She describes the group’s A$450m ($315m) business proposal as “the right museum on the right site”, which would leave the riverside buildings intact and celebrate the area’s rich history of “indigenous and convict narratives”. Wow, great news. In a statement, the government pledged to “work with MAAS management, the trustees and the broader arts community to determine how the two major sites best complement each other”. A group known as Save the Powerhouse, led by Ultimo residents Patricia Johnson and Jean-Pierre Alexandre, is calling on the state to inject A$50m ($35m) into “urgent repair works and guaranteed ongoing maintenance” of the current museum building after “years of neglect and under-funding”. “The Parramatta community was never given a chance to say what kind of museum they wanted.”The government’s chosen museum location is in a flood-risk zone beside the Parramatta river, where construction involves the demolition of two historic properties. The industrial science museum in inner-Sydney’s Ultimo will not be closed and moved to Parramatta but will operate across both sites. “If the Powerhouse Museum is not moving, then the design and location of the [Parramatta] development should be reviewed,” says former trustee Kylie Winkworth, another member of the Powerhouse Museum Alliance. Two of the museum’s halls—home to suspended aircraft and a rare 1850s steam locomotive—were due to close for good on 30 June, ahead of a full closure in July 2021. If you are thinking of visiting over the next few days, note that the Turbine Hall was closed on the 1st of June. Now the CFMEU has placed a green ban on Willow Grove and St George's Terrace, hopefully it works Has Gladys actually come out and described any great benefit she's bringing to the NSW public by destroying one of the best museums of its type that I've seen in recent years? Sanders, a former curator and deputy director of the Powerhouse, helped oversee its 1988 redevelopment in Ultimo.However, campaigners say their core demands for the government remain unanswered, including an overdue funding boost for the museum and a full community consultation over the culture hub proposed for Parramatta. SMH editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox nails Gladys colours to the mast... On Fridays, we send our Editor’s picks of the top stories posted through the week. Gen time: 1.89s | RAM: 10.92kb The Powerhouse Museum’s current home in Ultimo, which was due to close to the public on July 1 before being sold to property developers and likely demolished, has … Update: The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre are now open. For more information, contact Our daily newsletter contains a round-up of the stories published on our website, previews of exhibitions that are opening and more. It's tragic that the Daily Terror cynically tried to portray this as an East v West contest when it's far from that. The Interwebz is not playing nicely with me tonight. By all means build a new museum at Parramatta, which appears to have widespread support, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater by abandoning the Powerhouse Museum site at Ultimo. Being a Mexican, I have probably missed some of the talk about this appalling move. After years of campaigns against the move, the well known Sydney powerhouse museum at Ultimo will permanently close its exhibition halls on the 30th of June with the other parts set to close soon after The new and expanded Powerhouse Museum will form the centrepiece of a new arts and cultural precinct on the banks of the Parramatta River, including a modernised Riverside Theatres complex, cafes, bars and public spaces. A 2016-19 enquiry urged the state to abandon the relocation project, concluding in a final report that it was “based on poor planning and advice, a flawed business case and insufficient community consultation”.“It was always going to be cheaper to build a new museum in Parramatta and leave Ultimo alone, but this option was never considered,” he says. Local media reports attributed the sudden reversal to escalating protests as the closure date approached, as well as to a decline in the property market, which stymied the government’s ambition to raise A$195m ($136m) from selling off the Ultimo site.The decision to preserve the museum “shows that the Premier is listening to the people of NSW”, says Jennifer Sanders from the Powerhouse Museum Alliance, a campaign group of museum benefactors, former trustees and arts leaders that has long condemned the move. The Powerhouse Museum will completely relocate to stunning new premises in Parramatta, and will be the largest museum in NSW when doors open to visitors in 2023. A surprise decision by the New South Wales government to cancel a On 4 July, NSW’s Liberal premier Gladys Berejiklian and treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced that the Powerhouse Museum—part of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS)—will remain open in central Ultimo and operate alongside a new “world-class” facility to be built in Parramatta, 23km to the west. From media reports so far, it appears that the Parramatta Museum will be a totally different concept without permanent displays. Yes, I agree - a clear act of vandalism. After years of campaigns against the move, the well known Sydney powerhouse museum at Ultimo will permanently close its exhibition halls on the 30th of June with the other parts set to close soon after It is estimated that more than 1 third of the items on display will be moved into permanent storage at Castle Hill with the rest moving to Parramata The government said its U-turn was a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, aimed at safeguarding jobs in the arts while increasing access to the Powerhouse’s 500,000-strong collection across two locations. Well I'm glad I saw this old aquaintance there years ago. Read more The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The comments are property of their posters, all the rest is © 2003-2020 Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd.
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