There is some really exciting stuff going on out at the
Air Force Museum of New Zealand at Wigram.
The major expansion of the
multimillion dollar facility is well under way and expected to be completed early 2013. Last
week 120 concrete trucks delivered 850 cubic metres of concrete for a continuous pour of the new main gallery floor. That is a
lot of concrete!
This new facility
will enable the Museum to continue to
archive and store many precious and unique exhibits that were salvaged from various Christchurch and Canterbury museums after
the Feb 11 earthquake. It will
also provide a temporary, but highly
versatile space, for large meetings and
conventions, until we get a new
permanent convention centre in the Central City. Longer term it will be the
much enlarged home for the Air Force Museum and provide world class display and restoration
capability.
The Museum will
reconfirm its status as an iconic tourism destination in Canterbury.
From every perspective this is a big, brave, exciting
and extremely timely undertaking,
which will serve our wider community
well, in many respects, for years to
come
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