Powerhouse Museum: whistleblower staff claim more exhibition items damaged or put at risk

Current workers blame policy of open display' for compromising safety of collection, in new allegations the museum rejects as lies'

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Powerhouse Museum staff members have raised further allegations of damaged exhibition items, as pressure rises on the NSW Labor government to intervene in the Ultimo museum's future.

In April, Guardian Australia reported claims that the museum's 1950s Catalina seaplane was damaged with white spray paint late last year, after being lowered from the ceiling in August; and that a 20th century Bleriot monoplane was put at risk while the transport exhibition hall was gutted.