News
Science communication now critical globally
– 3 lessons on what makes it work
TRA domestic tourism data Aug 2020 v 2019
– spend 53%, trips 40% & nights 39% down
Even dinosaurs are social distancing,
as the Smithsonian takes it slow in reopening museums
Emerging From Crisis COVID-19
– a meaningful role to play
Can fashion museums help dismantle
the fashion industry’s diversity issues?
The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks review
– return everything
Dolla Merrillees curates Thuy Nguyen
“Mong Binh Thuong” exhibition in Vietnam
MA manifesto for learning & engagement
now launched
Te Papa curators on underappreciated lives
– of fungus gnats & why they matter
New primate species identified in Myanmar
with AM’s Chief Scientist Kris Helgen co-lead
New WAM Boola Bardip open 21 Nov explores WA
– “place we live in & people we live with”
AM reopening with new exhibition hall
28 Nov 2020
Chau Chak Wing Museum at Uni of Sydney
opened to the public on 18 Nov 2020
MV’s Immigration Museum reopens
with Becoming You: An incomplete guide
Tairawhiti Museum Tu te Whaihanga exhibition
European museums extend Taonga loans
Preminghana petroglyph permits signed to
deaccess & return to Aboriginal land
MV & CSIRO record rare bigfin squid
first Australian sighting at 3,000m in GAB
AWM as a “place to tell the truth, good
and bad, along with the context”
BM Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
extended with £8.8m grant from Arcadia fund
AAM’s Accreditation turns 50 – core stds &
responsiveness to learning & transformation
Academy Museum to open with “Hayao Miyazaki”
– Miyazaki retrospective exhibit
AWMM visitor transformation to be revealed
with S Atrium entry reopening 3 Dec 2020