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Museums Australia responds
MA welcomes debate about a Public Galleries peak body.
The art of reinvention
Summit rethinks arts advocacy and leadership.
Dobell Exhibition Grant launched
Supporting exhibition development over six years.
Free to a good home
Great deal - artwork storage racks for free!
Arts sense and art cents
What's being said about international arts funding.
This week's news round-up
Need-to-know stuff.
Another wet museum dries out
Gunyah Green Museum is on dry land!
20 year and $20 billion infrastructure vision
Arts infrastructure in a nutshell.
Big things for Albury in 2015
Can Bilbao be replicated in regional NSW?
We’ve got new standards!
How do your Standards measure up to ours?
Submit Your Event to the NSW Seniors Festival
List your event for FREE in the NSW Seniors Festival.
Berrima Museum's new extension
A Southern Highlands first.
We have moved!
After 16 years M&G has left The Gunnery.
Meet your Peers for 2015
Peer at our peers.
A future for Western Sydney
Western Sydney arts research published by Deloitte.
2015 NSW Creative Achievement Awards
Recognising the best and the upcoming.
Tweed Museum reopens!
Move over Margaret Olley, there's a new kid on the block!
Let them know you're there
Promotion basics from the LGA Tourism conference.
After the Nimbin Museum fire: How to model cultural recovery?
MA-NSW President talks Nimbin and saving local heritage.
Funding Dhiiyaan’s future
Good news for Moree Indigenous culture.
Join in: Community engagement and museums
A UWS study into community engagement work and participatory practice in museums.
Arts NSW release 2016 funding guidelines
New funding guidelines and programs announced.
Zero to Herodotus
Win $500 with Public History Prize.
IMAGinE: a well kept secret
There's a cone of silence around the winners.
Conference carry-out
Conference frenzy round-up.
Australian Small Business Champion Awards
Now open for museums and galleries!
Our Rivers Our History
Your chance to vist the mid-north coast!
Museums Australia conference in review
Conference highlights from M&G.
Got the write stuff?
If you do, then write to us.
New Monies: New Partnership
Museums working together to achieve a mutual beneficial outcome.
NSW Government announces funding for museums
The Minister of the Arts announces grants.
Your Most Obedient Servant
Australian Museum collection and visual art exhibition to tour.
Frank Howarth to depart Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is set to lose Frank Howarth from the helm
RPG at the Art Gallery
RPG + AGNSW + Future Directions.
Is risk-taking in art dead?
Provocative art making under the microscope.
2015 Hazel de Berg Award
for Excellence in Oral History - nominations now open!
Down in the shed
Opening of the Chaff Shed draws big crowds.
Arts NSW Cultural Policy discussion update
Where is the discussion going currently?
New Director for ACP
Suzanne Buljan to take the helm.
New leadership team to reshape Powerhouse
Museum Director Rose Hiscock announces appointments.
Making sense of the M&G census
An up-to-date snapshot of our industry.
Have your say
NSW Arts and Cultural Policy Discussion Closes soon
Finding our direction
Museums turn towards participating in the future of society.
Museum Studies MOOC
Join the revolution - free online learning!
Your two-cents worth
Celebrate and debate: Remote, regional and community call out.
Being perfectly Frank
M&G talks to Frank Howarth, President of Museums Australia.
Museum thefts make misery
Museum theft in Lithgow.
Lessons learnt: Kaldor progress report
News from Kaldor's project with the Dubbo kids.
A new home for the Tweed Regional Museum
Tweed Museum rebuild runs on schedule.
New Museum Director steps up
High calibre female director takes the helm.
Harvesting the Value of Tourism
Find out about the 2014 Local Government NSW Tourism Conference.
The Arts & Cultural Development Program
A new program will be introduced from 2015.
Newcastle public meeting called
Next chapter in the Newcastle story: public meeting called
Newcastle’s saga continues
Meeting attracts 300 people in support of staff and sculpture.
M&G opens a Panel of Peers
Are you an industry expert? We need you!
And the winner is . . .
Congratulations to the MAPDA and MAGNA winners.
Energy Efficiency Information project – can you help?
Help us help you become more efficient!
The future is 3D
What does 3D mean for museums and galleries?
Not another broken promise
A new cultural precinct disregarded for Parramatta.
Artists fees – a recent discussion
If artists are to be paid fairly we need the public gallery network.
Senate Inquiry into federal arts budget decisions
Changes to arts funding and impact on NETS.
All about access
M&G talks to Accessible Arts.
Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act: proposed changes
Important collection legislation is being reviewed.
Standards Secretariat comes to M&G NSW
'Standards' news for museums and galleries.
