Sydney Jewish Museum to receive $6m from NSW budget for upgrades

The funding will pay for a substantial portion of the museum's planned expansion at Darlinghurst

THE NSW GOVERNMENT will give more than $6 million to the Sydney Jewish Museum in tonight's budget to help upgrade its education facilities for school students.

The funding will pay for a substantial portion of the museum's planned expansion at Darlinghurst, in the inner East.

The museum will use $3.5 million of the funding for a new three-storey education building for school students, while $2.75 million will go towards new exhibition and archive space.

FULL STORY Sydney Jewish Museum to receive $6 million from NSW budget for upgrades, says Treasurer Dominic Perrottet (ABC)

Photo: The Sydney Jewish Museum