The provided image depicts the structural changes made to the South Wing of the Walton Museum between 2008 and 2012.
Overall, the museum floor plan underwent significant refurbishment from 2008 to 2012. More rooms, including exhibition room, self-service cafe, restaurant, children’s play area, lift, were added, likely aiming to facilitate visitor experience. Besides that, the museum floors were enlarged.
In 2008, through the path and the entrance, there was a spacious reception which besides was a reading room, they were both located on the first floor. Going downstairs, the Cloak Room was on the right of the customer, which was beneath the Reading Room. Meanwhile, the shop and the gallery were laid on the left side.
In 2010, the museum floor plan underwent substantial transformation. The first change was regarding the entrance, which was built to be an Entrance Hall. Furthermore, the Reception and the Cloak Room merged into a new department so that the room used for the Cloak Room in 2008 turned into a Children’s Play Area. In addition, the number of the museum floor also increased, from two floors in 2008 to four floors in 2012. The lift was used as an alternative for stairs thanks to its convenience since the museum became higher. Using the lift to the third floor, the visitors could eat in the restaurant on the left or outdoors with the terrace which were both newly added to the building. However, the self-service cafe was placed on the right on the same floor as the restaurant. The last floor on the top of the building became the Exhibition Room for art admirers to contemplate the art work.