Interview – Chris Craven, Director, Museum of Freemasonry
We recently became aware that the Museum of Freemasonry in Sydney had developed a virtual tour. Chris Craven, the Director...
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Dream Machines
Six significant contemporary artists from throughout Australia, whose practice brings science, technology, engineering, maths and art together will showcase their...
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Jervis Bay Maritime Museum launches visitor app
In partnership with a group of enterprising Wollongong University students, Jervis Bay Maritime Museum has developed a new app...
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Tongarra Museum develops a touring App
Tongarra Museum has developed Tread Shellharbour, a touring app to assist local residents and visitors, to take audio-visual guided tours of...
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MAAS releases a new online collection website
Over the last six months, a project team at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) has been hard...
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David Attenborough’s Virtual Reality experiences at the Australian Museum
The Australian Museum (AM) will be the first venue outside of the UK to host David Attenborough’s First Life...
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#MuseumWeek is coming
Museum Week is only two weeks away! It’s a worldwide cultural event that takes place on twitter from 28...
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A new approach to learning resources at the MCA
Beyond the PDF: Exhibition and Collection Learning Resources The MCA have taken some time over the past 18 months...
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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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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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Saumarez Homestead develops mobile App
Les Davis from Saumarez Homestead, a National Trust property in Armidale, is a ‘appy man. They’ve just released a new...
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Turning Digital: delights, dangers and drama
The State Library of NSW recently held a Digitisation seminar for the GLAM sector. The seats were booked out well...
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Technology assists Aboriginal cultural revival
Accessible technology is greatly assisting the Aboriginal cultural revival across NSW. For generations now, communities have not only mourned...
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Travelling Places 2015: update
M&G’s Steve Miller has been out and about introducing this year’s Travelling Places program to Dubbo and Armidale and consulting...
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Carnamah’s virtual success
Carnamah Historical Society and Museum’s website and, in particular, it’s Virtual Museum and Biographical Dictionary are one of Australia’s biggest...
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The Art of Connectivity
Last week along with 280 other delegates, M&G attended the Australia Council for the Arts Marketing Summit in Hobart....
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Building 3D communities
Most of the stories you read about 3D printing and Augmented Reality (AR) seem to come straight out of the...
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Significance, Standards and reCollections
In the last edition of Alert we flagged the imminent closure of CAN, the Collections Australia Network website. Since then...
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New horizons in technology, education and museums
Education has always been a primary goal of museums. Education is more than school excursions and worksheets with set...
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CAN to close
Many will be aware that the Collections Australia Network (CAN) currently hosted by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences...
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