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What to make of the legacy of Holocaust survivors

18 October 2021 -
initiation and creation of the Holocaust museums in Sydney and Melbourne—private museums that were conceived, funded, built and in their early years, largely staffed by survivors. ... She was a personal friend of Mr Jaku and worked at the Sydney Jewish
www.sydney.edu.au/arts/news-and-events/news/2021/10/18/what-to-make-of-the-legacy-of-holocaust-survivors.html
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Announcing SEI’s 2023 Honours Research Fellowships

15 February 2023 -
2. Iain McCalman Honours Research Award. We are pleased to partner with the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM) and its Macleay Collections and SEI founding member Professor Emeritus Iain McCalman to ... Strait and Pacific Islanders’ cultural objects,
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2022/12/06/announcing-sei-s-2023-honours-research-fellowships-.html
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New museum in Sydney: 12 must-see treasures that will be on show

10 January 2023 -
Museums are not static places,” says senior curator Dr Jamie Fraser. ... She also worked with the University’s curator on the Macleay Museum’s collection of scientific instruments.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/10/17/new-museum-in-sydney-12-must-see-treasures-that-will-be-on-show.html
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Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarships

2 October 2020 -
The judges of this year’s Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship are Clothilde Bullen, Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and Exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/02/fauvette-loureiro-memorial-scholarships.html
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New Honours Award in partnership with Sydney Environment Institute

20 January 2022 -
Utilising a natural museum collection to explore environmental issues. Thylacinus cynocephalus; Tasmanian Tiger, Macleay Collections, Natural History, NHM.498. ... and Pacific Islanders’ cultural objects, historic photographic records, scientific
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2022/01/20/new-honours-award-in-partnership-with-sydney-environment-institu.html
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Moving in to the new museum

5 August 2020 -
Candace Richards, Assistant Curator, Nicholson Collection. Staff inductions, week one at the new museum. ... Dr Jude Philp, Senior Curator, Macleay Collections. "It’s remarkable how the new museum sits so lightly on the slope, it appears to hover in
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2020/08/05/moving-in-to-the-new-museum.html
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Starting over embedding First Nations principles in a new museum

12 November 2020 -
Starting over: embedding First Nations principles in a new museum. 1 July 2020. ... David Ellis, Director, Chau Chak Wing Museum. First Nations initiatives in the museum.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2020/07/01/starting-over-embedding-first-nations-principles-in-a-new-museum.html
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University of Sydney celebrates National Science Week

9 December 2019 -
Macleay Museum's Assistant Curator of Indigenous Heritage, Matt Poll, will explain the diverse varieties of tool-making techniques, facilitated over 60,000 years as intergenerational populations migrated to every climactic
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/08/06/university-of-sydney-celebrates-national-science-week.html
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Exhibition pays tribute to landmark Australian Seashores book

12 January 2023 -
Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney, HP84.7.110.57. ... Tony Gill, curator of Natural History, Chau Chak Wing Museum. Nyctiphanes australis Sars, 1883, krill.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/08/08/exhibition-pays-tribute-to-landmark-australian-seashores-book-.html
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Reflecting on keepsakes helps seniors stave off loneliness

29 March 2016 -
Running for eight weeks from early April, the project will also incorporate museum visits, talks from historians and curators, and memoir writing and photography classes designed to encourage participants to connect
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/03/29/reflecting-on-keepsakes-helps-seniors-stave-off-loneliness.html