FINAL OUTCOME – A SIMPLER ENTRANCE WITH A HANDICAPPED UTILITY ELEVATOR WAS EVENTUALLY COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
Carriage Museum Entrance Project
The Carriage Museum Entrance Project was entrusted to the “Technical Service” department of the Vatican City which oversees all their construction projects. The project was delayed, as preference moved to the Bramante Courtyard restoration, the scaffold remounting at the Holy Stairs, and the Anima Mundi project, which were already underway. Once the technical team had finished its feasibility study for laying the foundational support in this part of the Vatican Gardens for this 475 square meter structure that would need to support the weight of automobiles, the decision was made to redimension the project, and the temporary exhibition space. After further delays in communicating this definitive design to PAVM, the project finally broke ground in 2020 and the new entrance with a handicapped utility elevator was eventually installed and finished in the spring of 2021.
CARRIAGE MUSEUM ENTRANCE PROJECT
NEW CARRIAGE MUSEUM ENTRANCE
CARRIAGE MUSEUM – APAVM CONTRIBUTION
| APAVM made the following contributions towards the Carriage Museum: | ||
| Transfer Date | SGD | EURO |
| 23 Dec 2016 | 364,790 | 239,412 |
| 8 Jan 2018 | 110,000 | 68,336 |
| 28 Sept 2018 | 176,210 | 109,964 |
| TOTAL | 651,000 | €417,712 |
| The final costs of the Carriage Museum Entrance was about €320,000. | ||
| APAVM Board agreed to donate the remainder €100,000 to the Holy Stairs Project. | ||
HOLY STAIRS PROJECT – €100,000 Contribution
HOLY STAIRS PROJECT – ASIA CHAPTER RECOGNIZED
- Period: 2016 – 2018
- Duration: 3 Years
- Cost of Restoration: SGD 2,000,000