NATIONAL ART GALLERY.
THE SITE SELECTED. It is understood that the site to be set aside by the Government for the purposes of a National Art Gallery will l>e a. portion of the Dominion Museum block, in Museum treet. It is only j tew yards away from the newly-formed Art Clubs premises in Bowen Street It has long been the intention of the Government to remove the Dominion Museum, now a storehouse of treasures which deserve a better and safer abode, ami the scheme to be prosecuted at some remote period is to build a new museum in front of-the Alexandra Barracks at Mount Cook (Buckle Street), leaving the valuable section in Museum Street for other purposes. Tinder the new street widening scheme 'Wc'.liugton Terrace is to be continued in a direct line to Sydney Street, displacing Museum Street altogether, which re-arrangement would add considerably to the depth, and consequently to the value of the ground noil occupied by the museum.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 881, 29 July 1910, Page 4
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161NATIONAL ART GALLERY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 881, 29 July 1910, Page 4
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