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Does anyone know of objects in collections related to the World War One internment Camp on Rottnest Island or the Kalgoorlie Slav Croat miners? I am looking for objects from the camp or the interred communities to include in the MHC:PHM's 'Objects through Time' virtual museum and the …

If you only ever attend one exhibition each year, make sure that the choice for 2012 is the WA Museum's Debt of Honour Exhibition currently showing at the WA Museum until early June.

The story told in this exhibition is fascinating and resonates on so many levels that just one visit probably is not enough.

Museums Australia (WA) hosted a curator's talk based on this exhibition on Thursday night and curators, Paul Bridges and Stephen Anstey gave all who attended…

Hello everyone

Just putting a call out there for some photos of the Perth Esplanade to accompany a great article on the Esplanade fro the next edition of "Musing".  Any photos recent or past would be very welcome!

Cheers

Anne

Just heard on the news last night that the Vic Govt was looking at axing 10% of jobs at Museum Victoria.

Why??

Because they "failed to take advantage of the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition"

What the......????

Anne

Spent the afternoon at the Immigration Museum today and didn't have enough time to see and do everything.

Very powerful exhibitions right throughout and some that were so simple yet really hit the spot.

Interesting that nearly all exhibitions provided paper and pens for people to add their comments or personal viewpoints to the subject on display.  In some cases these comments provided the most evocative thoughts.

Anne

Spent the afternoon at the Immigration Museum today and didn't have enough time to see and do everything.

Very powerful exhibitions right throughout and some that were so simple yet really hit the spot.

Interesting that nearly all exhibitions provided paper and pens for people to add their comments or personal viewpoints to the subject on display.  In some cases these comments provided the most evocative thoughts.

Anne

This great new idea was launched at the opening on=f the MA VIC state conference yesterday (Thursday 29 March)

http://victoriancollections.net.au/

This allows all museums in Victoria to catalogue their collections online, and has the added advantage of promoting your museum and knowing where objects are if you are looking to borrow objects for an exhibition.

What do you think,…

This year the theme for Museum Week 2012 is The Farming Factor.  Museums Week runs between the 13 the - 20th May, we'll keep you posted with further updates.

Hey all,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZOvywIKEZg&context=C41610e4ADvjVQa1PpcFPkRrtchDeCueS-7zA0-zR-CZuteDwQXQY=

(hopefully this link works)

This is my first attempt to make a museum-friendly mannequin for the Newcastle Gaol Museum in Toodyay. CF and Jo sent me some instructions, which I modified slightly.…

One of the surprises of the At the Frontier conference in Perth last year was the presence of items within the online collection of Museum Victoria which had a strong connection to Carnamah.

Images of the items and the corresponding story can now be seen on our blog,…

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So, it's another year of Museum Studies here at ECU, and we aim to make 2012 the best yet. We are no longer accepting new students to the assessed course, but if you are a volunteer at a museum, gallery or heritage site, or simply an enthusiast and would like to learn new skills, we have a host of weekend workshops available.

Starting March 10-11 you can explore preservation, conservation (including books and metals), disaster preparedness and recovery, collections management and much…

Its been over a week since the conference finished and we are now busy doing all the post-conference stuff including sending out an evaluation survey, and making the papers and presentations available on-line.

In the meantime please take the time to visit the confernence Twitter archives which are available at:

http://summarizr.labs.eduserv.org.uk/?hashtag=maia2011

There have also been a number of great…

I few people expressed interest at wanting to get a copy of the "Virtual Existence & Social Media" abstract I presented during the At the Frontier conference. To make this easy it is now online at:

http://andrew-s-bowman.blogspot.com/2011/11/virtual-existence-social-media.html

We're featured in the latest issue of Inside History magazine!

To find out more take a look at our blog post:

Inside…

Is the "Digital Stories" exhibition available online so those interested in the regions or remote communities can enjoy? If so what is the link?   Can't wait to see it.

The “digital frontier” is an important theme of At The Frontier 2011 conference and whilst the conference itself will focus on the why’s and where fore’s of the production of such material, it is important to showcase the end product, which is designed for the audience to see. What better way to do this than on a big public screen?

Anna Crane from Jäger Studio has curated a program of the vast range of digital material produced and presented by museums, galleries,…

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