The two maps show the transformation of a natural history museum between 2010 and 2013. Overall, the museum underwent a major extension, maintaining most of its original facilities while becoming more diverse and visitor-friendly. This transformation included the introduction of new exhibitions, shop, as well as café. These changes, however, came at the cost/expense of the leafy environment that was present in 2010.
In 2010, the museum used to be smaller and offered a limited range of facilities for visitors. Access to the museum was from the South, with a ticket desk and lobby occupying the entrance area. While the Ocean hall was located in the top right corner, the dinosaur hall was situated in the bottom left. There was a rectangular room dedicated for mammals exhibition in the top left corner, which could be accessed from both the ocean and dinosaur halls. Lastly, there was a spacious garden outside.
By 2013, significant changes had taken place in the museum. The garden had been replaced by a new quarter housing a shop and café, adjacent to each other. This area also featured the human origins display and the relocated mammals exhibition. New displays such as Ice age and insects exhibitions were also introduced to the room which was previously occupied by ‘mammals’. Finally, the museum retained some of its older facilities including the entrance, lobby, ticket desk, Dinosaur and Ocean halls.