A MULTI-MILLION dollar construction project in South Bathurst is well and truly taking shape.
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Work got under way on the $4.6 million Collections Facility - funded by $2.3 million each from the NSW Government and Bathurst Regional Council - early last year, though wet weather has slowed progress.
Plans for the facility were announced in 2019.
Member for Bathurst Paul Toole and new mayor Robert Taylor had a look at the development site in Leena Street this week.
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Mr Toole said the Central Tablelands Collections Facility will be a purpose-built, large scale repository, conservation and learning facility for regional NSW.
"The facility will accommodate valuable and fragile collections, archives and other significant cultural items currently held under the custodial care of Bathurst Regional Council," he said.
"It will also provide much-needed storage along with collection management services including cataloguing, preventative and material conservation treatment, curatorial inspection of collections, digitisation, virtual classroom and onsite learning facilities."
We have an extensive collection of artworks and documents of significant cultural and heritage value.
Mr Toole said the Collections Facility would cater for large collections through to collections from smaller regional volunteer-run museums, historical societies, collection groups, education facilities and private collections.
He said it would also enhance Bathurst Regional Council's existing cultural industry partnerships with the University of Melbourne's Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, M and G NSW Digitisation Project and outreach programs and The Australian Museum through the Somerville Collection.
Cr Taylor said the facility would enhance Bathurst's reputation as a cultural hub.
"We have an extensive collection of artworks and documents of significant cultural and heritage value housed across our museums, gallery and library and to be able to bring those together into a state-of-the-art facility will ensure we safeguard them for future generations," he said.
"The $4.6m project is jointly funded by council and the NSW Government and it is exciting to see the progress."
The NSW Government has also contributed $100,000 towards the fitout of the facility.