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Historic documents move to museum library
THE new Science Museum Library and Archives is to be launched in Wroughton next Friday.
It will be home to original editions from scientific icons including Einstein, Galileo, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.
The prestigious 120-year-old library, which contains 26 kilometres of shelving, has been housed for the past 38 years at Imperial College, London, and is re-opening having made the move to Wiltshire in order to improve efficiency by relocating to the Science Museum's site.
The new facility will be open to the public early next year and consists of a publicly accessible library building and a storage element for the archives also on the museum's site.
Rupert Williams, head of the Science Museum Library, said: "We have a superb new facility which will allow the Science Museum Library to run in an effective and sustainable manner while providing the public with access to our world class collections."
With more than100,000 books dating back to 1486, more than a million patents and documents including the final Apollo 11 flight plan, signed by astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, the collections provide a resource for academics, students, enthusiasts and the general public.
7:00pm Friday 30th November 2007
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CommentPosted by: Grumpy, Swindon on 7:38pm Fri 30 Nov 07
Great, but when is the museum open, where do you park, are there any admission charges, what's available for the public to view, what times can I visit, can I visit.......? The place isn't exactly well advertised is it?
Great, but when is the museum open, where do you park, are there any admission charges, what's available for the public to view, what times can I visit, can I visit.......? The place isn't exactly well advertised is it?
Posted by: who dat? on 9:01pm Fri 30 Nov 07
Here you go, Grumpy!
The newly-created facilities at Swindon will be opening to researchers by appointment in the near future, while staffed services will also resume in the refurbished London reading room, which has remained open for reference throughout the project except for short periods of disruptive work. Although we'll be offering limited services to start with while we get used to the new buildings and procedures and train up new staff, we hope to move to full operation around the end of January 2008.
The Science Museum Library & Archives, Swindon, is located at the Hackpen end of the Science Museum's airfield site at Wroughton on the edge of Swindon in Wiltshire. Access is via Red Barn Gate on the A4361 Devizes Road.
Visitors coming by rail to Swindon are advised to take a taxi to the Library, fare approximately £10 each way. Alternatively there is the Stagecoach no. 49 bus service which operates from Swindon bus station, and goes through Wroughton and past Red Barn Gate on its way to Devizes. Journey time is approximately 17 minutes from Swindon and a Day Rider ticket costs £2.70.
Visitors should contact the Library & Archives in advance to make an appointment, and bring personal identification with them. All visitors must check in with Site Security at the Gate House: please note that Security procedure currently requires a photographic pass to be created and held on the system.
Current Opening Hours at Swindon:
Monday to Friday, 10.00 till 12.00, 13.00 to 15.00
Please note there are no lunch facilities on site but an area has been set aside where visitors may eat a packed lunch
Here you go, Grumpy!
The newly-created facilities at Swindon will be opening to researchers by appointment in the near future, while staffed services will also resume in the refurbished London reading room, which has remained open for reference throughout the project except for short periods of disruptive work. Although we'll be offering limited services to start with while we get used to the new buildings and procedures and train up new staff, we hope to move to full operation around the end of January 2008.
The Science Museum Library & Archives, Swindon, is located at the Hackpen end of the Science Museum's airfield site at Wroughton on the edge of Swindon in Wiltshire. Access is via Red Barn Gate on the A4361 Devizes Road.
Visitors coming by rail to Swindon are advised to take a taxi to the Library, fare approximately £10 each way. Alternatively there is the Stagecoach no. 49 bus service which operates from Swindon bus station, and goes through Wroughton and past Red Barn Gate on its way to Devizes. Journey time is approximately 17 minutes from Swindon and a Day Rider ticket costs £2.70.
Visitors should contact the Library & Archives in advance to make an appointment, and bring personal identification with them. All visitors must check in with Site Security at the Gate House: please note that Security procedure currently requires a photographic pass to be created and held on the system.
Current Opening Hours at Swindon:
Monday to Friday, 10.00 till 12.00, 13.00 to 15.00
Please note there are no lunch facilities on site but an area has been set aside where visitors may eat a packed lunch
Posted by: Grumpy, Swindon on 8:57am Sat 1 Dec 07
Cheers who dat? I might wander up there in the new year and see what's what. Can you just arrive on speck?
Cheers who dat? I might wander up there in the new year and see what's what. Can you just arrive on speck?
Posted by: who dat? on 7:57pm Sat 1 Dec 07
You can arrive on whatever you like- plenty of parking spaces!
Visitors should contact the Library & Archives in advance to make an appointment, and bring personal identification with them. All visitors must check in with Site Security at the Gate House: please note that Security procedure currently requires a photographic pass to be created and held on the system.
You can arrive on whatever you like- plenty of parking spaces!
Visitors should contact the Library & Archives in advance to make an appointment, and bring personal identification with them. All visitors must check in with Site Security at the Gate House: please note that Security procedure currently requires a photographic pass to be created and held on the system.
Posted by: mwrmoore, Science Museum on 10:58am Mon 10 Dec 07
Please Note;
The Library is open as stated.
The Museum hangars are [bold][italic]NOT[/italic] [/bold] open.
regards
Matt
Please Note;
The Library is open as stated.
The Museum hangars are
NOT open.
regards
Matt
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