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NEW ADDITIONS TO THE TASMA- 

 NIA N MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY. 



Duiifig the Parliamentary session of 

 190U a vo'je of i4,O00 was passed for addi- 

 tions to the Tasmanian Mu-etim and Art 

 Gallery, and :t was decicjed to entiast the 

 preparation of plans and specifications to 

 the f'liolic Works Dei)artmenc. 



The original design, prepared by the 

 late Mr. Hy. Hunter, in 1860, has been ad- 

 hered to externally, as far as practicable, 

 but the interior has been alteied con- 

 veiderabiy to bring it more up to date; 

 when the original design was made iron 

 girders, fsteel joiits, etc., were not avail- 

 able, and columns were necessary to sup- 

 port the upper floor. Now they have been 

 dispensed with, and the whole floor space 

 IS clear in the new buildiiis;'. 



Tenders for the work were invited in 

 December. 1900, and Mr. W. H. Chever- 

 ton's, at <i£4,197 was the lowest, and was 

 accepted. The work was commenced in 

 January 1901. and the corner stone laid 

 bA' His Exceilencv the Administrator (Sir 

 y. S. Dodds), on the 20th March, 1901. 



The front portion, facing Macquarie- 

 street, is built of white and brown stone 

 from iBrighton and the Hobart Water- 

 works quarries. In the urper part of 

 this front are three nichei-', which are 

 proposed to be filled with statuary, etc., 

 at some future date. The side and back 

 walls are built of brick. The Museum 

 and Art Gallery floors are each 93ft. in 

 length, and 26ft. m width. A very or- 

 nameiital embossed stee! and ainc ceiling 

 has been fixed in the Museum. The roof 

 •over the Art Gallery is open to the collar 

 beam, and lined with pin? boarding, 

 painted in light tints, suitable for pic- 

 ture galleiv. The roof is coveied with 



Welsh sTate. It is lighted with eleven 

 large skylights, all the glass being fixed 

 in speci.; Hy prepared lead grooves, and no 

 putty whatever is used in tiie g;azing, as 

 is usually done, consequently there will 

 be no fear of shrinkage and leakage. Ven- 

 tilation has been amply p.ovided, there 

 being three large air piunp ventilators 

 lixed ill ihe root, which connect to large 

 galvani-'3d iron shafts, with ornamental 

 zinc ventilating centres fixnl in the ceil- 

 ing. Fresh air is admitted through 13 

 iaige air shafts .about 7f :. above the floor. 

 Tasmi-uiian blaekwood gur.L rails upon 

 turned olackwojcl newels aie fixed round 

 the ga.leiy to protect tlie pictures from 

 injury. An ornamental staircase of spe- 

 cial design, made oat of Tasmanian 

 blaekwood and Htion pine, gives the visi- 

 tor easy access from the troph}^ room to 

 the Arc. Gallery. 



The open court betwte:i the old portion 

 of Museum and ne^v additions h s been 

 utilised and enclosed by br.ck wall-, and 

 the wLo'e space {6iit. by 56ft.) > oveied 

 with a very neat and lighc-iookin^- .ron 

 roof, abundance of light being pi ovided 

 through a large lantern light in ti e centre 

 and sKyiights round the sides over the 

 windows of the old buildij:g. The roof 

 is cov-'ed with gaivanisei corrugted 

 iron, laid upon roofing felt, and the under- 

 side lined with colonial stringy bark 

 boarding; the portion under the l.^nttrn, 

 being varnifhe<!, has very much the ap- 

 pearance of English oak. 



The whole of the work has be';n satis- 

 factorily carried out by the contractors, 

 Messi-;:''. W. H. Cheverton and Son, and 

 sub-contractors, under the pe sj-nal super- 

 vision of Mr. J. Shield, Inspector of Pub- 

 lic Buildings, and his assis ant, Mr. J. 

 Maddison, Clerk of Works, and the archi- 

 tect, Mr. Orlando Baker. 



