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Personal photographs and albums shed light on another side of colonial Papua under Australian administration in the exhibition Pacific Views.
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.
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.
Our curators put a spotlight on three women who were trailblazers in the past, and whose legacies are still felt today.
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.
The major new exhibition in our Ian Potter Gallery tracks art movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, via highlightts from the Power Collection.
Utilising a natural museum collection to explore environmental issues.
Featured image (top of page): Chau Chak Wing Museum topping out ceremony, December 2019.