Redevelopment and earthquake strengthening of Whanganui's Sarjeant Art Gallery is unlikely to finish in time for the gallery's centennary.
And that's not the only bad news.
Latest estimates put the cost of the project at $34.985 million - about $2.5 million above original estimates.
Gallery director Greg Anderson told a Whanganui District Council Property and Community Services committee on Tuesday that the gallery would most likely open again in 2020, one year after its 2019 centennary.
More exact timing would be known after a procurement plan has been commissioned and completed, he said.