REGINA — The Royal Saskatchewan Museum has received $472,000 in federal funding from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund.
The fund supports the improvement of physical conditions for artistic creativity and innovation as well as the improvement, renovation and construction of arts and heritage facilities. It also supports the acquisition of specialized equipment and the development of feasibility studies, explains a release.
The funds will be put towards the museum’s revitalization project which has been underway since 2017. The first phase of the development included new and improved features such as a more accessible public elevator and a new gender-neutral washroom. Construction was completed in March 2018.
The design has been completed by Group2 Architectural Engineering Inc, with consulting work being provided by JC Kenyon, HAD Engineering and ALFA Engineering.
Steve Bata, senior building manager with Regina Central Services, said the remainder of the work includes alterations to the first and second floors for renovation of the lobby and exhibit levels to an expanded public gathering space that will provide an area to deliver school programs.
The project will also create an opening in the second floor to provide a space to display Saskatchewan’s internationally famous Tyrannosaurus rex, “Scotty,” on the first and second levels. A full skeletal model of Scotty the T-Rex will be added to the museum where the dinosaur’s skull currently occupies a podium in the main entrance.
The tender for a general contractor and construction of the second phase of rejuvenation is expected in 2019.
The federal funds for this project are in addition to $1.2 million that will be supplied by the Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and the museum itself.
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