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Chau Chak Wing Museum the staged photograph

20 December 2023 -
The Chau Chak Wing Museum presents The Staged Photograph, an exhibition exploring images from the mid-19. ... All photographs are drawn from the Macleay Collections of the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/04/24/chau-chak-wing-museum-the-staged-photograph-.html
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Chau Chak Wing Museum wins three national museum awards

17 June 2021 -
Yirrkala researcher Wandjuk Marika working with curator Lydia Bushell at the Macleay Museum, 1976. ... Design awards . The Chau Chak Wing Museum also received a Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Award (MAPDA) for its new branding and
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2021/06/10/chau-chak-wing-museum-wins-three-national-museum-awards.html
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How languages enrich interdisciplinary learning: curating Asian art

31 August 2023 -
institution Museum MACAN. ... Image supplied. Jennifer led a curatorial talk and exhibition walkthrough, and moderated a panel discussion exploring new directions in feminist research and curatorial practice with leading academics and curators from
www.sydney.edu.au/arts/news-and-events/news/2023/01/24/how-languages-enrich-interdisciplinary-learning-curating-asian-art.html
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Being Collected: insights into repatriation

Thursday November 21, 2019
Such programs frequently bring new engagements and ideas to museums and facilitate better and more culturally attuned access for custodians to their collections within the museum. ... Matt Poll. Assistant Curator, Indigenous Heritage, Repatriation
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2018/being-collected-insights-into-repatriation.html
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Egyptian Australian community initiative - Chau Chak Wing Museum

Individuals are asked to arrange a meeting with the curators for an introduction to the Museum before taking a self-guided tour of the current exhibitions The Mummy Room and Pharaonic ... In 2022, members of the Egyptian-Australian community participated
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/our-research/egyptian-australian-community-initiative.html
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New museum takes shape

13 August 2019 -
The basement is equally exciting to the curators. It will eventually house more than half of our museum collections in the best possible environmental conditions. ... When complete, the museum will have 2000 square metres of public exhibition area,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/08/06/new-museum-takes-shape.html
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Research to provide universal museum access for the blind

7 September 2023 -
Understanding museum exhibits through touch. Museum objects are safeguarded behind barriers making them inaccessible to blind and low vision children and adults. ... Museums increasingly scan their collections to make them accessible for a wider online
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/09/06/research-to-provide-universal-museum-access-for-the-blind.html
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Pseudoplesiopinae - Chau Chak Wing Museum

Dr Anthony Gill. Curator, Natural History, Macleay Collections. Phone.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/our-research/pseudoplesiopinae.html
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Light my fire: torches ablaze since antiquity

23 May 2023 -
Curator Candace Richards reveals the origins of the torch relay tradition and explores the role of flaming torches throughout the ancient Hellenic world. ... Candace Richards is Assistant Curator, Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum.
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2021/08/05/light-my-fire.html
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Volunteer - Chau Chak Wing Museum

Volunteer. Join our team of dedicated museum volunteers. Volunteering is an excellent opportunity to work alongside our curators, educators and staff on three of Australia's oldest collections of cultural heritage, ... We're seeking keen volunteers to
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/get-involved/volunteer.html