COMMENT: Well its not a simple black and white issue! No its unlikely that Musée du Louvre.would be moved to outer Paris BUT the Tate has various machinations on various locations and that seems to have proved a viable option.
It is however encouraging to hear that a business plan is in progress and that there'll be some public consultation. Indeed it is the Powerhouse's Community of Ownership & Interest that should be guiding the process and always should have been.
Representatives of Sydney's museum community say selling and relocating the Powerhouse Museum from the CBD to the west will kill the cultural precinct.
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The New South Wales Government has been looking into moving the iconic arts and science museum from its current location in Ultimo to the banks of the Parramatta River.
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But the Government changed its tune on its original proposal, which was announced in 2015, and this week said it was considering keeping "some Powerhouse presence at the current site in Ultimo".
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But there was concern from the Powerhouse Museum Alliance that relocating or sharing the museum's collection would see the exhibition lose its allure.
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"Museums aren't trophies or shopping trollies that can be picked up and moved somewhere else," said Grace Cochrane from the alliance.
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"Everybody in the museum world realise it's a stupid idea just to pick it up and dump it just for the sake of property development.
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"We utterly and completely oppose it and think it is absolute madness."
Ms Cochrane said the collection "won't work" in the same way if it is permanently divided at large distances.
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