Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

Th e Sunday Mail 8 April 1984 : For the . l1undreds queueing ,; ,,. • • -~ II, ABOVE AND LEFT: People waited tor up to an hour In • 50 m queue to'" the America'• Cup at th• QuHn1l1nd Art Galler, 111terd11, But the general IHI/' • - WH the wait WH worth It. America's Cup worth the wait Sore fHt, whining chll– d ren and an hour-long w•lt did not 1top people flocking to '" the Am1ri– ca'1 Cup at the QuHn1- land Art Gallery yHter– d1y. About 7000 people - an average of I000 an hour - queued patiently to sec the most celebrated mug in the world. The cup has attracted the largest crowd to the art gal– lery since the Chinese exhibi– tion of the Entombed Warri– ors , with 25,000 people through since Tuesday. There were grannies, babes in arms, howling toddlers. sto– ny-faced parents, and hordes of fidget ing youngsters , The line stretched about 50 m. turned several corners, and finally .• . there it was, .1he ornat~ silvu t,opliy which r- became a household name in the historic America's Cup victory last September. Residing majestically in a glass cabinet and with two at– tendants on guard, the cup was peered at, photographed, marvelled at and generally made much of. St icky fingerprints on the gl ass were testament to the public's desire to get as close to the famous trophy as they could. One attendant. Mr S . Weller. said the main problem was moving people along. "They wa nt to look at it as long as they can," he said. " It's a beauty. isn 't it1 I ha– ven't heard any adverse com– ments about it." Most people did not seem to mind the long wait, and some had even come back for a scc– ood look. Miss Isa bel,)pi:0110,11;, of" Maroochr10fC. dJscribcd IJlilll cup as 'very elegant, very nic;c, worth the wait".