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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG
0141 276 9599
museums@glasgowlife.org.uk
Text Phone:  0141 276 9500
Fax: 0141 276 9540

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Thursday and Saturday 10am–5pm Friday and Sunday 11am–5pm

Technical and Logistical Solutions

Spitfire LA198 suspended above the Life gallery

The team had to overcome the unacceptable strains on the building that w​ould result from suspending the plane from the ceiling.

They looked at the possibility of running steel cables from the plane to fixings on the building at as wide an angle as possible. This would lessen the strain on the building and result in no structural damage.
 
However, it soon became apparent that this would result in the aircraft being pulled apart.
 
The solution was to run a steel beam across the existing iron ribs that vault the ceiling. The beam was made in two parts which meet in the middle and are kept together by compression.
 
This has allowed the aircraft to be hung safely and with as little strain on the building as possible.
 
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