Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)

As a desire to get to know The Rocks of Sydney a little better I decided yesterday afternoon to wonder around and have a look. It was good fun. What caught my eye when walking from the Sydney ferry terminal / Circular Quay was the renovated and new Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA). What a contrast the new and the old make. To make my day all the more interesting I happened to bump into my old school Adam North who was on a break from working there.

As I told Adam what I was doing in The Rocks he took me around for a thorough and complete tour of the old and new MCA. Now I am not familiar with the current political commentary on the new building. Except I will say it is great to see cash / money being spent on buildings of and for significance.

Photo of Adam at the George Street entrance.

I think it is fantastic that there are some who do not agree with the new scheme. All of these discussions, newspaper article I am not privy to. I'd welcome your feedback or please email them to me. But having criticism for the scheme creates an interest that would not otherwise occur. It becomes a talking point. This site I am sure will be a welcomed addition to the tourist / visitor to Sydney not to mention the local people of Sydney. Though on summary it appears the new addition maximises GBA of the site and bring in some commercialism. 

One point to note - that there are some external works not yet complete. Also - I did see a few defects that need to be corrected and I am sure that will occur soon. Either - museum are difficult to build and generally being one off can make for challenging time lines.

While I was there with Adam he was generous enough to purchase me a book published with the completion of the scheme titled 'Site MCA Australia'. Thanks Adam for the book. It gives a great insight into the site, the history importance, the challenges that have existed for the managers for the MCA and the current architect. If time had permitted I would of loved a quiet drink on the roof of the MCA. What a view. Again Adam is in the picture looking good!! See you soon Adam and thank you for the tour.

All up - I reckon get down to Circular Quay and make a day of it. It is fresh and new.!!

Josh