❓ WA Parliament QoN regarding the future of the Francis Street site of the WA Museum, potential asbestos removal, and public programs at the Welshpool site. The Minister's response addresses current operations and future plans.
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I refer to the Western Australian Museum. (1) What plans does the government have for the Francis Street site where the Western Australian Museum was formerly housed? (2) Will the building on this site be demolished, or will the asbestos be removed; and, if so, at what cost? (3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(1) What plans does the government have for the Francis Street site where the Western Australian Museum was formerly housed? (2) Will the building on this site be demolished, or will the asbestos be removed; and, if so, at what cost? (3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(2) Will the building on this site be demolished, or will the asbestos be removed; and, if so, at what cost? (3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
(1) What plans does the government have for the Francis Street site where the Western Australian Museum was formerly housed? (2) Will the building on this site be demolished, or will the asbestos be removed; and, if so, at what cost? (3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(2) Will the building on this site be demolished, or will the asbestos be removed; and, if so, at what cost? (3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(3) If the building is to be used again for museum purposes, when will that be? (4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(4) What public programs, if any, are being conducted at the Welshpool site, and are school groups visiting? (5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(5) Are the exhibits at Welshpool appropriately protected and insured? Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(1)-(3) The Western Australian Museum continues to operate at the Perth site bounded by Beaufort and Francis Streets and the Perth Cultural Centre. The Perth site has more than 3 000 squares of exhibition space and offers a range of public programs. Almost 219 000 people visited the site in 2004-05, including 18 000 schoolchildren. The Francis Street building, which is now closed, is not the only part of the Perth site. A steering committee is in the process of advising the government on a preferred site for a new museum for Perth. The existing site is being considered. (4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(4) No public programs are currently being conducted at the collection and research centre at the Welshpool site. The museum’s first priority is to move further collections from other storage sites to the collection and research centre. As part of this process, plans will be developed to provide public programs at the Welshpool site when funds allow. (5) Yes.
(5) Yes.
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