Níall was featured on Songs Of Praise which was aired on the 8th September. The programm filmed at St Paul’s Cathedral looks at Heavenly Designs and how Christopher Wren has been an inspiration to Níall. The program can be viewed on BBC iplayer until the 7th October. Click on this link to view the episode.
Below are some from the Natural History Museum site showing the scaffold ‘tunnel’ going up at the Museum. This is the framework required to lift, manipulate, and move the blue whale skull into position in a few weeks.
Though the main hall has had a sperm whale in it before, this was only around 15m long. In contrast, the blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed, is about 30m long once assembled.
Unfortunately, due to the various extensions and alterations to the Museum over time, the skull can only come in via the front doors. And – much like a very large, very heavy, very valuable sofa – it’s a case of squeezing it in at strange angles.