Space, Science Museum

The Science Museum’s new gallery explores humanity’s past, present and future relationship with space, replacing the former Exploring Space gallery. The project had to accommodate some of the Museum’s largest and most significant artefacts, including historic spacecraft, lunar material and newly conserved space suits, while integrating immersive audiovisual displays. Works also took place within a live museum environment, creating complex challenges around public safety, asbestos removal, phased access and the protection of adjacent operational areas.

G&T provided Cost Management and Principal Designer & CDM Consultancy services from RIBA Stage 2 through to completion, supporting the client and design team throughout the delivery of this high-profile cultural project. Our role included coordinating duty holders, advising on health and safety requirements, and helping to plan the safe strip-out, asbestos removal and installation of large, fragile and sensitive artefacts. Our cost advice also helped inform design and procurement decisions as the gallery works developed.

The gallery brings together iconic historic objects and contemporary space technologies in an accessible, immersive setting on the Museum’s ground floor. Landmark exhibits - including two space-flown spacecraft: the Apollo 10 command module and the Soyuz descent module which British astronaut Tim Peake travelled in - are displayed alongside a three-billion-year-old lunar rock and the newly conserved spacesuit of Helen Sharman, the first Brit in space. G&T’s combined cost and CDM input helped support safe, controlled delivery while maintaining focus on budget, quality, visitor experience and operational continuity.