Australian Museum makeover announced: new Crystal Hall entry

By James Robertson
Updated January 30 2015 - 3:18pm, first published 3:04pm
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall.  Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall. Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design.  Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design. Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design.  Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design. Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall.  Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall. Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall.  Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall. Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design.  Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design. Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall.  Photo: Fiona Morris
An artist's impression of the Australian Museum's new contemporary glass entrance called the Crystal Hall. Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design.  Photo: Fiona Morris
Museum head Kim McKay, Deputy Premier Troy Grant and architect Rachel Neeson at the unveiling of the new design. Photo: Fiona Morris

The face of the Australian Museum will be remade with a new glass entrance hall, a major contemporary addition to the country's first museum.

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