Museums & Galleries of NSW, Sydney, NSW Videos

We are pleased to launch Significance Matters, the third in a series of videos produced as part of Museums of History NSW’s partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW and the Storyplace project. There are two videos in this series, which have been developed for staff and volunteers working in small to medium sized museums in regional and remote NSW wanting to understand, assess and communicate the significance of their collections. The Significance Matters videos were produced by MHNSW’s Curatorial, Digital and Regional teams. View the complete video: https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/collection-management/how-to-do-a-significance-assessment/ Museums of History NSW

We are pleased to launch Storage on a Shoestring, the second in a series of videos produced as part of Museums of History NSW’s partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW and the Storyplace project. There are three videos in this series, which have been developed for staff and volunteers working in small to medium-sized museums in regional and remote NSW or anyone with precious collections or items they want to protect and store. The Storage on Shoestring videos were produced by MHNSW’s Collections Care, Digital and Regional teams. View the videos via the following link. https://mgnsw.org.au/articles/storage-on-a-shoestring-collections-care-videos/ @museumsofhistorynsw

M&G NSW #ontheroad
What do M&G NSW staff get up to when they are on the road? Last week, Susan, Olivia and Ashleigh, from M&G NSW’s Exhibition and Programs Team, spent a full and inspiring 24 hours in Wagga Wagga on Wiradjuri Country! First stop was a visit to Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s incredible purpose-built digital space to see the Create NSW funded UNSW Galleries and M&G NSW touring exhibition Zanny Begg | These Stories Will be Different. Director Lee-Anne Hall and Curator Drew Halyday generously showed the team the many spaces they curate and create opportunities in, as well as insight into their future programming. Susan, Olivia and Ashleigh then visited the National Art Glass Collection to see a fraction of their impressive holdings on display, followed by a tour of the Museum of the Riverina. Luke Grealy, Manager of the Museum, gave Susan, Olivia and Ashleigh a tour of their downtown space, where they have changing exhibitions and are currently storing their collection. Luke then took the team up the hill to the new state-of-the-art Museum site currently in development. Such an amazing project being executed with the care of Wagga’s collection and community in mind! Thank you Lee-Anne, Drew and Luke for such a warm welcome!! #mgnswontheroad #mgnswontour

In June, Newcastle Art Gallery’s 2021 Youth Advisory Group (NAG YAG) launched its Connecting Youth to Collection (Y2C) digital program! The Y2C project sees the creation of ‘by-youth, for-youth’ content, promoting conversations between Newcastle's emerging artists and Newcastle Art Gallery's collection. The launch included local DJs, video installations by Y2C emerging artists, projections by artists David Lobb and Mikayla Nangle, artists stalls and a pop-up bar and food truck. Congratulations to YAG members Belle Beasley, Benji Crocker, Aidan Gageler, Nicole Klaer, Molly McNeil and Kar Mun Phoon! Explore the Y2C digital platform here: www.nagyag.digital Y2C is supported by Create NSW's Audience Development Fund, a devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. #mgnswgrants #audiencedevelopmentfund #nagyag #y2c

Join us on the 19th of July at the Australian National Maritime Museum for a curated evening of talks tackling the theme Taking up the Challenge: Culture in the Face of Climate Change. What are the responsibilities of museums, galleries, and cultural organisations considering our changing climate, pressure on our natural environment and increasingly unpredictable and severe natural disasters…? Our speakers will present on the day-to-day challenges of minimising our environmental footprint, what other organisations are doing, and the unique role museums, galleries and creatives have in communicating with audiences and seeking solutions. Come along, catch up with colleagues and be inspired to take action in your organisation! To book your free ticket, visit https://events.humanitix.com/spark-2022 #mgnswevents #spark #takingupthechallenge

Mike Parr, Burning down the house