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After All This Time…..
3 Nov 2011
It was great team effort and all contractors, designers and internal staff were great. I still liked the scaffolding – it was almost like a giant art installation and my favourite parts of the project are the lighting so you can see the great art works properly, and the labels holders that allow you read the labels.
Jon Old, Conservation Manager
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