Promoters of the multi-million dollar extension to Whanganui's historic Sarjeant Gallery are going to be patient with a decision on potential Government funding not expected until later this year.
The plan to redevelop the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua is estimated to cost $34 million.
A key to the project has been efforts to raise $10 million in private funding to unlock a matching amount from central government through the Ministry of Culture and Heritage's Regional Culture and Heritage Fund (RCHF).
That private funding had to be in place by the first week of July to meet the funding deadline.
David Butts, heritage operations manager at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, said the ministry had received an application from Sarjeant Gallery Trust.