After eight years of turmoil, the museum will be given a more modest $250 million revamp and promises the savings will go towards schools and hospitals.
Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has warned the NSW budget faced $7 billion in unexpected cost pressures
“We promised at the election that we would preserve the Wran legacy and keep the Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo open. We are doing just that,” he said. But the Coalition’s redevelopment plans came under fire from former staff and heritage advocates who argued parts of the existing building deserved conservation, and more sympathetic changes could be achieved at half the cost to taxpayers.Under Labor’s new plans, existing structural elements of the museum building including its 1980s wing are expected to be restored not demolished. But no timeline has been developed for the works and their scope has yet to be determined.
in spending with stand-alone facilities built on the museum’s Harris Street forecourt. A minimum of $100 million was thought to be needed to replace the museum’s roof and make it safe.Originally established in 1879 as the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum of NSW, Labor says there has been no significant capital investment in the Powerhouse Museum since it opened in Harris Street in 1988.
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