Bendigonians will have one last chance to worship at the altar of Marilyn this weekend before the eight-metre tall Seward Johnson sculpture in Rosalind Park is dismantled on Monday.

Among those keen for a final glimpse of the 15-tonne screen siren yesterday was Sydneysider Kate Halpin, who was sharing the moment with her seven-year-old son William Nahm.

Ms Halpin was effusive in her praise for the installation, and its host city.

“I think it’s brilliant,” she said.

“It’s brought a lot of recognition of Bendigo, because it’s an amazing place, it’s like a mini Melbourne.

“I think it’s incredible to have it here for the first time in Australia, Bendigo being the art capital.”

Ms Halpin said she was keen to see the park’s forecourt play host to artworks on a more permanent basis.

“I’d definitely want more stuff here,” she said.

“They should use this as an exhibition spot because you see it as you come in, it's an awesome spot.”

Melbourne’s Loren Reid also backed Ms Halpin’s suggestion of a permanent tourist drawcard, after Marilyn takes her leave.

“Quite a few of my friends have actually come down specifically to see her,” she said.

“I think attractions like this are good for towns like Bendigo.”

Also taking the opportunity to spend one last afternoon with the erstwhile Norma Jeane Mortenson were City of Greater Bendigo councillors Mark Weragoda and James Williams, who confirmed the calls for further installations had not fallen on deaf ears.

“I think it’d be terrific to see something on a more permanent basis,” Cr Weragoda said.

Cr Williams, who chairs the city’s Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve Precinct Reference Group, said discussions had already begun on finding a replacement for Marilyn, including at the group’s most recent meeting on Thursday night.

“We certainly discussed this area as a permanent display area and the possibilities of holding further exhibitions and things like that,” he said.

“We think this has been a great initiative, it’s brought a lot of people to town, here to Bendigo, and really given a boost to the economy, so we’re absolutely wrapped.”

The dismantling will mark the end of Bendigo’s Monroe season, after the exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery closed last weekend.