Strange specimens and creepy critters: The art of taxidermy
When I was a kid I dreamed of starting a museum in my bedroom. I set about gathering specimens for...
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After the flood
On 18 September 2014, Coffs Harbour Regional Museum reopened its doors after a flood forced its closure some five years...
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I’ll have art with that, thank you
It doesn’t get much better than this: sumptuous surrounds, delectable degustation and the high stakes of an art auction. It...
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We are one
One year ago on this very day, the M&G NSW website was born at the MCA Australia with the Hon...
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Arts sense and art cents
In surveying the international media over the last week or so, two articles asserted themselves into our sphere of thinking....
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Free to a good home
This is a chance in a lifetime! The Museum of Contemporary Art has a set of artwork storage sliding racks...
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Cultural toolkit workshop report
Last week 25 delegates from as far away as Deniliquin and Condobolan, travelled to Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre at...
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After the Nimbin Museum fire: How to model cultural recovery?
Andrew Simpson, President of MA-New South Wales has kindly given permission to publish his recent article about the devasting fire in...
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Your Most Obedient Servant
A two-year collaboration between the Australian Museum and Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) has come to fruition with...
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At Home: Frances and the island
This week’s At Home artist is rising star, Frances Belle Parker, a Yaegl woman who lives and works in Maclean. M&G...
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Remember the milk bar?
There’s a great exhibition touring nationally which explores the origins of the humble milk bar and it offers much more...
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Big things at Bathurst!
In our minds, Bathurst is famed for two things: V8 Supercars and the gold that sparked Australia’s first gold rush....
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In defence of little museums
Mostly there’s no blockbuster exhibitions, gift shops or touch screens, and no dinosaur skeletons or Egyptian mummies either. Yes, small...
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More on in History Week
There’s still a bit of History Week left. We urge you to take a look at some of the events...
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Arthur Boyd: Agony and Ecstasy
Currently at the National Gallery of Australia is an exhibition featuring one of Australia’s most acclaimed and inventive artists. Arthur...
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CALL OUT: Fishers Ghost Art Award 2014
The annual Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is a highlight of Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. This year marks the...
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What’s so real about ‘Keeping It Real’?
Many readers will be aware that since 2010 the AlburyCity Cultural Services Team has hosted a series of one-day industry...
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Tweed Museum reopens!
Last weekend, the multi-million dollar, three-year upgrade of the Tweed Regional Museum came to fruition when the doors of the...
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Love architecture? Love people?
The good folk at Sydney Living Museums are in the throes of organising one of the best out-and-about events in...
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Seeking artists for ANZAC Centenary Exhibition
The exhibition will offer a diverse range of perspectives and reflections of the 100 years since the beginning of the...
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