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  • Title
    Three plans of the Science Museum's Southern Galleries
  • Reference
    CORP/SCM/13/03/2022-600
  • Production date
    1908 - 1912
  • Creator
    • Science Museum, LondonBiography
  • Scope and Content
    Three linen-backed museum plans showing the Southern Galleries of the South Kensington Museum, Victoria and Albert, and Science Museums. They are printed with handwritten notes and descriptions and show plans and vertical cross-sections of the buildings, together with detailed plans of Sir Norman Lockyer's solar physics observatory and its telescopes.
  • Extent
    3 drawings
  • Language
    English
  • Archival history
    These drawings were produced by the South Kensington, Victoria & Albert and Science Museums but were acquired by Michael Richard Preston, Exhibitions Officer and later Keeper at the Science Museum. They were purchased from Preston's estate on his death and then purchased by the Museum.
  • Level of description
    TOP
  • Repository name
    Science Museum, London
  • Associated people and organisations
    • South Kensington MuseumBiography
    • Victoria and Albert MuseumBiography
  • Conditions governing access
    Open Access
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions
  • System of arrangement
    Although these are Museum records they were acquired from outside of the Musuem so although they have been added to the Corporate Archive structure they are numbered seperatly to reflect how they came to be part of the collection