Another Hectic Day at MOSI!

A hectic day at MOSI today as staff from across the Museum have been working feverishly to prepare for a variety of projects and events – including the long term gallery developments and events scheduled to open this very weekend!

This afternoon, groups of MOSI staff had their first official tours of the new Experiment gallery as work continued to complete the gallery in time for the provisional preview opening date of December 11th. Positive feedback was unanimous from the staff and we are all eagerly anticipating our visitors’ reactions come the opening date. For a taste of what you can expect, click here for the latest Experiment photographic update.

Meanwhile, on the Ground Floor of the Great Western Warehouse, work in the Revolution Manchester gallery is reaching fever pitch as the installation of this amazing gallery continues. The fit-out contractors from 24 Design have been working steadily away in the gallery for quite some time, installing timber supporting structures and frames and handrails throughout the gallery. Over the past two weeks, they have been joined by staff from the MOSI Collections department and our dedicated teams of volunteers who have been extremely busy bringing in just some of the iconic exhibits that will now call the Revolution Manchester gallery home. As we promised yesterday, our visit to Revolution Manchester did not go undocumented, click here for our latest photographic update. For information on how you can be star in Revolution Manchester, click here.

Elsewhere at the Museum, staff from our Development team have been scurrying away to create a Santa’s Grotto in our historic Station Building. As we blogged earlier this week, our Grotto is just one of many events that we have planned for festive period. Our Festive Grotto he will be open at weekends throughout December and it promises to be a quite incredible and unique opportunity to meet Santa with such a momentous backdrop.

If you are visiting MOSI this weekend, don’t forget to share your experiences and photographs with us and the rest of the MOSI Facebook community by joining our Facebook fan page. Our photo competition returns on Monday due to popular demand so get submitting those pictures for the chance to have your photograph represent the Museum on Facebook and Twitter.

That is all from the MOSI Blog team this week; we hope you have a wonderful weekend. Check back next week for more news from your favourite museum.