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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.
06 October 2021
Four new species of perchlets identified
Chau Chak Wing Museum curator Dr Anthony Gill was the leader of a collaborative team of researchers recently highlighted by the CSIRO’s annual report about the 150 new species named in the past year.
09 September 2021
Artist interview: Sarah Goffman
Curator Katrina Liberiou chats with Sarah on her new exhibition in the Penelope Gallery, an installation of museum replicas handcrafted from waste materials.
12 August 2021
Material matters: science in the museum
The Chau Chak Wing Museum is taking advantage of a revolution in scientific technology through a formal collaboration with Sydney Analytical, one of the University of Sydney’s Core Research Facilities.
Featured image (top of page): Chau Chak Wing Museum topping out ceremony, December 2019.