The Sammy Ofer Wing opens access routes from the Museum to Greenwich Park with a new south entrance. It improves the Museum’s key visitor approaches from the Royal Observatory and major transport arrival points, as well as connections with the rest of the World Heritage Site.

The new wing gives visitors a complete sense of what the Museum offers: world-class displays, collections and visitor facilities, all in one accessible configuration.

It features five key elements:

• the new entrance from the south
• a substantial new space for special exhibitions, starting with High Arctic
• an open archive research centre including key iconic objects and interactive galleries - the Compass Lounge and Voyagers
• a stylish new café and brasserie, shop and upgraded visitor facilities
• flexible new learning spaces

The Museum has commissioned United Visual Artists (UVA) to convey the ocean’s size, beauty and vulnerability in an era of global climate change.

High Arctic will be a large-scale installation in the Sammy Ofer Wing, produced by UVA and inspired by artist Matt Clark's participation in an expedition to the Svalbard archipelago led by climate change charity Cape Farewell.