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The maps show the layouts of one museum before and after its redevelopment 50 years apart, in 1957 and 2007. Overall, the museum experienced significant alterations and expansion, with the introduction of new facilities inside the museum building, such as a cafe, reception, education center, and a room for special exhibitions, as well as a car park to make the place more accessible to visitors with private cars. It is also clear that all these changes came at the expense of the lush area full of different trees around the museum.
In 1957, the museum was rather small and simple, covered with various trees on all sides, with the exception of the east. The entrance to the museum was through a winding footpath leading off from the tree-lined main road in the southern part of the map. Through the doors into the entrance hall, there was a large section dedicated to the national history exhibition right in front of the entrance. On the right-hand side of the entrance hall was the museum storeroom, while the local history room was situated across from it.
By 2017, the museum had been made bigger and more visitor-friendly. The museum had been expanded by adding two new rooms to the north and one more to the west of the building. This meant that most of the green area had to be cleared, leaving only a few trees in the northwestern part of the area to make way for this enlargement, along with a new car park in the southeast just above the main road. While the car park could house private vehicles of visitors, the entrance had been relocated to the new annex on the left side of the building, where visitors would enter the museum shop in order to get to the reception area.
To the right of the reception was a cafe in the bottom left corner of the building. The local history museum was moved to the area previously occupied by the national history exhibition, connected to the reception without any walls. Just above this area, rooms for special exhibitions on the left and an education center on the right were introduced.
The maps show the layouts of one museum before and after its redevelopment 50 years apart, in 1957 and 2007. Overall, the museum experienced significant alterations and expansion, with the introduction of new facilities inside the museum building, such as a cafe, reception, education center, and a room for special exhibitions, as well as a car park to make the place more accessible to visitors with private cars. It is also clear that all these changes came at the expense of the lush area full of different trees around the museum.
In 1957, the museum was rather small and simple, covered with various trees on all sides, with the exception of the east. The entrance to the museum was through a winding footpath leading off from the tree-lined main road in the southern part of the map. Through the doors into the entrance hall, there was a large section dedicated to the national history exhibition right in front of the entrance. On the right-hand side of the entrance hall was the museum storeroom, while the local history room was situated across from it.
By 2017, the museum had been made bigger and more visitor-friendly. The museum had been expanded by adding two new rooms to the north and one more to the west of the building. This meant that most of the green area had to be cleared, leaving only a few trees in the northwestern part of the area to make way for this enlargement, along with a new car park in the southeast just above the main road. While the car park could house private vehicles of visitors, the entrance had been relocated to the new annex on the left side of the building, where visitors would enter the museum shop in order to get to the reception area.
To the right of the reception was a cafe in the bottom left corner of the building. The local history museum was moved to the area previously occupied by the national history exhibition, connected to the reception without any walls. Just above this area, rooms for special exhibitions on the left and an education center on the right were introduced.