Former senior curator Grace Cochrane kept supporters informed through the PMA website. The offices of Premier Berejiklilan and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, and of the city’s newspapers, were swamped with outraged letters. 12 Year Old Boy Humiliates Simon Cowell - … Stop the GREED leave a piece of cultural history alone.
Jamie Parker, Member for Balmain, is hosting an online petition to save the Powerhouse Museum. LondonTimeNews - July 4, 2020.
A win for the people of Western Sydney and a win for the people of central Sydney.”The Berejiklian Government has made a U-turn on a five-year-old plan to move the Powerhouse Museum from the CBD to Western Sydney. 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 … The Powerhouse collection does not belong to Gladys Berejiklian. Perrottet had become alarmed at the mounting costs; Harwin was watching growing opposition to his pet project.
Alternative opportunities would have to be found for the developers waiting to pounce on Ultimo.Perrottet and Harwin turned up at the Powerhouse to front the cameras and spin the story. By. The fight to save the southern hemisphere’s finest museum of applied arts and sciences and its priceless 500,000-object collection has achieved a decisive victory.
Sydney's Powerhouse Museum is a step closer to moving to the city's west. The NSW Government has backflipped on a controversial decision to move the Powerhouse Museum from the CBD to Western Sydney.Sydney's Powerhouse Museum is a step closer to moving to the city's west. Outside the Powerhouse a crowd of supporters gathered to mark the closure. "Over five years of campaigning, we have built a powerful alliance to defend the Powerhouse, promote arts and culture, and protect Sydney's heritage. JEWELLERY & IDENTITY For almost twelve months the MAAS has been hosting a spectacular exhibition of jewellery with over 700 exhibits drawn from public and private collections, beautifully curated by Eva Czernis-Ryl , Senior Curator at the Museum. Fake relocation Powerhouse museum - Duration: ... Save the powerhouse museum - Duration: 1:30. Ultimo’s Powerhouse Museum saved by the Berejiklian Government. "We just won our campaign to save the Powerhouse," Greens MP Jamie Parker, a leader of the community fight to halt the proposed demolition of the museum, proclaimed on July 4. COMING SOON: DESIGN FOR LIFE EXHIBITION. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy PiperInstead Mr Perrottet argued the call was made in response to the coronavirus crisis and the imminent need to inject more jobs into the economy.“We want to keep as many people in work as possible … If our projects have a greater social outcome at the end, that’s what is most important,” he said.“There’s no time for pre-pandemic thinking in a post pandemic world.”Mr Harwin added they came to this decision after reflecting on what would be the best use of the space and it “made sense” to leave it as is.“I really admire the people who have put a lot of time in this museum over the years,” he told reporters.The retention of the Powerhouse at Ultimo will ensure workers keep their jobs while the Parramatta build will create about 1100 construction jobs and up to 2400 indirect jobs once open.The Treasurer said it was the right decision for the economy and people of NSW.NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin said it ‘made sense’ to leave the Ultimo site untouched. The industrial science museum in inner-Sydney’s Ultimo will not be closed and moved to Parramatta, but will stay open and operate along with the new Powerhouse … $43m of public money has been spent, mainly on consultants and on a deeply flawed design competition.The coming Upper House Inquiry has terms of reference to investigate not only the Powerhouse debacle but the Government’s broader management of cultural projects. Save the PowerHouse museum, stop the apartment developers! Kylie Winkworth analysed the design brief for Parramatta to reveal that it could not possibly house the jewels of the collection; it would be more an events venue than a museum.With the great turbine and engine halls at Ultimo due to be closed for good on 30 June, and the collection about to be scattered to the winds, the wave of opposition became a tsunami: professional bodies of architects and engineers, international museum organisations and community groups were on board. It belongs to the people of NSW. Former senior curator Grace Cochrane kept supporters informed through the PMA website. Build Parramatta a museum that the community wants, and fund museums across NSW.”On the same day another gathering took place in Parramatta outside Willow Grove, one of the heritage buildings scheduled for demolition under the Government’s plan. CFMEU officials were there to announce a Green Ban in the spirit of the late Jack Mundey. Sydney's Powerhouse Museum saved from sell-off, but debate rages on NSW government scraps controversial billion-dollar relocation plan but faces questions from community groups and parliament