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‘Everything had been on hold’: Powerhouse Museum announces program after rocky few years Kelly Burke
The Powerhouse Museum’s chief executive Lisa Havilah has endured a rocky ride since her appointment, with an insecure future facing the Ultimo site, a Covid-19 enforced lockdown, and a deluge of controversy surrounding the museum’s expansion to Parramatta.
By the time Havilah stepped up, in 2019, the Powerhouse Museum was more than $3m in the red, despite receiving $28m in recurrent annual funding. In 2020 the New South Wales premier’s department delivered an emergency injection of a further $5.3m to “address the museum’s cash position” the year before.
From Goggomobils to Islamic art: Powerhouseâs eclectic 2021 program
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The first annual exhibition program curated under the direction of the Powerhouse Museumâs chief executive Lisa Havilah will dive deeply into its collection around Persian arts, microcars, and ceramics.
âThis is all about our collection, engaging with the collection, presenting our collection in new ways and there is a whole range of material that has never been seen before,â Havilah said.
Post-COVID-19, the program of 12 exhibitions steps back from the
Star Wars-type international blockbuster and shows designed specifically for young families, to feature largely homegrown exhibitions, embedded with social and oral history.