Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri has advised that the Gozo Museum will open to the public in the ”coming months.”

The Minister was replying to a Parliamentary Question tabled by the Opposition Spokesperson for Gozo, Frank Anthony Tabone, as to what works remain to be completed and when the project is expected to be finished, as well as the original estimation for costs and the total expenditure incurred to date.

The Gozo Minister said that the works have reached their final phase, with the installation of display cases – which will house approximately one thousand artefacts and other valuable items – currently being completed.

He did not provide any indication as to the original estimation for costs, or the total expenditure to date.

Minister Camilleri went on to say that ”this museum, the first of its kind not only in Gozo but also in Malta, will play a central role in Victoria 2031.”

In February last year, also replying to a Parliamentary Question, the Gozo Minister said that the site will be at the disposal of the Agency in charge of Cultural Heritage in the first quarter of 2026 to begin the process of migrating the artefacts to the new site. “The Gozo Museum will be open to the public in the same year.”

Exactly three years ago, in October 2023, the Minister advised that €4,086,649 has been paid out up to that date on the Gozo Museum project in Victoria, he was again responding to a Parliamentary Question on the project

The Planning Commission granted planning permission for the Gozo Museum in May 2018. The project involves the conversion o the disused Boys’ Lyceum school in Victoria.

Work included the restoration of the 1950s modern architectural building which was designed by architect Joseph G. Huntingford.

The foundation stone for the Gozo Museum – which was then stated to be a “€9 million project,” was laid by Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri, together with the then, Minister for Heritage, Arts and Local Government José Herrera, was laid in June 2020. No date was given for completion of the project.

The new wing of the museum, which is to house maritime history got underway in July 2020.

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