"The pavilion, which opened in June, has been designed by Hassell Studio to host an interactive exhibition, The Story of Jodrell Bank, conceived by exhibition and museum designer Casson Mann. This presents the story of the world’s first radio astronomy site, home to the Grade I-listed Lovell Telescope which detected quasars, pulsars and black holes."

"Owned by the University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank near Macclesfield in Cheshire is the site of the first steerable radio telescope. In 1957, the 76m-diameter telescope was the only device powerful enough to track the rocket that carried Sputnik."

"Casson Mann has saved and repurposed parts of the original 1957 dish to form the fabric of the exhibition. The heavily patinated panels, over 4m high, have become a projection surface to map the history of Jodrell scientists. Visitors circulate these clockwise through a series of immersive object displays."

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