Gina Fairley, Shaking up the past: Katherine McMahon tells how, ArtsHub, 26 July 2024
Katherine McMahon is shapeshifting how we engage with museums – from under six-year-olds to now tapping international engagement.
On the day that Artshub visits the National Museum of Australia (NMA), which is idyllically located on the banks of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, there is a buzzy energy. The current blockbuster exhibition, Discovering Ancient Egypt, has drawn crowds of all ages, and the Museum’s café has a usual flurry of diners.
Director Katherine McMahon tells ArtsHub of a recent comment by a visitor: ‘She said “I cannot believe my great grandfather’s object is in the same building as mummies from ancient Egypt.” I love this – because we do have the capacity to hold it all here.’
