NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM PROJECT

1. PROJECT AMGUEDDFA GENEDLAETHOL Y GLANNAU NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM PROJECT

3. CCS Creation of a City and Waterfront ‘destination’ Regeneration – uniting the City and the Waterfront Impact on the visitor economy to the City and region Leisure Centre Renaissance NMGW New synoptic Waterfront Museum to National Museum standards Early implementation of a realisable project Revenue stream(s) to support operation Sustainable development AGREED PROJECT OBJECTIVESMarch 1999

4. GRANT BIDDING PROCESS March 1999 to July 2002 • Heritage Lottery Fund – 2 stage process • Stage 1 submission June 2000 • Stage 1 approval July 2001 • Stage 2 submission April 2002 • Stage 2 approval July 2002 • WDA • WTB • EU Objective 1 • Welsh Assembly Government

5. CAPITAL PLAN £33.5mFunders • Heritage Lottery Fund £11,124,500 • NMGW (sale of WIMM funds) £4,500,000 • City and County of Swansea £3,774,421 • EU Objective 1 £3,716,237 • WDA £2,500,000 • WTB £1,600,000 • Private Fundraising £740,571 • Welsh Assembly Government £5,724,023 • TOTAL £33,679,752

6. PROJECT OVERVIEW • To develop a new, innovative, sustainable museum of national status and international appeal, telling the story of 'Wales - The First Industrial Nation' to the present and for the future.

7. PROJECT OBJECTIVES • A new, innovative, non-charging, sustainable museum of national and international status, telling the story of ‘Wales – the First Industrial Nation’ to the present and for the future, through the stories and experiences of the people in responding to the issues they faced, and illustrated by relevant objects and interpretative media • A partnership between the National Museums & Galleries of Wales and the City and County of Swansea • A museum of broad appeal and relevance, attracting in excess of 200,000 visitors per annum • Providing the opportunity for life-long learning and development to a wide sector of the community

8. PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Linking the physical assets of the industrial revolution (the collections) with the records of the era (the archives) with the written interpretation of the events, activities, changes and artefacts (the libraries) with today’s changes, and providing pointers for tomorrow • Raising the standard of living for the people of Wales by serving as match funding for EU Objective 1 priority programmes and financial measures and acting as an appealing attraction to tourists more generally, linking with other tourist attractions in south and west Wales • Acting as a catalyst to a broader waterfront destination in Swansea, attracting in excess of 700,000 visitors per annum, which itself serves to regenerate the Swansea Maritime Quarter and adjacent dockland and city centre areas, creating a significant number of new jobs.

9. THE SITE

10. DESIGN TEAM appointed end 2000 Wilkinson Eyre Architects Land Design Studio Arups Davis Langdon & Everest McCann & Partners

13. Building Brief Development • Gallery space (sq m) • Specific environmental controls • Flexible spaces • Link Waterfront to the City • Space for retail activities • Level 4 on scale of 1-5 • Place in Destination thinking • Indigenous materials

14. Masterplanning 2001

15. Architectural scheme

19. WHAT KIND OF MUSEUM? • Non-traditional • People-oriented storylines • Free admission • Modular not linear • State of the art delivery • ‘The Street’ • Retail units • Welcoming

20. CONTENT DEVELOPMENT • The story of the impact of industrialisation on the people of Wales • The 1851 Census • Reflecting the economic and social changes in industrial Wales • Telling the story through to the present day

21. 15 themes including… • Land • Networks • Sea • Money • Transformation

22. Networks

23. Metals

24. Landscape

25. Sea

26. Site works began January 2003

35. Interpretation styles and Access