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Clyde Museums Redevelopment

May 2022

The Clyde Museums Redevelopment project will remain on hold throughout 2022 while the museum investment framework is finalised.

November 2021 Update

Read the Central App story of 17 November 2021: Clyde Police Lock-Up heading across town

Read the Vincent Community Board report (from page 48)

Watch the discussion via the Vincent Community Board meeting recording (from about 9 minutes 45 seconds in to the video)

October 2021 Update

When we last issued a project update in March, we reported that the Vincent Community Board had pushed the pause button on progress for the Clyde Museums Redevelopment project while awaiting the outcome of the district museum strategy and subsequent investment framework.

As part of the Central Otago District Council Long-term Plan 2021-31, the museum sector proposed that an independent trust be established to oversee and deliver a district museum function.

Staff have been working with the sector and a report went to up to the Council at its 22 September meeting to consider options on the sector-led delivery of the district museum function. The finalised sector-led Central Otago District Museum Strategy also went up for noting as part of September paper to Council.

Council endorsed the establishment of a new sector museum trust to deliver the district museum function and approved the function being delivered by the new trust for a trial period of two years with regular reporting to Council on progress and delivery.

Any decisions regarding funding beyond that two-year period will be considered under the museum investment framework. Work has begun on this piece of work this month and once finalised in 2022 there will be greater clarity to guide the next steps for the Clyde Museum redevelopment.

March 2021 Update

The Vincent Community Board decided at its recent meeting (2 March) to pause progress on the Clyde Museums Redevelopment project for the time being.

The Board wishes to wait for the district museum strategy, currently in development, to be finalised; and await the outcome of the subsequent investment framework, which will look at what Council will fund in the museum sector and to what level.

The museum programme of work is a two-step process. The first stage includes engaging with the community on the Council’s role in the delivery of the district museum function as part of the upcoming Long-term Plan consultation. As part of this initial stage, the sector’s vision, strategic objectives and the actions to deliver on this have been written into a draft strategy document. The next will be working through how much ratepayer money is spent on museums, and what level of funding each museum receives. The second stage is a listed as a priority action for Council to deliver in the draft museum strategy.

Vincent Community Board Chair Martin McPherson said the Board felt it was the best decision to “push pause” on the project.

“It felt a bit like it would be a bit of a cart before horse situation if we weren’t to wait to align any future museum work with the funding framework, which will take a holistic view of our museum sector.”

The decision means that the tenderers shortlisted for the development of concept plans for the Briar Herb Factory museum site will be informed and put on hold. Negotiations will proceed with them at a later date.

February 2021 Update

Council had a great response to the tender calling for requests for proposals for the development of concept plans for the Briar Herb Factory site. Ten proposals were received and a shortlist of three companies has been made.

Before further discussions with these shortlisted companies can be made Council staff need to complete a directive received from the Vincent Community Board. This directive requires staff to provide a report to the Board covering an update of both this project and the project to develop a regional museum strategy.

This report will be tabled at the next Vincent Community Board meeting on 2 March. The report will be confidential as details of the tender documents will be provided and this is commercial sensitive as negotiations with those parties are ongoing.

December 2020 Update

At its 3 November 2020 meeting the Vincent Community Board considered a report to approve the design brief and give further direction on the Clyde Museum Redevelopment Project. You can read the report in the following agenda (from page 20-54).

Vincent Community Board - 3 November 2020 public agenda (PDF, 25.4MB)

We are currently calling for Requests for Proposals for the architectural work for this project. For more information see https://www.gets.govt.nz/CODC/ExternalTenderDetails.htm?id=23802251. This tender closes 5 February 2021.

The "thyme-line" below outlines the key stages in the project plan and the "greened out" circles show the project milestones we've reached to date. At each of these key milestones along the way the project team will be engaging with the community to keep everyone in the loop with progress.

January 2020 Update

Early last year the Vincent Community Board was presented with the results of a feasibility study looking at options for the future development of the buildings and collections that form the Clyde Museums.

At its February 2019 meeting the Board resolved to put $94,000 in the 2019/20 Annual Plan to fund the development of concept plans to progress the redevelopment of the Briar Herb Factory Museum and the costing and re-purposing of the Blyth Street Museum. Background on the project is available on this project page. Scroll down for earlier project updates.

What's been happening and what are the next steps?

The museum committee and volunteers have been focusing their energies on the collections - recording, digitizing, preserving, conserving and identifying items for de-accession .

