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Articles
06 March 2020
Three women who left their mark on our collections
Women have always contributed significantly to the collections and museums at the University of Sydney. Join three of our current curators in celebrating the careers of three such trailblazers: Louisa MacDonald, Elizabeth Hahn and Alison Rehfisch.
02 March 2020
New museum to open doors November 2020
The new Chau Chak Wing Museum will open to the public 18 November 2020, bringing together the University’s three major collections with state-of-the-art facilities to support education and research.
19 August 2020
Vale John Nixon
The artist John Nixon, who died earlier this week, was a seminal figure in Australian art over the last five decades. Several of his major works from the 1980s were acquired for the Power bequest collection. In memory of John we print a short extract from Linda Michael’s new essay on one of these works.
05 August 2020
Case by historic case
Collections aside, museum furniture can have its own historical significance. That’s why cabinets from
the former Macleay Museum are being restored and repurposed for a new lease on life.
05 August 2020
Moving in to the new museum
Meet some of the Chau Chak Wing Museum staff as they share their thoughts on the new building. Discover what they are most excited about, one week after moving in.
18 November 2020
Reframing the Enlightenment
Curator Ann Stephen discusses ‘Pediment/Impediment’, Daniel Boyd's immersive new installation in the Chau Chak Wing Museum's Penelope Gallery.
02 September 2020
Nip and tuck
As 19th century taxidermy ages, natural history specimens often require extreme makeovers. Dr Jude Philp describes how expert Sasha Stollman restored fish and mammal specimens in preparation for our opening exhibitions.
03 June 2020
Djon Mundine honoured with lifetime achievement award
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced Djon Mundine OAM a recipient of the Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement at their 2020 First Nations Arts Awards.
11 June 2020
Statement in response to the destruction at Juukan Gorge
David Ellis, Director of the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, responds to the recent destruction of two rock shelters in Juukan Gorge, a culturally significant 46,000 year old site in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
08 October 2020
Museum secrets to be revealed
When the Chau Chak Wing Museum opens in November, many of the extraordinary objects, specimens and works of art on display have never before been seen publicly. Dr Craig Barker describes 7 items coming out of long-term storage.
