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The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is an art museum located within the Moorilla winery on the Berriedale peninsula in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is the largest privately funded museum in the Southern Hemisphere. [ 2 ]
The Museum of New Art, better known as MONA is the first popup museum, founded in 1996 and run by artists since then.The museum's locations have varied from the walk-in closet of a commercial gallery (rented for $1 per year), [1] the second floor of a downtown office building, and now a satellite facility in Detroit's Russell Industrial Complex.
Moorilla Estate is currently owned by David Walsh, [2] [3] and is the site of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). [ 4 ] The winery produces a number of cool climate wines, and also produces five beers under the label Moo Brew.
Papine-Mona Aqueduct, UWI Mona Campus; Buildings of architectural and historic interest. Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road; Jamaica College Buildings: Simms Hall, Scotland Building, Assembly Hall, Chapel; Charlottenburgh House, Guava Ridge; Mico College Buildings: Kelvin Lodge, Cottage, Porter's Lodge, Chapel; Admiral's Mountain Great House, Cooper ...
Mona is a neighbourhood in southeastern Saint Andrew Parish, approximately eight kilometres from Kingston, Jamaica. A former sugarcane plantation , it is the site of a reservoir serving the city of Kingston and the main campus of the University of the West Indies .
In 1985 a state-appointed commission settled on a historic post office building in Kearney which was built in 1911 but was badly outmoded and slated for demolition. The Neoclassical architecture, marble interiors, and spacious, well-lit rooms attracted the attention of museum officials, who purchased the disused building and refitted it.
It was re-opened in January 2011 as the Museum of Old and New Art [6] or MONA. MONA won the 2012 Australian Tourism Award for best new development and is a major Tasmanian tourist attraction. In 2009, Walsh and his syndicate reportedly won $16–17 million over the Melbourne Cup Carnival. [7]
Castle Mona was constructed from stone brought from the Isle of Arran, the cost of construction being variously stated from £20,000 to £40,000 [2] [4] with other estimates placing the cost in excess of £50,000. [1] The building was constructed as a perfect square, with an additional wing on the south side.