A project team led by Council has prepared and signed off a project plan for the redevelopment. The overall project goal is to redevelop the Clyde Museum properties to allow for the display of the museum's collection together with storage provisions that is affordable and sustainable for the Clyde community.

Currently a design brief is being developed for the Briar Herb Factory Museum redevelopment. The Clyde Historical Museum Group has worked through a questionnaire to help inform the design and workshops are planned next month with an advisory group of key council staff and external partners.

February 2019 Update

The Vincent Community Board held its meeting on 13 February 2019 at the Blyth Street Museum in Clyde and sat around the Council table from the original Vincent County Council Chambers. It was an apt setting to discuss recommendations of the Clyde Museums Feasibility Study Report 2019.

The Board resolved to put $94,000 in the 2019/20 Annual Plan to fund the development of concept plans to progress the redevelopment of the Briar Herb Factory Museum and the costing and re-purposing of the Blyth Street Museum. The report is available to read on pages 234-487 of this Vincent Community Board agenda.

The actions that sit below the recommendation to redevelop of the Briar Herb Factory Museum and sell or lease the Blyth Street Museum include:

  • Demolishing the Briar Herb Factory Museum buildings A, C and D.
  • Rebuilding the Goods Shed (building B) on site or relocating it to adjacent to the Railway Station
  • If required demolishing and rebuilding the toilet block E
  • Repairing and strengthening buildings F and G so they have a basic level of services and are upgraded to include an economical heating system, power water and drainage. The buildings have potential for display purposes, a boutique commercial outlet or ancillary space for a proposed new museum building
  • Constructing a new purpose-built museum/community facility within the Briar Herb Factory Museum site
  • Relocating the Caretaker's Cottage to a new site (or selling it and adding the funds to the museum fund)
  • Relocating the Police Lock-up at the Blyth Street Museum to a more prominent site in the town, potentially within the Briar Herb Factory development
  • Closing the Blyth Street Museum permanently. Retaining and redeveloping the site for another use, providing a potential income stream
  • The Council Chamber and its furniture either remaining in the Blyth Street building, or the furniture and fittings to be incorporated into the new Briar Herb Factory building
  • Reducing collection content from both museums and relocating to the new facility
  • Carrying out a district-wide study on museums, the aim of which is to coordinate collections and governance

In the meantime the museum committee and volunteers intend to focus on the collections - recording, digitising, preserving, conserving and identifying items for de-accession.

Options for the Future of Clyde Museums

In October-November 2018 we went out to the community with six options for feedback on.

  • This 10-minute Video Presentation gives an overview of the options.
  • You can also take a look at this Options Document if you to read more detail on the options.

Background to the study

Public Feedback

In June 2018 Council and Clyde Historical Museums Inc launched an online public survey focused on the perceptions and importance of the existing Clyde Museum buildings (Blyth Street, Briar Herb Factory and Clyde Railway Station). The survey asked four simple questions designed to gauge the level of public interest, knowledge and perceptions of the museums as a precursor to the 'I love Clyde Heritage Open Day', held on Sunday 1 July, 2018.

During the open day, large sheets with the four survey questions were posted at the museums along with helpers to encourage and assist visitors to write their opinions and feedback on their Clyde museums experience. It is estimated that nearly 200 people attended the open day and we received more than 50 individual written responses in total.

The combined survey information has been collated and broadly analysed for its responses to the questions and repeated key themes that were observable in the feedback. These are summarised in the report below.

Clyde Museums Feasibility Study Summary of Public Feedback - Origin Consultants 13.08.18 (PDF, 57KB)

Conservation Plans

Conservation plans have been prepared to inform, guide and support decisions that will affect the future use and care of Clyde's museums. They cover four key topics:

Understanding - drawing together information, both documentary and based on physical inspection, about the museum site

Significance - assessing the significance of the site and its fabric in terms of its historic, construction, cultural, social, archaeological and technical significance

Vulnerability - identifying the issues affecting the significance of the museum, including the condition of the buildings, and how they impact on the current and future vulnerability of the site.

Policies - conservation policies proposed to ensure the significance of the sites is conserved and made accessible in appropriate ways.

A big thanks to Central Lakes Trust who funded these conservation plans for the buildings.

Collection Reports

The following appraisals look at the condition of Clyde Museum collections, and the condition and volume of storage, and make recommendations for improvements and development. These are another piece of the puzzle making up the overall picture for this feasibility study and helping determine options.

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