Powerhouse Museum to go west

Powerhouse Museum decides to move where Sydney's greater audience base is, selling its $200 million site to developers.

27 Feb 2015

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Arts Minister Troy Grant with NSW Premier Mike Baird announced Thursday that the Powerhouse Museum will moved to Parramatta, and that their current site it flagged to be sold to developers.

Currently sited on the fringe of Sydney’s Darling Harbour and along what Sydney has proudly quoined its “cultural ribbon”, the decision came as a surprise to many.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina