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15/08/2011

Sea City Museum Reaches Highest Point

The construction of Southampton's international visitor attraction, the Sea City museum, reached a key milestone with the final stages of the new special exhibitions pavilion nearing completion.

To mark the significant stage in the project, Southampton City Council and Kier Southern held a topping out ceremony to celebrate reaching the highest point of the build.

During the ceremony, the first metal coping was placed on the pavilion roof by Southampton's Mayor, Cllr Terry Matthews, alongside fellow councillors and Kier Southern director Martin Orr and site manager Andy Hammerton.

Sea City, which has been supported with a £4.9m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, is scheduled to open to the public in April 2012, 100 years after the Titanic tragedy.
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At the ceremony, cabinet member for resources, leisure and culture, Cllr John Hannides, said: "I'm genuinely excited that the build of Sea City is progressing so well and we have reached the highest point of the pavilion.

"I am sure residents are as proud as I am that the high-profile Sea City is moving ahead and remains on course to open its doors in April next year.

"The attraction will not only bring together the city's heritage, it will attract thousands of visitors and create many new jobs. This investment demonstrates our ongoing plans to develop Southampton as the capital of the south."

Sea City is part of Southampton’s emerging Cultural Quarter set to bring more than 2000 direct jobs and an additional £21 million of visitor spend to the city each year. The museum will feature two permanent exhibitions covering the role of Southampton as a 'gateway to the world' and Southampton's Titanic story. A temporary exhibition, which will run for one year from opening, will be all about the legend of the Titanic.

(CD)

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