The New South Wales government has made a U-turn on its decision to relocate Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, more than five years after the announcement was made.
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 facility planned for western Sydney.
The relocation was expected to cost between $420m and $645m, with the staged closure of the Ultimo site due to have begun on 1 July.
A very important step in the preservation of one of Sydney’s treasures, which was close to being dismembered. The Board of Directors need to be reviewed as their members were complicit in supporting the ill-conceived plan. People who understand the value of the collection need to be responsible for its preservation.