Collections
Hidden Gems
Recently Steve Miller was MC at Hidden gems.
Sustainable Spaces
Galleries, museums and climate change is a hot topic.
Collaborative collections project to launch in Albury
The Sum of Us features objects and stories from nine collections across the region.
Better pest management doesn’t mean more chemicals.
New approaches to pest management.
Heritage and art connect to educate
A Chifley Home and Charles Sturt University partnership.
Ethical collections
Update on ethical collection guidelines for your museum.
Swapping War Stories: The Regional Stakeholders Forum
The regions and the Institutions got together on November 7.
The Return of the Register
The Consultants Register is now online!
Museum thefts make misery
Museum theft in Lithgow.
Loan documentation
Best practice information on loan documentation.
Out Loud: Oral histories make a comeback
The return of the Oral History!
The future is 3D
What does 3D mean for museums and galleries?
Building 3D communities
New technology brings people together for old reasons.
Significance, Standards and reCollections
Important documents relocated.
CAN to close
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu.
Preserving the Near Future
Digital Preservation Symposium recently held at ACMI is now available to view online.
Another wet museum dries out
Gunyah Green Museum is on dry land!
2014 Building improvement grants awarded
New roofs all round!
After the Nimbin Museum fire: How to model cultural recovery?
MA-NSW President talks Nimbin and saving local heritage.
Community Heritage Grants
Up to $15,000 available for heritage collections.
Confused about collecting?
We'll talk you through where collections come from and what they mean today.
Our Rivers Our History
Your chance to vist the mid-north coast!
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act: proposed changes
Important collection legislation is being reviewed.
Eskbank House comes clean on conservation
The team at Eskbank House has been undertaking a conservation-cleaning program of the exhibitions throughout the property.
What's in a war-time quilt?
The Annette Gero Collection on show at Manly.
Preservation workshops
Make the preservation of your institution's collection a priority.
Another new museum for Sydney
Sydney Uni receives generous donation.
An electronic 'dilly bag'
A closer look at Mukurtu and what it offers Indigenous heritage.
What’s happening on Main Street?
Time-based interface exploring main streets.
Update: Sydney Tramway Museum fire
Followup on the fire that destroyed tram storage shed.
Meaning and significance
Penrith Regional Gallery completes Significance Assessment of their art collection.
Gould League of Bird Lovers
Can you help solve the missing years of the NSW Gould League of Bird Lovers badges?
MayDay for Museums
Are you prepared for a disaster?
Accessing the Digital
Glam Peak workshops provide organisations with valuable digitisation skills and knowledge.
Museums Association launches its revised Code of Ethics
The revised code sets out three essential principles: public engagement and public benefit; stewardship of collections; and individual and institutional integrity.
Do you have a rail or transport-related collection?
Save this moveable heritage from the scrap heap!
Sustainable environments: call for information
AICCM wants to hear your story about sustainable environments.
Book release: Handling objects with care
Best purchase for 2016.
Talking Machines launch
A large crowd recently gathered for the launch of Talking Machines at Wagga’s Museum of the Riverina.
A giant T Rex gifted to the Australian Museum
A life-size dinosaur model is coming to Australia, and it's not pretty.
Art Gallery of New South Wales announces new Deputy Director and Director of Collections
The AGNSW has announced the appointment of Maud Page to the position of Deputy Director and Director of Collections.
Museums Discovery Centre opens up the states great collections
The rich collections of three of the states leading museums will be housed in one facility and on permanent display to the public.
Museum of the South East website launches
MoSE is an online collection of significant artefacts from the collections and museums of the Bega Valley, Eurobodalla and Snowy Monaro local government areas.
MAAS Regional Program
Includes presentations, workshops, video conferencing and initiatives that support regional NSW collecting organisations and communities.
Trove Roadshow in NSW
The Trove Roadshow will be heading to NSW and the ACT in May.
We're searching for the oldest museum or gallery in regional NSW
Was your museum or gallery established before 1936? Let us know.
Interview - Samantha Friend, President, Bathurst District Historical Society Museum
We dropped into the Bathurst District Historical Society Museum and asked about the history, collection, archive and challenges ahead.
MAAS releases a new online collection website
The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences has launched its latest state of the art online collection website.
Help save Australia's frogs with your mobile phone
Australia’s first national frog count is underway and everyone can join in, to help save one of the most threatened groups of animals on Earth.
Consultancy opportunities in heritage
Lake Macquarie City Council is offering two consultancy opportunities for Heritage Professionals.
MAAS Regional Program
Includes presentations, workshops, video conferencing and initiatives that support regional NSW collecting organisations and communities.
The Collection Environment
A survey to investigate the management of museum and collection environments across institutions and organisations, both large and small.
Showcases going cheap
Sydney Living Museums has a number of showcases looking for a new home.
Museums & Galleries of NSW
(M&G NSW) provides programs and services improving the visitor experience in small to medium museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres across NSW.
@MGNSW: Story Telling Workshops - Museums are built on stories. Without stories a museum is just an odd assortment of objec… https://t.co/8B9hPxpmQx
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