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Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out

Even better known, perhaps, is the project’s controversial history.

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Since the Parramatta outpost was announced in 2014, a vocal group of dissenters led by former staff and trustees has lamented what they see as the neglect of the museum’s Ultimo site in favour of a new infrastructure project, and what they say is a shift away from the museum’s core business towards contemporary art and events.

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