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Artists have never been more important

Thursday November 21, 2019
In this Sydney Ideas forum William L. Fox, Director of the Centre for Art Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada, whose extensive practice as a curator, writer ... Her work is included in museum, university, corporate and private
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2018/artists-have-never-been-more-important.html
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Three women who left their mark on our collections

2 June 2020 -
Macleay Prodigy: Elizabeth Hahn. In 1958 Elizabeth Hahn (pictured top, centre) was offered the job of Curator of the Macleay Museum. ... During the late 1890s there was no formal curator of the Nicholson Museum.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2020/03/06/international-womens-day-2020.html
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Tertiary and adult programs - Chau Chak Wing Museum

integrated into your unit, please contact Academic Engagement Curators Eve Guerry and Visit Canvas for more information.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/education/tertiary-adult-programs.html
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New photography exhibition highlights 30 years of Indigenous history

22 January 2024 -
Barbara is one of Australia’s most important documentary photographers,” said Chau Chak Wing Museum Director Michael Dagostino. ... Australia Has a Black History sits along two other free photography exhibitions at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/11/29/new-photography-exhibition-highlights-30-years-of-indigenous-his.html
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Shaping Ambassadors

2 March 2022 -
Dispersed throughout the museum, they operate as a disruption to the orthodoxy of past exhibition practices where Aboriginal culture in museums was authored by non-Indigenous people. ... Matt Poll is Assistant Curator, Indigenous Heritage and Repatriation
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2021/07/05/shaping-ambassadors.html
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Material matters science in the museum

12 August 2021 -
Material matters: science in the museum. 12 August 2021. Thérèse Harrison, Elizabeth Carter and Jude Philp describe an exciting collaboration. ... The Sea Captain required cleaning and further investigation of its origin prior to its display in the
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2021/08/12/material-matters-science-in-the-museum.html
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Cultural Competence – Aboriginal Sydney

27 March 2017 -
The videos feature University of Sydney academics, such as Professor Jakelin Troy, who is Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, and Matt Poll, who is Assistant Curator of Indigenous ... Art curator Djon Mundine talks about how
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/03/13/cultural-competence--aboriginal-sydney-.html
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Ancient Egyptian treasures discovered in suburban Sydney home

12 January 2023 -
Her grandfather had studied medicine at Sydney, so the family decided to donate the collection to the University's Nicholson Museum. ... The collection has now been catalogued and will go on display when the University's new Chau Chak Wing Museum opens.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/07/ancient-egyptian-treasures-discovered-in-suburban-sydney-home.html
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Glasses bring colour to the museum

1 June 2022 -
A museum fan who once spent a 12-hour layover in New York visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, David supports making the glasses available in museums more widely. ... The program helps venues including schools, state parks, libraries and museums
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/04/22/glasses-bring-colour-to-the-museum-.html
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$6m bequest for archaeology from former professor and curator

7 September 2022 -
Professor Cambitoglou’s legacy continues. Archaeology professor, curator of the Nicholson Museum for 37 years and founder of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Professor Cambitoglou has bequeathed $6 million to ... Professor Cambitoglou
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/08/06/-6m-bequest-for-archaeology-from-former-professor-and-curator-.html