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10 of the best science discoveries at Sydney in 2018

9 December 2019 -
1. Secrets of the Mummy within. It's been sitting supposedly empty in the Nicholson Museum for more than 150 years: the 2500-year-old coffin of Mer-Neith-it-es ... Those recoloured images, and findings from the Mummy Project, will be incorporated into
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/12/20/10-of-the-best-science-discoveries-at-sydney-in-2018.html
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Bringing back the colour to ancient Egyptian coffins

1 June 2023 -
Actually, no,” says Dr James Fraser (BA(Hons) ’04 PhD ’16), Senior Curator at the Nicholson Museum that has the coffin in its collection. ... University’s new Chau Chak Wing Museum, due to open on 18 November 2020.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/04/15/bringing-back-the-colour-to-ancient-egyptian-coffins.html

2023 - Sydney Environment Institute

10/10/2023. Talanoa Forum: Moana Rising. Artists, curators, scholars, activists and policymakers highlight small island ecologies, climate justice, decolonial museology, and diasporic and Pacific alliances. ... 15/10/2023. Living on the Edge: River
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/events/2023.html
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Understanding the world through models

2 September 2024 -
Micro:Macro (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2024. Photo by David James. ... There’s no indication of that changing over time.”. Micro:Macro is on at the Chau Chak Wing Museum until 29 June 2025. .
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/07/19/understanding-the-world-through-models.html
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Sydney's oldest bin chickens get a check up

26 September 2018 -
The two mummified Ibises have been in the University’s Nicholson Museum collection for more than a century. ... People might be surprised to know that Egyptologists have uncovered more mummified animals than humans,” says Nicholson Museum Assistant
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/03/19/sydney-s-oldest-bin-chickens-get-a-check-up.html
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Feeling glum? 10 positive stories you may have missed

14 August 2020 -
5. Where in the (Greek) world is William Woodhouse? William Woodhouse was chair of Greek at the University of Sydney from 1900 and Honorary Curator of the University’s Nicholson Museum ... Credit: NM2007.14.3 (Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/08/11/feeling-glum--10-positive-stories-you-may-have-missed.html
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19th century start-ups

12 January 2021 -
The commercial possibilities of photography became apparent soon after the new technology was announced in Paris in 1839,” said curator Jan Brazier. ... Where: Historic Photography Gallery, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Place, Camperdown, NSW 2006.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/01/19/19th-century-start-ups.html
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Consuelo Cavaniglia: seeing through you

26 July 2024 -
and kinetic work Labyrinthe diagonal (1965) – and a selection of instruments from the museum’s scientific collection. ... Hero image: Consuelo Cavaniglia: seeing through you (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2024.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/06/26/consuelo-cavaniglia-seeing-through-you.html
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Criminologist and artist Carolyn McKay highlights injustice through innovative exhibition

16 October 2019 -
curator and criminologist Dr Carolyn McKay. ... Collaborating lawyers include Ray Watterson, Robert Cavanagh, and Karen Wells. The justiceINjustice exhibition was recently awarded the Museums & Galleries of NSW IMAGinE Exhibition Projects Award for
www.sydney.edu.au/law/news-and-events/news/2018/12/06/criminologist-and-artist-carolyn-mckay-highlights-injustice-thro.html
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Uncovering the secrets of ancient Egypt

26 May 2020 -
The plans for the museum are incredibly exciting, and visually stunning,” says Fraser. ... In effect three museums in one, the Chau Chak Wing Museum will house the collections of the Nicholson and Macleay museums, plus the University’s extensive
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/04/08/uncovering-the-secrets-of-ancient-egypt.html