Landmark Agreement with China
Museums in Melbourne and Shangahi collaborate.
Museums Meet Global Challenges
Scientific collections are fundamental for research and education.
Sydney Living Museums
New identity unveiled for Sydney museums and historic sites.
New Audience Statistics
ARTFACTS The Australia Council has launched a new site – Artfacts – to showcase statistics about Australian arts. The site utilises statistical information to provide compelling facts about Australia’s galleries, art and artists including the number of people attending galleries and engaged in visual arts and craft to how much visual artists earn and the […]
Visions Grants
Grant Announcements Members will recall that the Visions of Australia program has been transferred to the Australia Council. To catch up on outcomes, key statistics of funding success rates and a list of successful recipients and projects from the last round go to the Australia Council assessment report. Next Round The next round for Visions […]
Understanding Australian Immunity from Seizure
Upcoming Art Gallery of NSW Seminar Recently the Australian Federal Government passed legislation (the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act 2013) that allows approved museums to provide immunity for international loans of cultural material. This exciting policy opens up a broad range of legal protection for museums engaged in sourcing international exhibitions. Importantly, it […]
ICOM Australia Award for International Relations – Close 25 April
This award celebrates the exceptional work undertaken by individuals and Australian institutions to strengthen international ties and contribute to the cultural richness of our region. ICOM Australia believes that cooperative projects are very important in strengthening museum relations internationally by promoting information sharing across borders and distributing unique resources worldwide. The glass globe awards were […]
National Summit on Museum Network
CAMD members have been invited by the Museums Australia (MA) National Executive and Andrew Sayers, Director, National Museum of Australia (NMA) to participate in a National Summit with representatives of the Federal Office for the Arts on Thursday 16 May from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the NMA. The invitation-only Summit will discuss the ramifications of […]
Cultural Institutions and ‘Fair Use’
Breaking news at last Friday’s copyright reform roundtable in Sydney was the announcement by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) review group that it plans to recommend the introduction of ‘fair use’ provisions for cultural institutions as part of Australian copyright reform. It was made clear, however, that there would be strong opposition to such […]
Science Strategy Workshop (31 May, Australian Museum)
The Australian Museum has organised a workshop for CAMD museums with natural science collections to be held at the museum on 31 May. The participants will include members of the Australian Museum’s Science Strategy Panel, which is chaired by Professor Merlin Crossley (Dean of Science at UNSW). The workshop is designed to allow Directors and […]