We're officially closed from this week and the heavy work of gutting the groundfloor has well and truly begun. Carpenters have been busy knocking and sawing so dust is everywhere. We wrapped the statue of Sean Phádraic in plastic to protect him from all these goings-on and we've taken away all delicate pieces for storage in our collections room while the work continues. Already we can see the difference in the ground floor - knocking the curved wall partition has opened the place up hugely. Plinths have been set down into the middle of the ground floor which will hold smaller showcases - ideal to highlight some of the gems that are coming down from the National Museum. With these showcases we can focus attention on artefacts that relate to various aspects of life in medieval Galway.
PS: DON'T FORGET THAT OUR WONDERFUL CAFÉ, THE KITCHEN, WILL BE OPEN AS NORMAL EVERYDAY, SO YOU CAN STILL GET THE BEST COFFEE AND FOOD IN TOWN AND EVEN TRY TO SNEAK A PEAK AT WORK THROUGH THE CAFÉ WINDOW!
