The maps illustrate how Walton museum’s south wing changed from 2008 to 2012.
Overall, the building underwent several drastic changes, with the most noticeable of which being the construction of two upper floors and the addition of several functional rooms to serve visitors, along with the installation of a lift in place of the old staircase to improve accessibility.
Looking first at the second floor, in 2008, visitors would enter the south wing of Walton museum through an entrance located on the second floor which led directly to the reception room. In 2012, this space had been redesigned into an entrance hall, while the reception room had been reduced in size and combined with the cloaks room to form a multifunctional space. Meanwhile, the reading room further into the museum stayed unchanged, but it was separated from the adjacent rooms by the newly-installed lift shaft.
Regarding the first floor, the special exhibition room and the shop saw no alterations whereas the previous stairs in 2008 were removed to make way for a new lift that improved accessibility within the site. On the same level, the old cloaks room at the back was repurposed into a new playground for children.
By 2012, the south wing of this museum had been expanded vertically to incorporate two additional floors. The third floor was devoted to dining and relaxation, including an open-air terrace positioned directly above the new entrance hall. On the same level, a restaurant and a self-service room were also introduced on opposite sides of the lift. Above this, a fourth floor was also added, but it only featured a single exhibition room.