The WA Police Drive has flagged a multi-million-dollar plan to redevelop the previous East Perth lockup right into a museum.
An utility lodged with DevelopmentWA reveals a proposal to demolish the western aspect of the East Perth constructing and reuse the japanese portion for a museum and café.
The constructing on Adelaide Terrace was a corrective establishment that has been unoccupied since 2013.
Partial demolition and adaptive reuse of the constructing will price about $14.5 million, in keeping with the event utility.
The appliance additionally reveals different choices WAPOL has explored, together with a $39 million plan to retain the prevailing constructing and endure remediation works.
A WA Police spokesperson informed Enterprise Information a not-for-profit entity has been set as much as function the museum, whereas the police drive retains possession.
The spokesperson mentioned WAPOL forecasts the museum to be partially open by March 2027, to coincide with the World Police and Fireplace Video games in Perth.
If permitted and constructed, the WA Police Museum in East Perth will substitute the prevailing exhibition in Highgate.
“The present museum volunteer Historic Society facility in Highgate is undersized, technologically outdated, and lacks satisfactory educating, studying, and storage amenities,” the appliance learn.
“It’s also unable to correctly show or protect the artefacts and displays presently in [Western Australia Police Force’s] possession.
“Though the WAPOL Historic Society operates independently, the brand new museum will present a devoted public facility to showcase WA Police historical past and heritage, integrating the historic society’s assortment with WAPF’s personal underneath the course of a newly appointed WAPF museum curator.”
The appliance mentioned the proposed museum can be a catalyst for the longer term progress and growth of the police drive’s assortment and public outreach packages.
“The proposal is supported by an intensive constructing program of structural repairs, together with the constructing’s concrete body, roof, and companies infrastructure,” the doc learn.
‘As famous within the engineering report, the japanese portion of the constructing, whereas in disrepair, stays structurally viable, whereas the western portion is past restore inside foreseeable monetary capability.”
