Building a 6000sqm multi-storey space in the area beside and behind the Tuatara Backpackers Lodge on Dee St for a new museum would cost just $36m, he said. His proposal was ideal because the council already owned most of lower-Esk St and it would tie in to the Invercargill Central development bordering Esk and Tay streets, Harpur said.
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The Southland Museum and Art Gallery pyramid building in Queens Park, Invercargill, has been closed since April, 2018. “[The old buildings on Tay St] are going to have to be . probably demolished anyway, so it’s an opportunity to latch onto the existing development as well as get rid of some potential hazards that are sitting there now.