News
AWM Council elects Kim Beazley AC as new Chair
bringing ‘impeccable record of public service’
Dion Pieta director appt to grow Te Ao Māori
perspectives & business at Univ of Auckland
Apollo awards 2022 shortlists announced
– awards ceremony in London 6-December
Egyptian archaeologists discover new Queen
tomb of a previously unknown queen
Ötzi Iceman narrative revisited & rewritten
– spring death & ice movement?
MA UK reflects on Wellcome changes &
the “natural business of museums” to rethink
What is Mastodon & why should you care?
– Elizabeth Merritt’s view
Discomfort – AMaGA ntl conf 2023 Newcastle
– registration live from Dec-2022
Te Papa explores Wiki ecosystem to share
natural history effectively & sustainably
Master weaver/ AWMM curator Kahutoi Te Kanawa
serendipitous mtg with woven kiwi muff
Australian Frog Calls to top Christmas charts
AM & Songs Of Disappearance new release
MAAS Powerhouse Carla Zampatti retrospective
for champion of feminism & working women
AWMM coup as pregnant T. rex Barbara
joins Peter in dramatic world-first display
AG Env Min Pliberseck backs World Heritage
listing of Parramatta Female Factory
NMA acquires historic colonial billiard table
illustrating Aust history in timber
AWM’s Nick Fletcher discusses tank warfare
& practical origins in The Battle of Cambria
The future viability of platypus populations
– fragmentation by major dams & implications
Ntl Geo on WAM & Shipwreck Hunters Australia
– why WA’s coast rivals the Bermuda Triangle
Drones & AI in SA outback meteorite hunt
SAM show Curtin & Monash finds from 2013 fall
AWM redevelopment major construction contracts
signed with Lendlease, Kane & Hindmarsh
Smithsonian Benin bronzes restitution ceremony
– some remarks from Sec & from Dir, US NGA
Brazilian National Museum after the fire
Rebuilding its collection without colonialism?
Ntl Trust UK rejects Restore Trust’s agenda
127,000 attend AGM (& most vote on issues)
M&G NSW 2022 Sector Census releases
Prelim Findings from 240 responses
Gina Fairley on Museum of History NSW
SLM reorg & rebrand “finally gets in right”
The use and abuse of narrative
– seduced by the story (esp on internet)
SHMA opens Rare Trades Centre at Sovereign Hill
as part of $3.7M Gold Museum redevelopment
US theatre study shows 2021-22 decline
in patrons, ticket sales & revenue
MM’s Tyama reignites editor’s love of museums
Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing (& tech)
ALA Chair’s update incl citizen science,
ATSI peoples’ engagement & 2021-22 in review