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QPAC was designed by local architect Robin Gibson in the mid-1970s, after State Cabinet formally recognised in 1972 the need for a new Queensland Art Gallery and a new major performing arts centre, in addition to a new location for the Queensland Museum and State Library. It was opened by the Duke of Kent in 1985. [citation needed]
The Queensland Museum stands on the north side of Melbourne Street and southwest of the pedestrian Whale Mall. It is a seven-story building that houses four levels of public exhibition space, administrative and research offices, a library, and collections storage. [1] Queensland Museum garden, during the 2011 Brisbane floods
The Queensland Museum Kurilpa is the state museum of Queensland, funded by the government, and dedicated to natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement. [2] The museum currently operates from its headquarters and general museum in South Brisbane with specialist museums located in North Ipswich in Ipswich , East Toowoomba ...
The Queensland Cultural Centre, located at South Bank, within the suburb of South Brisbane, is the cultural hub of Brisbane.The Queensland Cultural Centre contains the Queensland Museum, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, the Australian Cinémathèque, the State Library of Queensland, Queensland Writers Centre, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
This list of museums in Queensland, Australia contains museums that are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Cremorne Theatre was a theatre in South Brisbane (now part of South Bank), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia that operated, with interruptions, from 1911 to 1954.Although nothing remains of it today, the general location retains its cultural significance from the first half of the twentieth century as a theatre precinct, thanks to the nearby construction of Queensland Performing Arts Centre ...
Queensland Art Gallery (1975) Queensland Art Gallery. The Queensland Art Gallery was the first stage of the Queensland Cultural Centre. It has five levels with 15,477 areas in total. In the Gallery, visitors encounter different spaces and views. Its external walkways link with the Queensland Museum and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
The 1970s marked the beginnings of a new era, with parkland reclaimed along the river bank, and the Queensland Cultural Centre was built which included the Queensland Art Gallery, the Queensland Museum, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and State Library of Queensland (today it also includes the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art).