AN OPEN day to view designs for the new Museum of Two Halves project at Wrexham Museum was held on Wednesday (October 26).
The event at the museum on Regent Street was attended by members of the interpretation planning team, Wrexham Museum, and members of the public.
The designs gave an insight into the proposed new Museum of Two Halves which will be located in court rooms one and two which will each showcase the history of both Welsh football and the city of Wrexham respectively.
The event which was held in court room two of Wrexham Museum gave an opportunity for the public to share their thoughts and feelings with the design team and museum staff ahead of submission for planning permission.
Jonathan Gammond, exhibition officer at Wrexham Museum said: “It will be a total transformation of the museum in Wrexham.
“We’re going to be the first national Museum in North East Wales, that’s nearly 115 years after the first national museum in Cardiff and also we’re going to tell the story of Welsh football.
“Many European countries don’t have a dedicated football museum, Wales is going to have one which will match the ambition of our team as well, and obviously have a bigger and better Wrexham Museum.
“Everybody gains, my view is that Wrexham gets two museums for the price of one, Wales gets a great national museum for half the price.
“It’s a fantastic deal for Wrexham locally, and for the whole of Wales.”
Wrexham has undoubtedly become something of a hub for Welsh football recently with the spotlight very much being on the city since Ryan Reynold’s and Rob McElhenney’s high-profile takeover of Wrexham AFC, the success of the docu-series Welcome to Wrexham, and of course, coinciding with the Welsh national team qualifying for the 2022 World Cup for the first time since 1958.
Speaking on behalf of Hayley Sharpe Design (DSM) the company behind designing the exhibition, Interpretation Planner, Jo Sohn–Rethel said: “For the Welsh football theme, we’ve seen in recent months how much Welsh football means to communities and to the nation as a whole, we really want to capture that passion and the importance of football to people’s identity.
Earlier this year, the project received a much welcomed £45,000 development grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop the museum, which paved the way for the opportunity to secure a potential further grant of over £2 million.
The project is currently still at a consultation stage before the planning application is submitted, with the hope that if successful, the new museum will be open by 2025.
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