The first 6 months of building work on the capital development project which will transform the Gallery for visitors.

1. 21st Century Gallery in a Park
The first six months
(November 2012 – April 2013)

2. The cartway with original cobbled
floor

3. Lions’ Den emptied for handover to
ISG

4. Breaking ground ceremony Dec 2012

5. Demolition of the old shop store and
fire escape

6. ISG lay a ‘haul’ road to bring in site
vehicles and keep mud off the highway

7. Creating a temporary fire escape at
the back of the galleries

8. Piling starts for the foundations

9. Piles in place in readiness for
the main crane

10. Digging out the slab in the Lions’ Den

11. Strip out of the exhibition galleries

12. Bagging up the old loliondo flooring

13. View from the Whitworth Park

14. Laying foundations for the staff
entrance

15. Pouring concrete for the staff entrance

16. Earth tubes ready to be laid in the
ground for ventilation

17. Strip out of the Lecture Theatre

18. The barrel vault ceiling revealed in the
exhibition galleries

19. Original Edwardian features

20. Service trenches under the Collections
Store

21. The main crane arrives on site

22. Floor slab - kitchen

23. Learning studio with Art Garden to left

24. Footprint of Clore Learning studio

25. Staff entrance with window onto
loading bay

26. Walls go up on Study Centre