The history history of the new art gallery site
In 1996 the Christchurch City Council purchased an inner city site bounded by Worcester Boulevard, Montreal and Gloucester Streets on which to build the new art gallery.
At the time the site was used for car parking and few may realise that in the past it has had many far from uninteresting occupants. Curiously enough many of the ingredients that involve culture, education and merchandising that will form part of the mission of the new Gallery have occurred already on this site.
Supplements to the Gallery's publication the Bulletin entitled The History of the New Gallery Site explore some of the history of the new art gallery site. In these supplements, Neil Roberts, the Gallery's senior curator and manager of collections, chronicles notable residents, communities, organisations and businesses that have occupied the site.