Energy efficient lighting system enhances audience viewing
Good news for all art-on-walls in Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
Saumarez Homestead develops mobile App
Smartphone and mobile apps can enhance and attract new audiences.
Introducing the Welcome to Country app
Be Welcomed to Country wherever you go.
NSW Government Volunteering survey
Sign up to the Statement of Principles for the Recognition of Volunteers.
Guess who’s going to the Museum?
The 'who', 'what', 'where' and 'why' of museum audiences.
Another new museum for Sydney
Sydney Uni receives generous donation.
One brazen MAMA and her big day
Murray Art Museum Albury opens.
Will the real stakeholders please stand up?
Calling all regional partners, collaborators, contributors and cultural custodians.
Mukurtu masterclass
Need to know more about Mukurtu and the Travelling Places program? Listen up.
Upping our Standards
Changes to the NSW Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries program.
Collapse borders, build partnerships
Carriageworks brings us more under new partnership.
Offer: gallery frames
Ideal for small galleries or museums.
Museum 2.0 Call Out
Nina Simon needs your stories.
NSW Visual Arts (Emerging) Fellowship announced
Heath Franco was awarded the prestigious emerging artist fellowship.
Catalyst for what?
Catalyst arts funding under the microscope.
Lismore Regional Gallery hits the jackpot
Luck at last for Lismore's gallery.
Art critic takes aim at management
Michael Rolfe broadens perpective.
For the love of museum selfies
Guest writer Alli Burness reflects on identity in Museum Selfie Day.
Arts and culture win on Australia Day
Advocates for NSW arts and cultural heritage honoured.
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.
Destination Sydney
Why has this exhibition drawn such massive crowds?
Hambledon Cottage – 50th anniversary celebration
Recognised as an influential model for many historical societies in NSW.
Imagine a city: 200 years of public architecture in NSW
Interview with the curator, Charles Pickett.
#MuseumWeek is coming
Are you ready for this worldwide cultural event?
Are you ready for Heritage Week?
Australian Heritage week is about to kick off across the country.
Museum Managers meet
NSW Local Government Museum Managers Round Table
LGNSW Arts and Culture Forum
Local government in an atmosphere of significant change.
The defunding of the NETS Australia Network shocks public galleries nationally
The Australia Council’s funding decision will result in reduced capacity for the NETS network and have an ongoing effect on Australia’s regional gallery sector.
National Day of Action
Stop the Attack on the Arts: National Day of Action
Submissions open for NSW state inquiry
Is there enough funding and support for NSW museums and galleries? Have your say
NSW Health and the Arts Framework launched
Supporting collaboration between local health services and the arts sector.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences appoints two new Directors
New curatorial and programs directors have been announced by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.
MAMA seeks new team to continue success
Director Jacqui Hemsley and Curator Bianca Acimovic are departing.
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.
Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens
To mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the State Library of NSW is staging two fascinating exhibitions that showcase the rich story of gardens and garden‐making in Australia
MAMA appoints a new Director
AlburyCity has announced the appointment of Bree Pickering as the new Director of Murray Art Museum Albury.
New Director appointed to oversee the new Orange Regional Museum and Orange Regional Gallery
Orange City Council has announced Brad Hammond will take on the new role of Gallery & Museum Director.
The National
The initial selection of nine artists for the inaugural exhibition of The National have been released.
ARTLANDS a huge success
Michael Rolfe takes a look at Artlands, the hugely successful regional arts conference recently held in Dubbo.
Museums Association publishes a Manifesto for Tolerance and Inclusion
A statement on ethical values and practical actions for museums in a changing political landscape.
Bringing it everywhere, all the time
Do we need to change how we think about art/culture in regional and metropolitan NSW
The economics of Australia’s small-to-medium visual arts sector
Australia’s small to medium visual arts organisations are expected to do about double the work for less than half the funding, according to a new research report launched by NAVA.
Launch of Di'van | A Journal of Accounts - Art, Culture, Theory
Conceived to offer critical interpretations of contemporary visual art and its broader art historical, theoretical and socio-political contexts.
A Cultural Plan for Parramatta
A new cultural discussion paper and plan that sets out a roadmap for Parramatta to strengthen the cultural and social fabric of the region.
Catalyst axed - and the arguments move on
There is ongoing cause for concern.
Australian Heritage Festival
Communities across NSW are invited to share their stories and recognise the many narratives that have shaped NSW.
Champagne Cracked on the Bow
Friends of Orange Regional Museum launched.
International Museum Day 2017
The worldwide community of museums will celebrate International Museum Day on and around 18 May 2017.
New museum for Western Sydney
Register your interest to be involved in the consultation process for a new arts and cultural facility in Western Sydney.
