When the Bendigo Art Gallery is able to re-open, the space will look better than ever.
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The gallery's staff, led by director Jessica Bridgfoot, have been busy during the COVID-19 isolation period that forced them to close doors to the public.
Ms Bridgfoot said a number of exhibitions have moved dates to ensure the gallery offers a great experiences later in the year.
"We haven't stopped really. For us there's been a lot of rescheduling with our programming to make sure have optimum visitor experiences for as many people as we can," she said.
"But it is a domino effect. You move one thing and have to move other things, the administration of it has been huge. But we're really happy with what we have coming up."
One of the major changes to the 2020 schedule was moving Indigenous fashion exhibition Piinpi to September.
When the gallery can properly re-open is still unknown. But they will be ready.
"We have got a plan but are waiting on the green light to roll it out. We really want to re-open, we just have got to do it in a safe and realistic way," Ms Bridgfoot said.
Behind the scenes the gallery has completed conservation projects and undertaken maintenance to the heritage aspects of the building.
"We're closed to public and have taken the opportunity to do a lot of housekeeping," Ms Bridgfoot said. "We had the skylights cleaned, which is a hard thing to do because we need to take down all the paintings and it involves a scissor lift.
"We have meticulously created conservation-standard boxes to house objects (like) beautiful old tea cups and vases. It's something incredibly time consuming and would not ordinarily be able to do it.
"One painting (that has) been in conservation is Britannica Rules the Waves. It came back from the lab and looks amazing. It came to us with huge holes in the canvas but has never been on display."
Ms Bridgfoot said two exhibitions - Ross Taylor: Field Notes and Bessie Davidson and Sally Smart - have are available to view on the gallery's website.
"We created a lot of online content (which is), again, something we don't have time to focus on because we're such a small team. It's great to have to pull our socks up and be agile and responsive," she said.
"The other thing we have done that is rewarding is ramping up public programs online. We have lots of education resources for teachers, who had to suddenly mobilise classrooms online with two weeks notice."
For more information on the Bendigo Art Gallery or to view the online exhibitions visit www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery