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Bond Store to be issued with Earthquake-Prone Building notice (Wellington City Council)

The Bond Store building, home to Wellington Museum, will receive an Earthquake-Prone Building (EPB) notice next month.

Council commissioned a Seismic Assessment in September 2022. Council Chief Infrastructure Officer Siobhan Procter says: “The Bond Store is an iconic Wellington building. The EPB notice will be displayed at every public entrance to the Bond Store.

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Wellington Museum fails building standard and will be designated ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The historic Bond Store building will remain open as a museum until strengthening work begins in 2024.

In 1972 it became the Maritime Museum, then the Museum of City and Sea, and later Wellington Museum. [The historic building was](http://Its historic building was originally the Queen's Bond Store, and in 1972 it became the Maritime Museum, then the Museum of City and Sea, and later Wellington Museum.) [ originally the Queen's Bond Store](http://Its historic building was originally the Queen's Bond Store, and in 1972 it became the Maritime Museum, then the Museum of City and Sea, and later Wellington Museum.). *

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