Geelong Heritage Centre

The Geelong Heritage Centre is a regional archive and resource facility in the city of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It was initially established as the Geelong Historical Records Centre in 1979 as a depository for significant historical records and archives from the district.[1] the centre is a Places of Deposit, as part of the Public Record Office Victoria network of community archives designated for the preservation of Victoria's history.[2]

The Centre changed its name in 2003 to the Geelong Heritage Centre. It is temporarily housed in the National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong, while the former Geelong Volunteer Fire Brigade Station is being refurbished to accommodate a new Geelong Library and Heritage Centre due for completion by late 2015. The Geelong Heritage Centre also holds archival and historical records gathered by the Geelong Historical Society.[3]

The centre's new building, which has been designed by the Melbourne architectural firm, ARM Architecture, features a unique geodesic dome constructed of glass and reinforced concrete, has been described as "... an iconic addition to Geelong’s architectural and cultural landscape".[4] The centre covers over 6,000 square metres, and includes a children’s exploration and discovery zone, a youth area, as well as a heritage centre repository, which w will hold 120,000 print and multimedia collection items.[5] The cost of the redevelopment has been put at A$45 million.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Geelong Heritage Centre, About the Centre, History of the Geelong Heritage Centre
  2. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria > Community Programs > Places of Deposit
  3. ↑ Geelong and District Research and Resources Research Centres
  4. ↑ Infolink ' Aconex cloud collaboration platform deployed for Geelong Library & Heritage Centre project. 17 April 2015
  5. ↑ Geraldine Chua, 'Geelong Library and Heritage Centre by ARM Architecture set to be a local landmark', Architecture & Design 16 January, 2014
  6. ↑ Debbie Cuthbertson, Arts Editor, The Age, October 20, 2014

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