THE BALLINGLEN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
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Work Completed on Museum 20/11/19
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Some new images taken of the Museum dated the 30/10/2019. The lift, glass floor, lighting is installed so it's really coming together.
We're gonna be well insulated! Upstairs Rear July 2019.
Rear of Museum Upstairs. There are 3 separate spaces on the first floor. The main gallery to the front, a conference/sitting area and a wonderful glass porch. There will be pocket doors from the Main Gallery to the conference area and accordion doors into the porch so it can be one large space or divided in three as needs be.
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Upstairs, Front of the Museum. Ready for Polished Concrete Floors going in on Monday the 29/07/19
Front Exhibition area downstairs onto the street. Front door is in the entrance hallway to the left of the large window above.
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Downstairs Main Exhibition Area.
Looking towards front of Museum Upstairs. This image was taken from the end of the conference area looking toward the front of the building.
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Ruth Fine working on curating the first exhibition for the upstairs Gallery! This image is taken from the middle of the front gallery.
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Back area of Exhibition area downstairs.This is the main exhibition area downstairs with the doorway to the front hallway in the image.
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Stairwell, polished concrete is the planned floor finish throughout the building.The staircase will have a timber handrail and a timber strip on the steps.
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Storage for Ballinglens Permanent Collection, curatorial & framing area downstairs. This is at the very rear of the build and is a fine large storage area where work can be viewed, stored and reframed. The door with the light streaming in is going to be closed and the back room used for storage of books, supplies and objects. As you can see track lighting will be installed in all the build. Thanks to Rory McGowan and his team at ARUP we got a specialist plan for lighting as a contribution to the Museum. We are beyond grateful!
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Video of Museum 12/03/19
Scaffolding down with work commencing on back stairs, 8th January 2019
Scaffolding coming down, windows/doors installed and exterior plasterwork complete. So Exciting! 10th December 2019.
Work is progressing well on The Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art. Plastering of the exterior is well underway with measures taken today for the gutters and downpipes. The €200,000 grant has served us well. We are now coming to the end of this money so work will be stalled until we raise more through donations or a grant. If you feel you can help us bring this wonderful project to fruition please do use the donate or Bank Transfer details above. Each contribution is important no matter how small. We remain committed to having a proper exhibition space for our 640+ works of art, establishing collaboratives with institutions nationally and internationally while also expanding our educational programme. Ballinglen's Permanent Collection of Art is unique, it's all work created in response to the beautiful, wild and inspirational landscape of North Mayo, Ireland. 20th November 2019.
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Images of work to date : 19/10/18
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Working on the Roof 28/9/2018
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Museum Progress up to 15/08/18
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Beams have arrived 9/5/18
Construction Underway!
Easter Saturday 31/3/18 |
First Floor Block Work 19/4/18
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Work has begun. Here are the plans for our beautiful Museum of Contemporary Art. Site is almost clear and work will commence. Be part of this wonderful initiative and Donate today. Every penny raised goes directly towards construction. Ballinglen has 640 works of art waiting to go on display!
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