It's not a museum. This is not a matter of opinion, it's not a slander being spread by critics of the project. The proposed building in Parramatta the NSW government would like us to see as the home of a "relocated" Powerhouse Museum will be nothing more than an entertainment venue stuffed with cafes and reception areas.
It's been well documented that the new building is to be situated in a flood plain, which makes it unsafe for the display of objects, and perhaps for human occupation. According to hydrologist, John Macintosh, to put a public building on such a site is a “crazy proposal”. He has warned that if a major flood came along “people could die”.
Then Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant with then Premier Mike Baird at the newly announced location of the new Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta in 2016.As the new building is not due to open until 2024 or 2025, there's only one way to account for the sudden decision to close the Powerhouse. It is a cynical manoeuvre intended to capitalise on the remnant of the lockdown, a ploy to forestall a swelling tide of protest.
The sheer diversity of collections is staggering, assembling material from all over the world in fields that range from ceramics, glass, jewellery, costume and furniture to industrial design, folk art and large-scale pieces of machinery. This includes the Boulton and Watt engine, the oldest built locomotive in NSW; the Catalina flying boat, and other items for which there will be no room in Parramatta.
Excellent piece, but corruption knows no limit in NSW politics or the Liberal party as a whole. What developers and donors want, they get. And hey I’m sure we’ll get a lovely set of tiny structurally-unsound apartments out of the demolition of that pesky old historical monument.
Plus corporate convention facilities and maybe a junkfood chain or two as well.
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