The Heart of the Yard (Interpretation)

With the restoration of the former Harland & Wolff Drawing Offices now complete and the building’s transformation into Titanic Hotel Belfast, Titanic Foundation are offering a unique opportunity to hear about some of the work behind the project.

The Drawing Offices, where more than a thousand H&W ships were designed, needs Interpretation to tell the story of the building at the heart of the shipyard. Join Andrew Todd from Tandem to learn about how a light approach has been achieved in the building and interwoven throughout the hotel’s interior design scheme, where subtle and surprising encounters with the past have been designed to enhance the guest experience.

The restoration of the building wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and their Heritage Enterprise Programme, which is designed to help when the cost of repairing an historic building is so high that restoration simply is not commercially viable.

The investment from The Heritage Lottery Fund has supported the expert conservation and interpretation of the Drawing Offices and heritage features of the building, ensuring an important level of public access to these areas for years to come. With their support, the project team was able to source additional funding and the restoration of one of Belfast’s most important buildings could finally be completed.

This free lecture will take place in Drawing Office 1 and will include a short tour of the heritage rooms and artefacts on display.

To book a place at either event, please email [email protected] or call 028 90730490.