The Immigration Museum has been “set up to fail” and is at risk of closure, a report has warned, in a sign of the strict new era of budget discipline for the state’s cultural sector.

The Rebuilding Trust report, commissioned by Premier Jacinta Allan, found the museum was “not currently under safe stewardship” within Museums Victoria and suffering “perceived neglect”.

The Immigration Museum in Flinders Street. Credit: Simon Schluter

“Within government, concerns have been raised about the financial sustainability and possible closure of the Immigration Museum,” says the report, the outcome of Victoria’s Multicultural Review.

However, a government spokesman said on Friday the “Immigration Museum is an important part of Victoria’s history and will continue operating for years to co

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