{"id":332062,"date":"2023-05-16T16:43:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=332062"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:06:02","slug":"museum-to-open-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/05\/16\/museum-to-open-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum To Open In July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gondwana artwork on the wall of the new fossil museum and art gallery building in Macalister Street (Photo: Leo Geraghty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 16, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

The official opening of Murgon’s fossil museum and art gallery project has been put back to July 15.<\/p>\n

The complex, which is located in Macalister Street, was to open in May.<\/p>\n

Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien will do the official honours.<\/p>\n

Murgon Business and Development Association (MBDA) president Leo Geraghty told the May meeting of the association the official name of the cultural complex had also been changed.<\/p>\n

It will now be known as “55 Million Years Ago” rather than the “Ancient Songbird Centre”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reason for the name change is that researchers cannot confirm with certainty the Murgon fossils are from a songbird.<\/p>\n

The complex will contain an art gallery, fossil museum, gift shop and “prehistoric” garden.<\/p>\n

Initial plans for the $1.59 million Creative Country Association project were unveiled in May 2020.<\/p>\n

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