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery appoints a new Director
Goulburn Mulwaree Council has announced the appointment of Gina Mobayed as the new Director of Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.
National Trust Heritage Awards 2017 winners
Congratulations to all winners and highly commendeds
Talking Machines - the machines that transformed Australia, brought to life.
The two-year project to capture the Riverina region’s rural past from 11 Museums is now complete!
Change of Leadership for NAVA
After twenty-two years, Tamara Winikoff has announced her resignation as Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).
Biennale of Sydney appoints a new Director and CEO
The Biennale of Sydney has announced the appointment of Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker as their new Director and Chief Executive Officer.
Bundanon Trust reveal a Masterplan design for Riversdale property
The Masterplan design includes a creative learning centre, a contemporary visitor hub, accommodation and a contemporary art gallery – partially buried into the landscape.
Register a History Week event
Time is running out to register your event for History Week 2017:
Creative country: 98% of Australians engage with the arts
The arts play a role in the lives of 98% of the Australian population, according to a new Australia Council survey.
Presenting contemporary Filipino art across Sydney
The Bayanihan Philippine Art Project is one of the most significant explorations of Filipino art ever presented in Australia.
The Art Documentary - Call out for participants
Want to star in a new arts documentary?
The new MAAS Museum public consultation
Community consultation is an important element of the business case being developed and you are invited to be part of the conversation.
Community and Culture: LGNSW research into Arts, Culture and Heritage
A qualitative study undertaken by LGNSW which identifies how councils deliver arts, culture and heritage services.
Artstate Lismore, first speakers & preliminary program announced
A four-day event aiming to build conversations, partnerships and opportunities for regional artists and arts organisations.
The Australian Centre for Photography appoints a new curator
The ACP has announced the appointment of Dr. Allison Holland as Curator.
Ask A Curator Day
Ask a Curator Day is a worldwide Twitter Q&A with a variety of participating museums and galleries, taking place on Wednesday 13 September 2017.
NAVA announces Esther Anatolitis as its next Executive Director
Esther’s experience, profile and intellect makes her ideal to lead NAVA through its next chapter.
M&G NSW supports same-sex marriage
M&G NSW believes the sector has a duty to back up its audience embrace of everyone and that's why we publicly support the same-sex marriage proposal.
State Library to begin work on new galleries and learning centre
The $15 million transformation of the State Library’s historic Mitchell building is about to get underway.
Alan Sisley Memorial Fellowship 2017 recipient announced
RPG NSW has announced Curator, Ingrid Hedgcock of Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre as the 2017 fellowship recipient.
Community Heritage Grants announced
Museums and galleries in NSW have again been successful in this year's Community Heritage Grants.
Richard Perram is retiring
After 14 years as Director of Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Richard Perram says farewell.
Strategic planning consultant wanted
Coffs Harbour City Council is seeking a consultant to undertake strategic planning for the Gallery and Library Service.
Expression of Interest
Dubbo Regional Council is currently calling for expressions of interest for the redevelopment concepts for the Wellington Old Police Station and Gaol.
Regional Galleries in NSW - alive and well
Michael Rolfe replies to John McDonald's opinion piece claim of a crisis in NSW regional galleries.
Plugged in and turned on – time to get behind our Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
In response to Kylie Winkworth’s recent Powerhouse Unplugged article, published on the Alt Media website, Michael Rolfe replies, suggesting that it is now time for all parties to support MAAS as its next phase of development unfolds.
Inquiry into museums and galleries interim report released
The committee has issued an interim report in order for its recommendations to be considered by the Government alongside the final business case relating to the relocation of the Powerhouse Museum.
A new Regional Gallery for Coffs Harbour
Plans are under way to deliver a new state-of-the-art regional gallery and central library for Coffs Harbour, as part of a new cultural and civic space.
Cultural Infrastructure Plan - Consultation Events
Cultural Infrastructure Program Management Office are running cultural sector workshops across the state.
Calling all Western Sydney Art experts
The call has gone out for experts to advise the NSW Government on the future of the arts, screen and culture scene in Western Sydney.
The arts in regional Australia: A research summary
The Australia Council recently released the findings from a number of their research publications to build the evidence base about regional arts and artists, and engagement with the arts in regional Australia.
NERAM open a new new permanent Hinton exhibition
The Howard Hinton Collection at the New England Regional Art Museum is the result of one of the greatest acts of artistic
philanthropy and benefaction in Australian history.
Cultural Plan callout
The City of Canterbury Bankstown Council is looking to engage the services of a consultant or consulting firm to develop a new City-wide Cultural Plan.
UNSW Galleries appoint a new director
UNSW has announced José Da Silva as the new Director of UNSW Galleries.
