Kier to build Science Museum's new collection centre

By Hamish Champ2019-02-28T14:17:00

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Wiltshire facility will house 300,000 items, including a flight simulator chair used by NASA

Kier has been named as the contractor to build the Science Museum’s permanent new home for more than three quarters of its collection of scientific artefacts in Wroughton, Wiltshire.

With construction kicking off this month and completion expected early next year, the 280,000ft² building (pictured) will house more than 300,000 items from the museum’s collection, including a NASA space shuttle flight simulator chair (pictured), a Citreon DS19 driverless car dating back to 1960 and a Chinese incense clock.

Once completed will be open to the public and accommodate school and research visits from 2023, according to Sian Williams, the museum’s programme director.

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