Re-opening the Doors



It's Super Saturday with pubs, restaurants and hairdressers reopening. The local news has been dominated by this next phase in England's road to recovery, but hiding away in there is the reopening of many cultural institutions...including us!

After 15 and a half weeks, we finally threw open the doors and welcomed visitors into the Museum. I started the day with a radio interview highlighting our preparations with English Heritage, followed by the pre-opening coffee. Then catching up with the Castle staff and making sure we had radio communication between us.

All we had to do was wait for the visitors to come through our doors. A slow start but then a steady stream. It was good to see people in the Museum, chat to them and see them enjoying time out. The weather kept dry and we had no need for our 'Please wait here' sign as visitors seemed to be spread over the whole site and we had no social distancing issues in Alma. 

So this evening, as I recover from mopping the gallery and remembering my little script to introduce visitors to the Museum, I am recovering with a little tipple to toast the wonderful team whom I work with because without their fabulously hard work and dedication, we would not have been able to open our doors today. Cheers!

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