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AWMM appoints David Reeves as Tumu Whakarae
CE to continue journey as bicultural museum
English Heritage Crafts Redlist £11m gift
for flint-working apprenticeships & skills
The art of museum shitposting (- sort of)
– time, space & support to reflect what works
New Virtual Holocaust Museum in Fortnite
& dealing with history deniers
2022 NSW Museum & Gallery Sector Census
M&G NSW full report available
The angst of being a museum director
“I no longer know what museums are for”
ACMI+RMIT collaboration extn for 3yrs
incl Audience Lab & ACMI X internships
SA Gov seeks philanthropy for Tarrkarri
– Centre for First Nations Cultures project
25 things invented in Queensland
from pineapple peeler to aircraft
Qld Smithsonian Fellowships program 2023
incl QMN martime arch & Open Access Colln
Oxford & Museum of West African Art (MOWAA)
collab for CoE archaeology in West Africa
WAM, SAM, AM & QUT describe “new” planigales
“hidden in plain sight” from Pilbara
40th NATSIAA winners announced @ MAGNT
Adam Worrall notes all finalists met criteria
N American public libraries faceoff with KKR
– the coming enshittification of Overdrive
‘Criminal liability for librarians’
the fight against US rightwing book bans
Fondation Beyelermuseum cashier embezzles
$1M convicted by Swiss court
Lighthouse Immersive (incl van Gogh) files
for US bankruptcy with 7m N Am ticket sales
Creating new bacteria to fight plastic
via Perth’s Bioplastic Innovation Hub
MoAD hosts Canberra Writers Festival events
18-20-Aug-2023
Museum honouring Sir Henry Parkes
in Tenterfield School of Arts building closes
Powerhouse Parramatta Museum by Moreau
Kusunoki and Genton to open in 2025
Rio Tinto CEO warns Australia’s ‘vile racism’
& lack of respectful dialogue hits the Voice
Why WA had to retreat on cultural heritage
& local impact on the Voice
MA Code of Ethics for Museums 2014-15
Working Group established to review
Decadal Plan for Social Science Research
Infrastructure 2023-32 Discussion Paper
What is white cultural history?
Vic Supreme Court rules on what it’s not
‘Who has the right to tell a story? It’s
the wrong question to ask’ Rebecca F Kuang
BM’s Hartwig Fischer to step down
in 2024 after 8 years as director
Some of Brisbane’s best small museums
incl MacArthur, Medical History & Police
Sea Urchin Science Centre & Gallery
Ashley Miskelly’s museum @ Kurrajong, NSW