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Confused about collecting?
People have been collecting things forever. It seems to satisfy an innate and powerful desire to hold onto objects that...
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Sustainable environments: call for information
You might remember back in March 2014 the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) released some new...
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Museums Association launches its revised Code of Ethics
The Museums Association (MA) in the United Kingdom has launched its revised Code of Ethics, following an 18 month...
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Eskbank House comes clean on conservation
During January, the team at Eskbank House has been undertaking a conservation-cleaning program of the exhibitions throughout the property. It’s...
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Book release: Handling objects with care
Late last year a new book on object handling made its way onto the market. Detailed, illustrated and invaluable...
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Update: Sydney Tramway Museum fire
Late in October The Sydney Tramway Museum lost significant stock in a fire. The story was widely covered by television...
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Meaning and significance
Recently Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest completed the significance assessment of their collection, following the receipt of a...
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An electronic ‘dilly bag’
I am on the road in the next week to Dubbo, Armidale and Bathurst carrying not much more than an...
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Another new museum for Sydney
Sydney University has big news. They have received a $15 million donation from Chinese-Australian entrepreneur and chairman of Kingold...
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What’s happening on Main Street?
Main Street is a visually rich interface which offers users a city, regional comparison over time based on the main streets...
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Do you have a rail or transport-related collection?
RailCorp may have railway signs for you! Sydney Trains are embarking on a three-year station upgrade which involves replacing station...
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Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act: proposed changes
Last week M&G NSW attended a consultation to learn about the intended changes to the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage...
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What’s in a war-time quilt?
Quilting is broadly pegged as the crafty by-practice born from frugal ‘mend and make do’ domestic culture when making clothes...
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Shedding the light
In this era of sustainability and energy use, best-practice expectations for building systems are rapidly evolving. Museum and gallery facilities are...
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Our Rivers Our History
Our Rivers Our History is the result of Arts NSW brilliant Regional Museum Networking (RMN) grant, and what a...
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Preservation workshops
Make the preservation of your institution’s collection a priority in 2015. Preservation Australia has announced its 2015 workshop calendar....
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Community Heritage Grants
The National Library of Australia encourages community groups from around Australia to apply for the 2015 Community Heritage Grants. Up...
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Another wet museum dries out
Volunteers at the Greens Gunyah Museum in Lockhart in south west NSW, have spent the last couple of weeks moving...
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2014 Building improvement grants awarded
Two years ago Museums and Galleries of NSW received funds from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the...
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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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