and over the next few weeks I'll be showing how we are meeting the challenges of mounting some of the objects for display.