Directors appointed for both the Newcastle Art Gallery and Museum
Newcastle City Council has announced the appointments as part of its new organisational restructure.
Unseen Untold: Our Curious Collection
A new exhibition showcasing never-before-seen objects from the Sydney Jewish Museum archives.
Paddock to Plate
A new exhibition looking at the history of food and wine in the Orange region.
The National announces 2019 curators and exhibition dates
The curators for the second edition of The National: New Australian Art 2019 have been announced.
International Museum Day 2018
Hyperconnected museums: New approaches, new publics
Verge Gallery appoints a new director
The University of Sydney Union has announced Tesha Malott as the new Director of Verge Gallery.
Partnership to preserve Newcastle Maritime Museum Collection
At a recent special general meeting of the Newcastle Maritime Museum Society, a motion to voluntary wind up and to transfer all collection objects and other assets to Newcastle City Council was unanimously passed.
NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards
Nominations are open for Australia’s largest celebration of volunteering.
History Week - Register your event
The theme for History Week 2018 is 'Life and Death' and will explore life’s defining moments and the impact of death on communities across time.
National Museum receives $1.5m donation toward digital storytelling project
Prominent philanthropists John and Pauline Gandel have donated $1.5 million to support a Digital Classroom initiative to take Australian history into classrooms nationwide.
Create NSW names Western Sydney Arts, Screen and Culture Roundtable Members
Create NSW has announced the 10 practitioners chosen to lead the 2018 Western Sydney Arts, Screen and Culture Roundtable following the expression of interest process launched in February this year.
We are one
Happy birthday M&G NSW website.
Shellharbour celebrates the success of its new City Museum
Since opening in January 2018 more than 8000 people have visited Shellharbour City Museum.
Lighthouse supply ship resurrected as floating museum
The first of a series from the Sydney Morning Herald featuring community-based museums and the precious collections they protect.
Yamba Museum Inaugural The River of Learning Exhibition
‘What Country Means To Me’, students reflect on the various meanings of country.
Becoming Agents of Change: Museums and Galleries Australia Conference 2018
We report back from the Museum and Galleries Australia Conference.
Early Career Curator Award announced
Kudos Gallery has announced Jenny Anagnostopoulos and Yarran Gatsby as the 2018 recipients of the Early Career Curator Award.
NSW Government responds to interim report into Museums and Galleries in NSW
The NSW Government have issued a response to the Legislative Council interim report from the inquiry into Museums and Galleries in NSW.
Bundanon Trust receives $8.592 million from NSW Regional Cultural Fund
The funds will build a new contemporary art gallery at Boyd’s Riversdale property.
Firstdraft appoints a new General Manager
Firstdraft has announced the appointment of Amanda Haskard as the new General Manager.
Create NSW appoint a new Executive Director
Elizabeth W. Scott appointed to Create NSW Executive Director, Investment and Engagement
Create NSW announce structural changes
Create NSW to be restructured into five business units.
Have your say on the Creative Kids Program
Help inform this new government initiative to encourage children's participation in creative cultural activities.
Ask A Curator Day
Ask a Curator Day is a worldwide Twitter Q&A with a variety of participating museums and galleries, taking place on September 12 2018.
Heritage Activation grants announced
The Office of Environment & Heritage has announced that 33 applicants have been successful in this year’s round of the Heritage Activation grants.
NSW Visual Arts Fellowship shortlist announced
Ten NSW artists shortlisted for this year’s prestigious $30,000 Create NSW & Artspace NSW Visual Arts Fellowship.
Have your say on arts and disability
The Federal Government is inviting stakeholders and the public to submit their views on the National Arts and Disability Strategy to improve access and participation in the arts for people with disability.
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery appoints a new director
Caroline Geraghty announced as the new Art Gallery Director.
Firstdraft appoints a new General Manager
Firstdraft has announced Georgia Hobbs as General Manager.
Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon - Churchill Fellowship Report
Investigates the best new global models of visitor accessibility and experience at heritage sites and museums
Australia Council announces new CEO
Adrian Collette appointed as the incoming Chief Executive Officer.
Carriageworks, ACCA and MONA announce the Katthy Cavaliere Fellowship
Three grants of $100,000 supporting women artists working at the nexus of performance and installation.
New cultural heritage fact sheet
The Federal Government have released a new fact sheet to raise awareness in the broader community about how movable cultural heritage is protected in Australia.
The economic value of cultural and creative activity
The Bureau of Communications and Arts Research has released new analysis showing cultural and creative activity contributed $111.7 billion to Australia’s economy in 2016-17.
Australia's only working print Museum at Penrith is re-opening
The Penrith Museum of Printing has been refurbished and will open again to the public.
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.
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