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06 June 2022
Sites unseen
Personal photographs and albums shed light on another side of colonial Papua under Australian administration in the exhibition Pacific Views.
22 April 2022
Glasses bring colour to the museum
In an Australian first, colour blind visitors to the Chau Chak Wing Museum will be able to experience exhibitions in vibrant colour thanks to a partnership with EnChroma, creators of glasses for colour blindness.
15 April 2022
Egypt in Australia
The ties between Egypt and Australia are brought into a new light in our latest publication co-authored by Candace Richards, Richard Vokes, Yvonne Inall, Victoria Lowry and Jewel Oreskovich.
07 April 2022
Five questions with Senior Curator Melanie Pitkin
We sat down with Egyptologist Dr Melanie Pitkin to ask her some quick-fire questions.
Discover where her love for ancient history began and what she's excited to do at the Museum.
04 April 2022
Botany Bay spears obtained in 1770 to be displayed in Sydney
The Kamay spears, taken by Lieutenant James Cook from Botany Bay in 1770, are finally returning to Sydney.
08 March 2022
Women pioneers from the past
Our curators put a spotlight on three women who were trailblazers in the past, and whose legacies are still felt today.
02 March 2022
Indigenous heritage curator appointed to Chau Chak Wing Museum
The new curator of Indigenous heritage at the Chau Chak Wing Museum will continue to work in partnership with First Nations communities.
07 February 2022
Winner of the 2021 Max Le Petit and Gwenyth Jones Nicholson Collection Prize
The Max Le Petit and Gwenyth Jones Nicholson Collection Prize is awarded for an essay or written work submitted as part of a student's undergraduate coursework on any aspect of the Nicholson Collection.
04 February 2022
Light and Darkness
The major new exhibition in our Ian Potter Gallery tracks art movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, via highlightts from the Power Collection.
20 January 2022
New Honours Award in partnership with Sydney Environment Institute
Utilising a natural museum collection to explore environmental issues.
09 December 2021
Casting light in Pacific Views
The latest exhibition in the Chau Chak Wing Museum’s dedicated historic photography gallery.
08 November 2021
Seeing in Colour
A recent scientific instrument acquisition reveals how tests for colour blindness were developed in the late 19th century.
08 November 2021
From Downton Abbey to Down Under
An ancient funerary figurine whose well-travelled history includes links to Tutankhamun and the set of Downton Abbey has been donated to the University's Chau Chak Wing Museum.
28 October 2021
Artist Sarah Goffman responds to the Chau Chak Wing Museum
A new exhibition at the Chau Chak Wing Museum uses recycled materials in its thoughtful, playful interaction with the collection.
06 October 2021
Museum as classroom
The chance to handle museum objects is bringing study to life for students from across the disciplines, with object-based learning preparing for a second semester.
Featured image (top of page): Chau Chak Wing Museum topping out ceremony, December 2019.
