English, the first plan dated 5th December 1912, linen backed paper with printed plan with handwritten notes and descriptions of rooms and exhibits, the first, titled 'Victoria & Albert Museum', shows the setting out of various offices and exhibits which include, Dr Lokyers Office, Computing Room, 10" Equatorial Refractor, Rowland Gratting Camera, 6" Dallmeyer Camera, polar axis for meteor Cameras, 36" Reflector, 3" Transite instrument, and offices for 'Museum Photographer Mr. Jackson' Sir W. Abney, and items in the observatory including 'Coleostat, Photo-spectro Heliograph, 30" reflector, with five sections and plan layout of galleries, 108cm x 70cm.

The second plan identical but with the new title of 'The Science Museum, Southern Galleries &..' but with no notation, 108cm x 70cm.

The third plan titled 'South Kensington Museum, Plan and Section of Southern Galleries' printed on linen-backed paper with printed descriptions of various laboratories, 96cm x 62cm.

Footnotes:

These plans were of the galleries that formed parts of the science museum, which then was part of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which is now occupied by Imperial college. These buildings still exist and can be seen from imperial college road, Armstrong Road, Observatory Road,

Provenance, originally owned by Michael Richard Preston (d. 3rd May 2018, aged 90) who was the former head of exhibitions at the science museum, South Kensington