COLLECTION MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

The City's collection of permanent public sculptures, monuments, fountains and memorials were first grouped together as the Sydney Open Museum in 1990. These works are held in high regard by residents and visitors and their preservation is of great importance to the City. There are over 200 works in the City's care. Management of the collection includes developing a database of all works and the development of guidelines and processes for their acquisition and, when necessary, their deaccession in order to maintain the collection in a culturally and environmentally sustainable manner. In recent years the maintenance regimes have been revised and improved, and a Conservation Program developed which is ensuring every item in the collection is restored and presented to the best possible standard. The City Art term now includes all works formerly under the Sydney Open Museum and all new permanent and temporary works commissioned by the City. The City is also developing registers of Plaques, Murals and Street Art, and all public art within the City of Sydney boundary, regardless of ownership. These Registers will be accessed via this website as they are completed.

 

Conservation

Artworks targeted for conservation during 2010 include:

 

• Barrenjoey Fountain, Victoria Park
• Selected Woolloomooloo Murals 
• Baptist Fountain, Hyde Park
• El Alamein Fountain, Kings Cross
• KGV Mural
• Cenotaph
• Strides Yard Crane
• John Christie Wright Memorial Fountain
• Dual nature
• Tank stream… into the head of the cove
• Hordern Fountain

 

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