The Attraction® of space with Gerflor

The spacecraft that brought British astronaut Tim Peake back to Earth from space had a record number of visitors during its display period at the National Museum Cardiff. The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule transported the British astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Principia mission in 2015. At the time of the exhibit opening in last November in Cardiff and as part of a national tour Tim Peake said he hoped the free exhibition would “inspire” future scientists. David Anderson, Director General of the National Museum Wales said at the time, “the Soyuz capsule represents one of history’s most incredible technological feats.”

Press Release

In creating an exhibition area worthy of such a ‘star-studded’ adventure into space the National Museum of Wales would need to utilise existing flooring that was first installed in 2008.The brief then was that any flooring would have to look stunning and be able to sustain the levels of high footfall that future exhibits may attract. The Tim Peake Exhibition in 2018 did just that by creating huge crowds eager to see his space capsule. The interior design department at the museum in 2008 would turn to international flooring specialist Gerflor to deliver a future proof flooring solution that would meet this high criterion. Some 550m2 of Gerflor’s high-performing Attraction. would ultimately be specified for three gallery areas.

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