Maritime museum is sinking because of Labor, opposition MPs say
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LNP and Greens MPs say the imminent closure of the Queensland Maritime Museum is “an absolute tragedy” and the blame for the loss of “an iconic institution” would be on the state government.
The museum opened to the public again at the weekend and offered five tour sessions on both days – despite the fact the money from the tickets would be nowhere near enough to save the museum.
The Penguin at the Queensland Maritime Museum. It served as a pearl lugger from the early 1900s until World War II when it was requisitioned as a cargo boat for the military. It then returned to pearling service after the war until 1981.
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The Queensland Maritime Museum will reopen this weekend, but even if it sells all available tickets, it will be nowhere near enough to save a piece of the state s history from going under.
Ella s Pink Lady - Jessica Watson s boat from her solo round the world journey. It sits at Queensland Maritime Museum.
Museum chief executive Emma Di Muzio said the uptake in tickets for this weekend s reopening was nowhere near the ticket sales from the failed reopening earlier this month.
Even if the museum sold the estimated $18,000 worth of tickets available for tours this weekend, it would not be anywhere near enough to keep the museum and its historical collection afloat.