Sips & Sounds
Driving down the Great Western Highway from Penrith over the river to Emu Plains, you could be forgiven for thinking…
Tag: Open house
Toy Story: before Woody and Buzz
Meet Hanna Kim Hong, one of our roving reporters. Mother of a young family and legal advocate with the Arts…
Meaning and significance
Recently Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest completed the significance assessment of their collection, following the receipt of a…
Museums matter
Here at Museums & Galleries of NSW, we have just completed Guess Who’s Going to the Museum?, our third major…
The new Orange Regional Museum will transform the region
Currently the planned Orange Regional Museum is a construction site: the construction company has demolished the existing visitor centre; the…
Sydney’s sandstone real estate
In real estate-loving Sydney, an open house normally means would-be tenants and hopeful homebuyers on the hunt for that elusive…
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…
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…
Construction approaches the finish line
The keys to Murwillumbah’s new beginning are in Judy Kean’s hands. In a ceremony in early May, the Director of…
Phryne Fisher’s fabulous fashions
“A woman should dress first and foremost for her own pleasure” says the elegant sleuth Miss Phryne Fisher, and we…
Every renovator’s heritage dream
We all know Australia has an insatiable appetite for renovation and everything ‘home building’. While this has reached fervour pitch…
Artists’ studios: open doors
Europe may well have the immersive chaos of Francis Bacon’s studio in Dublin, the catalogued remains of the Giacometti…
Sydney’s museums alive online
If you already have a fondness for Sydney Living Museum’s properties you’ll be pleased to know they are now providing…
Bellingen’s very own Paradise
If you’ve been following The Paradise on ABC TV, then you’ll be familiar with the story of Denise and the handsome…
Modern Objective
If you are into all things Modernist, you must get along to Object Gallery! What many would see as…
Pioneering expectations
Pioneering expectations For many years, friends and colleagues have recommended a visit to the Pioneer Women’s Hut, so it was with…
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…
Eat Your History
With the explosion of Master Chef type reality television making each of us stare into our mashed potatoes and…