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Brussels' Cinquantenaire Museum has leaky roof
After the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels removed several paintings last week due to leaks in the roof, now Brussels' Cinquantenaire Museum is showing signs of the same problem. The issue has cost the museum millions in sponsorship money, which can only be released once the museum is leak-free. A private sponsor has set aside €1.5 million for the museum, but first the roof needs to be repaired, writes Brusselnieuws.
The Cinquantenaire Museum has a valuable collection, but the building has been leaking for 20 years due to lack of maintenance, reports De Standaard. "We found more new leaks, so we put buckets out. The pieces are always being moved around, and sometimes they even get damaged," conservator Werner Adriaenssens told Brusselnieuws.
Sponsorship money for the museum cannot be used because of the poor condition of the building, including €1.5 million from the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund in 2008. That's because two government departments are responsible for the museum, and the director has yet to appoint a contractor for the renovation, according to Adriaenssens.
A Science Policy grant of €500,000, also intended for the museum, expires at the end of this year if the renovation continues to be postponed.
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We have the farce of the poor condition of the Palais de Justice, the closure of the Stephanie Tunnel, the removal of the Reyners flyover, and now the leaking roofs of the museums. When will somebody realise that an essential responsibility of government is the maintenance of the infrastructure. About time more money was spent on repairs and less on ineffective bureacrats!
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