Canberra’s historic sites and Civic’s Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) will receive extra funding in the ACT Budget to improve visitor experience, accessibility, conservation and the storage of collections.
The funding for CMAG will ensure the growing numbers of visitors and community groups can continue to share in Canberra’s unique heritage and social history.
Minister for Arts and Community Events, Gordon Ramsay said conservation works at heritage sites across the Territory would include Lanyon Homestead, Calthorpes’ House and Mugga Mugga.
“Canberra’s historic places and cultural institutions are seeing growing visitor numbers every year and this investment will protect their heritage values while expanding the range of programs they can offer,” Mr Ramsay said.
He said these institutions are dedicated to the social history and visual arts of the Canberra region.
“They connect people with our region’s rich and diverse stories, sense of place and contemporary identity,” Mr Ramsay said.
He said the $1 million of new money for conservation, upgrades and expansion works would add to the $6.2 million the Government already delivered each year to support the institutions.
“Lanyon Homestead at Tharwa, Calthorpes’ House at Red Hill and Mugga Mugga at Symonston are among Canberra’s most significant sites relating to our early European heritage,” Mr Ramsay said.
“CMAG is also an increasingly popular destination and holds the largest collection of artworks by artists from the Canberra region as well as several nationally significant works such as the iconic Sidney Nolan Collection.”
