The Rockhampton Museum of Art is revealed!

Construction is now complete on the new Rockhampton Museum of Art.

The museum will feature large flexible gallery spaces, multi-purpose education spaces, a restaurant, retail space and a function area on the top floor overlooking the Fitzroy River. It will also feature the latest technology, with temperature and climate control.

The $36 million project includes $15 million funding from the Building Our Regions program. This investment in the local economy and community highlights the importance of cultural infrastructure in growing regional development.

Projects funded through Building our Regions are designed to create and sustain long-term employment in regional Queensland. In the case of the new museum, over 900 tradespeople have been involved, from demolition of the previous buildings to the completion of all building works.

The next stage in the transformation of the new Rockhampton Museum of Art, which is six times the size of the old Rockhampton Art Gallery, will be to relocate the Gallery’s esteemed Australian modern art collection.

The new Rockhampton Museum of Art is due to open in early 2022.

Find out more about how the Building our Regions program is creating economic development opportunities and jobs across regional Queensland communities: https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/regions/economic-development/building-our-regions