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May the 4th brings galaxy-first Star Wars LEGO show

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.

Indigenous ancestral remains returned from US museums

Indigenous ancestral remains returned from US museums

Indigenous ancestral remains returned from US museums

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.

The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia

The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia

The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia

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.

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'Rare gold, erotic pottery': ancient life on display

'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.

Hub to help Indigenous communities own their history

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.

'Flipped universe': legal fight for ladies' lounge

'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.

'Paradox of Pompeii' to be told through everyday relics

'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.

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'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'Completely lost': exhibition captures disaster despair

'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.

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

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.

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

Audio, eBook creators to be paid in a funding first

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.

Rare chance to see T.rex up close and personal

Rare chance to see T.rex up close and personal

Rare chance to see T.rex up close and personal

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.

Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

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.

'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan

'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan

'World's rarest' million-dollar album on listening loan

'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.

'Disgraceful' vandals damage China museum artefacts

'Disgraceful' vandals damage China museum artefacts

'Disgraceful' vandals damage China museum artefacts

'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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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Authors question State Library over cancelled workshops

Prominent authors have signed a letter to the State Library of Victoria, protesting against the postponement of teen writing workshops by pro-Palestine writers.

Da Vinci exhibition illuminates Renaissance era genius

Pages from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus will be displayed at an exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance-era genius and painter of the Mona Lisa.

Bus Stop a route to remembering Holocaust atrocities

A new installation at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum invites people to reflect on how to remember Nazi atrocities from the other side of the world.

Property developer offers lifeline to Griffith gallery

A university art gallery which was facing closure has been thrown a financial lifeline from an unexpected benefactor, which has given it a 12-month reprieve.

Mummies among rare Egyptian treasures on show

The Discovering ancient Egypt exhibition, from the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, features more than 200 objects spanning 3000 years of history.

Jobs on the line as uni considers gallery closure

Griffith University may close an art museum that hosts visiting exhibitions, to make room for students from its film school.

Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains to Australia

The remains of 14 Indigenous ancestors will be returned to Australia for repatriation by the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

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