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Latest news: Library and Museum
'Cheeky and playful' boy crushed by parking meter
The family of a boy who died in hospital after he was crushed by a falling parking meter at a museum say he was "wise beyond his years, cheeky and playful”.
Jan 22, 2025
Architect's hands-on approach reframing museum spaces
Worimi and Biripi architect Jack Gillmer has always had a passion for design but a three-month stint in Paris has helped explore new depths in his craft.
Jan 10, 2025
Australian conservator joins Antarctic odyssey
A young Australian conservator is about to head off on an Antarctic expedition, restoring artefacts and retracing the steps of legendary explorers.
Jan 04, 2025
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Cash shortage forces major gallery to charge $20 entry
The Museum of Contemporary Art has long been free to the public, but it says a lack of government funding means it has to charge $20 entry fees.
Dec 18, 2024
Time machine to Pompeii: blockbuster opens in Australia
History-buffs can walk the streets of ancient Pompeii in a multi-sensory summer blockbuster at the National Museum of Australia.
Dec 14, 2024
Victorious 'patriarchy smashing' Ladies' Lounge reopens
The Museum of New and Old Art is reopening its notorious and lavish Ladies' Lounge following a court win over a man who claimed the space was discriminatory.
Dec 11, 2024
Promises museum won't shut, despite ditching 2025 slate
A leading university art museum has cut its 2025 program, including a career survey by artist Jemima Wyman. She says she is devastated by the move.
Dec 04, 2024
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May the 4th brings galaxy-first Star Wars LEGO show
A world-first Star Wars LEGO show is set to premiere in Melbourne - on May the 4th, of course.
Nov 19, 2024
Indigenous ancestral remains returned from US museums
Californian museums have repatriated the remains of more than a dozen Indigenous people as discussions continue on collection ethics and colonisation.
Nov 08, 2024
The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia
The first-ever Australian retrospective dedicated to the influential surrealist René Magritte opens at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Oct 25, 2024
'Rare gold, erotic pottery': ancient life on display
A rare exhibition unpacking the 'secrets' of ancient Peru features the largest collection of Andean gold ever to leave the South American country.
Oct 07, 2024
Hub to help Indigenous communities own their history
A community-led research project is fighting for Indigenous digital and archival sovereignty, aiming to empower communities to care for their cultural heritage.
Oct 01, 2024
'Flipped universe': legal fight for ladies' lounge
Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art is appealing a tribunal decision which ruled their ladies-only lounge discriminated against men.
Sep 17, 2024
'Paradox of Pompeii' to be told through everyday relics
Casts of volcano victims, detailed frescoes, carbonised bread and other ancient artefacts will help illustrate the story of Pompeii in a new Australian exhibit.
Sep 09, 2024
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'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair
Photographer Natalie Grono's stirring images of the NSW Northern Rivers floods form a new exhibition that reminds viewers of the enormity of the devastation.
Aug 10, 2024
Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe
A science museum has been charged over an incident in which a child was allegedly burned when touching a plasma globe after using hand sanitiser.
Aug 07, 2024
Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first
Those who help bring books to life will receive millions in government support to compensate for losses incurred when their works are borrowed from libraries.
Jun 23, 2024
Rare chance to see T.rex up close and personal
A rare giant skeleton of a 66 million-year-old T.rex is set to go on show in an Australian-first exhibit that has paleontologists champing at the bit.
Jun 11, 2024
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Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state
Graduate courses in museum studies are in line to be cut at the University of Queensland, and students are worried they will have to move interstate.
Jun 04, 2024
'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan
Hip hop legends Wu-Tang Clan secretly recorded an album and then deleted the masters to leave only one copy. Find out where in Australia you can listen to it.
May 27, 2024
'Disgraceful' vandals damage China museum artefacts
Police have released footage of alleged vandals after artwork at a museum dedicated to Chinese heritage and a Buddhist temple were defaced in regional Victoria.
May 14, 2024
Fashion icon Dame Zandra donates renowned collection
Dame Zandra Rhodes, known as "the Princess of Punk" because of her bold style, has donated one of her most notable collections to a Sydney museum.
May 02, 2024
Extinct kangaroo fossil uncovered after 50,000 years
A nearly-complete skeleton of an extinct, non-hopping kangaroo species has been painstakingly retrieved, piece by piece from a cave 20 metres underground.
Apr 29, 2024
First items taken by Cook returned to Aboriginal owners
Four spears have been returned to traditional owners more than 250 years after British soldiers stole them at James Cook's first contact with Aboriginal people.
Apr 23, 2024
Artist 'saddened' her MONA exhibit broke the law
The artist behind the Ladies Lounge exhibit at Hobart's MONA museum has said she is deeply saddened after the exhibit was found to have broken the law.
Apr 10, 2024
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