New Crystal Hall facade of the Australian Museum opened this year; Photo Michael Nicholson
The Australian Museum (AM) announced today that it has entered into a new partnership with Westpac and the NSW Government to restore the nation’s first museum gallery.
This partnership will see the historic Long Gallery restored to house 200 Treasures of the Australian Museum. To mark the occasion, two of these treasures were handed over to the Australian Museum today – Australia’s first bank note was presented to the Australian Museum on extended loan from Westpac, as part of the new initiative. The note was issued on the day the Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac) first opened in April 1817.
