Pioneering expectations
Pioneering expectations For many years, friends and colleagues have recommended a visit to the Pioneer Women’s Hut, so it was with…
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A multitude of migration stories
While you’re probably accustomed to visiting museums and galleries in person did you know there’s a whole treasure trove…
The promise of empty shelves
The promise of empty shelves The new Blue Mountains Cultural Centre (BMCC) in Katoomba has a state-of-the-art storage facility ready…
Trying to get your local story seen? Think ABC Open
Trying to get your local story seen? Think ABC Open ABC Open is a great project offering skill development, distribution…
‘I can see you up there daddy’
This is another of the moving stories developed through collaboration between ABC Open and Evans Head Living Museum. 91-year-old Nell…
Finding a family at 13
Finding a home at 13 Here at M&G NSW we’ve been talking about these little video stories from the inspired…
Who’s up to ‘Standard’?
In 2014 we’ll be running our Standards program in the Mid-north coast area, encompassing Coffs Harbour, Dorrigo, Bowraville, Macksville, Bellingen…
The tourists are coming!
Destination NSW recently released a whole lot of information on 2012 tourists. They do this on a regular basis and…
NSW Government announces funding for museums
The Hon. George Souris, Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, and Minister for the Arts announced today that the…
New Monies: New Partnership
With new funding from the NSW Government though Arts NSW, the Regional Museum Networking Grants are a way to help a…
The Land of Lewers
Way out west and wondering where to take the kids on the weekend? Take them to the Land of Lewers! Poised…
Art Market: Artspace’s Pozible Campaign
As part of their exhibition The Financial Report, Artspace ran a successful Pozible campaign to get funding for additional talks…
Sydney Contemporary
For three and a half days in September, Carriageworks was overtaken by the inaugural Sydney Contemporary; coined as Australia’s…
On murdered muses
To celebrate History Week 2013, the History Council of NSW selected five historical muses who attended the famous Artists’ Balls, an event…
In-Habit: A collaboration of kids, community and cardboard
Recently M&G went to Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery to interview a bunch of enthusiastic kids working with In-Habit artists…
Legends of Lithgow
Capturing the Lithgow Community, is one of the exhibitions on show during the recent History Week which unpacks some…
The Flat-pack Portable Cell
The Cooma Correctional Services Museum is one of those fascinating little museums with a big collection. And central to their…
Museums for kids–rain, hail or shine!
With NSW school holidays starting next week, eyes quickly turn to museums for entertainment and education options to occupy the…
The essential line
When looking at the face of someone we know well it’s possible to recognise the essential likeness of a…
Sounds not Silence
The Old Court House Museum in Batemans Bay explores the history of this coastal area and tells the stories of…