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Stories and structures: Aboriginal art meets the microscopic world

10 October 2019 -
We also hope that it will bring more Indigenous students to study and pursue careers in science,” said exhibition curator, Dr Jenny Whiting. ... Tom Calma AO at the exhibition launch during a Vivid Sydney event at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
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2022 - Sydney Environment Institute

24/03/2022. The 2022 Iain McCalman Lecture. Senior-curator of the Macleay Collections, Dr Jude Philp, presents the 2022 Iain McCalman Lecture on the role of museums in reinforcing cultural
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Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising - Sydney Environment Institute

Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising. Artists, curators, scholars, activists and policymakers highlight small island ecologies, climate justice, decolonial museology, and diasporic and Pacific alliances. ... First presented at the 59th Venice Biennale, the
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University appoints new Director of Archaeological Institute

17 February 2023 -
Archaeology professor, curator of the Nicholson Museum for 37 years and founder of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Professor Cambitoglou generously bequeathed $6 million to the Institute, with the funds
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Bringing back the colour to Egyptian coffin

16 August 2019 -
This coffin would have once been vibrantly decorated but its markings are long faded and indistinct,” says Nicholson Museum senior curator Dr James Fraser. ... Mummy Project collaborators include researchers from Sydney University Museums, the
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Biodiversity, conservation, and culture - Sydney Environment Institute

The project brings together cultural researchers, writers, curators, traditional custodians and artists, as well as policymakers, scientists and community conservationists, to share knowledge and explore ideas. ... This project is being developed by the
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Visiting scholar rediscovers long lost collection of historical butterflies and moths

12 September 2023 -
12 September 2023. New findings highligh global importance of museum's insect collection. ... After a month, I told the museum curators the discovery was beyond what I expected,” he said.
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Past projects - Sydney Environment Institute

This project examined the role museums can play in helping to make sense of Australia’s experiences during a time of rapid planetary change and global disruption. ... University of New South Wales, the Australian National University and the National
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05 - Chau Chak Wing Museum

5 July 2021 -
. 05 July 2021. Shaping Ambassadors. Including cultural materials from 25 different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups, curator Matt Poll explains how the Ambassadors exhibition represents a new way of
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