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The builders have moved in at the Bridewell Museum and are making great progress with the new entrance. Draper and Nichols are used to working in old buildings like ours, so were not too surprised to uncover a set of steps that had probably been hidden for over a hundred years. The steps are located in what will be the new entrance and are evidence that this was the way in for factory workers, when the Bridewell was used for making boots and shoes before it became a museum. Scaffolding is up all along the front of the building, which means the builders can work safely up on the roof (thank goodness it’s been sunny this week!) and also excavate out at the front. As work progresses on site, the curatorial team have been busy selecting objects which will be going into the new displays and working with our local design company, Ugly Studios, to decide how these will look. There’s lots to consider as over twenty thousand objects came out of the Bridewell before it closed!

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