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The Old Museum was originally called the Exhibition Hall. It was built in 1891 for the Ekka (the Royal Brisbane Show), in the Brisbane Exhibition Ground . In 1899 , the Exhibition Hall became home to the Queensland Museum , with the museum remaining in the building until the museum's relocation to the Queensland Cultural Centre in 1986 . During the Queensland Museum's 86 years in the building, other parts of the building were used as a Concert Hall and an Art Gallery. Because of the Queensland Museum's long occupancy of the building, the building is now known as the Old Museum. The Old Museum building was, until recently, home to the Queensland Youth Orchestras , which regularly hold Concert s in the building. The building is currently undergoing restorative renovations, and will reopen in 2006. The play, "'' Troilus And Cressida ''", by William Shakespeare , was also presented in the Old Museum building in 1989 . Members of the cast included Geoffrey Rush and Jane Menelaus . The Old Museum building was also used as one of the sites for the . PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OLD MUSEUM |
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