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Let's not pretend that Museums Australia is only 22 years old

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An invitation for a chat

I’m interested in the history of Museums Australia and I’m attending the national conference in Sydney 21-24 May. If you share this interest, collar me during the breaks and let’s have chat.

My interest in the history was sparked by involvement in the NSW Branch from 2000 to 2012. After a…

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Posted on May 13, 2015 at 10:30

Art Hits in Emerald City

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Tackling a thorny topic

Stephen Fry has written about them. Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney have been to court about them. The debate continues about the Elgin Marbles. The National Gallery of Australia’s dancing Shiva was the object of our local reflections. At the Museums Australia national conference, panellists Michaela Boland from The Australian and respected academics Robyn Sloggett from the University of Melbourne and Donna…

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Posted on May 5, 2015 at 10:15

Come to Sydney to go to Antarctica

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If you are planning to attend the Museums Australia national conference 21-24 May, why not combine your attendance with a visit to the Australian National Maritime Museum exhibition Shackleton: Escape from Antarctica?

Billed as “a survival story for the ages”, highlights of the exhibition include the stunning Frank Hurley…

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Posted on April 30, 2015 at 11:01

Small museum inspiration at Museums Australia conference

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Refreshing ideas

Those working in small museums and remote locations frequently inspire those working in the larger institutions. Remember, at the 2009 Museums Australia’s national conference, the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology’s Edith Cuffe, who livened us up by showing us how to create something out of nothing with an annual medieval dress-up festival in the unlikely State of Queensland?

The national conference has also lifted…

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Posted on April 29, 2015 at 10:00

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At 18:22 on September 9, 2009, Barrie Reynolds said…: Thanks Paul. Have a look at our Blue MountainsHeritage.com.au website and our Newsletter, Heritage, which you can access through the website. This will tell you who we are and what we are doing. At present we focus on making the Blue Mountains City Council Heritage services more effective for the public. On 25 September we begin our series of political party policy meetings. From the letters from the LIberals and the Minister for Planning (Keneally),there is obviously much to do to get them to understand what heritage is and what needs to be done. Our organisation is a mix of historical associations and museums etc plus individual professionally qualified and experienced museum and heritage people with national and international experience.

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Barrie Reynolds

At 18:26 on September 8, 2009, Barrie Reynolds said…: At the last NSW State (and Federal) elections, Heritage was conspicuously absent from any party's public statements, as far as I was aware. What action is MA taking to change this attitude among parties. I would add that in the Blue Mountains we have a meeting of our members and others on 25 September at which the Shadow Representative for Heritage will speak on the Liberal Heritage policy.