Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
The Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery provides an annual program of locally curated exhibitions along with touring exhibitions from major cultural institutions. A selection of works from the collection is on permanent display in the upstairs gallery. The annual program endeavours to include work by established and emerging Aboriginal artists from around the Far West region of New South Wales.
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery is housed in the historic Sully's Emporium. Operating from 1885 - 1985, Sully's Emporium was the longest surviving commercial business in Broken Hill providing much of the heavy machinery and equipment for the development and exploration of Broken Hill's mineral fields. The Emporium was associated with two well-known Broken Hill families, the Sullys (1885 -1925) and the Sweetapples (1924 - 1985), and had its own livery stable and blacksmiths in the yard at the rear of the buildings. The gallery building is wheelchair accessible.
In 1998 Broken Hill City Council purchased the building to provide a permanent home for Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery and the City's art collection. The architect for the project was Elizabeth Vines. Many of the building's original features have been preserved in the refurbishment process, enhancing the experience of visitors to the Gallery.
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery has won numerous heritage awards for the restoration and refurbishment of the former Sully's Emporium. These include the 2005 Energy Australia National/Trust Award for Conservation of the Built Heritage for Projects over $500,000 in the Corporate/Government section; 2005 Australian Property Institute Savills Heritage Award; and 2006 Tidy Towns Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Contact details
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
08 8080 3440 (ph)
council@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
