IT'S full steam ahead for volunteers at Tamworth's Powerstation Museum as they get ready to switch the power back on this Wednesday after months of having their doors shut.
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Tamworth council's cultural collections officer Naomi Blakey said after a four month closure they felt the time was right to reopen.
"We closed because of COVID concerns in the region and in NSW as well, and then the risk that posed to our volunteer team who man the site," she said.
"We're opening up now after consulting with the volunteer team and between us and them, we both feel comfortable to reopen while following the NSW government roadmap."
With school holidays and Country Music Festival approaching, Ms Blakey hopes the attraction will bring some life back to the city with several steam engines set to run during the second half of the festival.
"We've been doing a lot of behind the scenes work," she said.
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"On Mondays and Tuesdays we go through and do a lot of cataloguing and taking photographs of our collection so we can share more through our online database eHive."
She said the museum is of national significance, because it celebrates Tamworth being the first city of light.
"One of the great thing about the museum is it talks through the history of electricity, so whether you're young or old it brings back memories of things that parents or grandparents had," she said.
The museum reopens on December 1 and is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 9am till 1pm.
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