With stage one almost complete - a visit to the Burnie Arts Centre now takes you through part of the new and spectacular Long Room that includes some of the fresh permanent displays featuring ‘Burnie Stories’ drawn from objects and images in our extensive art and museum collections. The Southern entry and the new Café that will complete stage one - will be opening in early 2024!
And the shows still go on!
The 2024 performing arts program is bigger than ever with so much to see and experience for all ages and interests including contemporary and classical concerts, big band jazz and an opportunity to dress up and learn swing dancing, quality drama, contemporary dance, special shows for children in every school holiday, a new comedy festival and affordable lunchtime concerts.
Add to all this a dash of Johnny Cash, Kevin Bloody Wilson and a Taste of Ireland - there’s no excuse not to make Burnie arts centre a regular destination in 2024!
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New objects on display from "Burnie's Stories
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Part of the new spectacular Long Room
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November 2023
What an entrance! The framing for the new Burnie Arts Centre is taking shape! It presence promises to lead you into a realm of Burnie's past and present, with some exciting and innovative designs inside!
October 2023
Town Hall lights and pully systems getting upgrades
Town Hall getting new stage upgrades
New lighting being installed in the Long Room
Box office in the new Long Room
September 2023
Preparations for the portrait wall, painting of slats for balcony face
Plastering of long room ceiling
Painting of steel beams and ceiling
Main entrance and café works
Foundations being laid for the Cafe area
Preparations for the Zinc Cladding
July 2023
Sisalation has been installed on the external walls in preparation for the zinc cladding. Contractors Klek roofing (who will be installing the zinc cladding) have built themselves an all weather workshop on site.
The Cultural centres Long Room has been stripped of its ceilings and the reception area is framed up and ready for cladding.
Excavations are complete for the Café extension. Culture and Coffee anyone?
The area to be clad with zinc is all wrapped up
Klek Roofing who are installing the zinc cladding have built themselves a workshop on site.
Long Room stripped of ceilings. Reception area framed up on the left.
Excavations complete for the café extension.
June 2023
...and down came the staircase !
Scaffolding has also started going up getting ready to take the old cladding down to replace it with Zinc Cladding. It is estimated that it will take 15 weeks to clad the building.
Fun fact - The new Zinc cladding is weatherproof, corrosion resistant, and not degraded by Ultra Violet light. A patina on the surface protects it from moisture. As a result, zinc roofing and cladding has a very long service life, and can in theory last up to 100 years without degradation.
The scaffolding going up - to bring the cladding down
May 2023
Demolition is now well under way.
The ceiling tiles we all came to know and love over the last 47 years have been removed (see pictured), and we can now see what was up above that ceiling! The electrician is busy isolating the cables and wiring.
The town hall balcony is also stripped in readiness for a revamp and addition of a wheelchair accessible space.
Demolition will continue over the next few weeks and we will continue to share the progress.
Demolition is well under way!
Gone are the 47 year old ceiling tiles
Balcony has been stripped in readiness for a revamp