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Opening in the Power Gallery from Saturday 7 October, 'Tidal Kin' reclaims the stories of eight Pacific Islander visitors to Sydney during the 18th and 19th centuries. Find out more: bit.ly/3LsYKDi

14 years ago today ARCA joined twitter and began publically identifying and preventing opportunities for the trafficking of culture. If you have found our content helpful, why not share this post with your followers and ask them to follow along with us.

"For a long time, I didn't know how to talk about a piece of furniture." See my review of Global Objects. Toward a Connected Art History, by Edward S. Cooke Jr. Princeton University. Published in The Art Bulletin, vol. 15, 3. tandfonline.com/eprint/E8P8X45…

A fascinating reflection on the history of the web in Australia by @assemblingweb 👇🏽 Such a shame that so much of this history has been lost or has become difficult to access - which is why we need to support Trove, Internet Archive & other archives of the early web!🏛️

Interesting new blog out today about the benefits and positives of deaccessioning collections natsca.blog/2023/09/28/dea…

This #InternationalPodcastDay you could listen to some of the amazing people I’ve been honoured to interview about their favourite museum item in Chau Chak Wing Museum’s Object Matters podcast! sydney.edu.au/museum/news/po…

"What was once considered a miracle material, so versatile, tough and easily dyed in a searing array of technicolour hues, has come to haunt Lego" A fascinating reflection from Chris Baraniuk WIRED on the role of reuse and circular economies in reducing environmental impact 👇🏽

Published today, this book - authored by the inimitable Bob Janes - offers a hard-hitting appraisal of the role museums can play in the face of looming societal collapse: routledge.com/Museums-and-So… Routledge History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology Routledge Books #museums #societalcollapse

Periodic reminder: Before digitization, before access, before anything and everything comes cataloguing. Usually no one appreciates the unglamorous, tedious work that goes on behind the scenes to make things accessible. So: Fund basic archival processing!!!

Very excited to share registration details for the below lecture that the brilliant Stacey Pierson SOAS University of London will be presenting next week, capping off the Sydney Asian Art Series for 2023! 👇🏽 🕒Thursday 12 October, 6.30-8pm (AEST) 🗺️Online and open to all powerinstitute.org.au/events/man-who…

[Open Access] The India Museum Revisited, Arthur MacGregor. London: UCL Press, 2023 Info: ow.ly/B43j50PTzLo

Excited that my book Picture-Work: How Libraries, Museums, and Stock Agencies will be direct-to-open-access as of the pub date Nov 21, along with many other fantastic titles. Grateful to be sharing scholarship through this program The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social

"Behind every stolen work or fragment lies a piece of history, identity and humanity that has been wrenched from its custodians, rendered inaccessible to research, and now risks falling into oblivion" Audrey Azoulay A great project UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, and a great thread by Dr Priya Atwal! 👇🏽

Podcast alert! The latest episode of the Chau Chak Wing Museum podcast Object Matters is live now. I was delighted to chat with Dr Angel Viloria about his recent research into the historic butterfly collections in the museum & identification of type specimens audioboom.com/posts/8381830-…

📚🧵 1/3 Just finished reading Suzanne L. Marchand's essential historical survey of the porcelain industry in Central Europe/Germany from the 18th century to the present Princeton University Press and would highly recommend for anyone interested in ceramics, industrial history, or both!

While interning at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Art Curating student Ksenia examined the artistic evolution in ancient coins and refined her podcasting skills. ➡️Read more about the formative work-integrated learning experience here: sydney.edu.au/arts/news-and-…

The Master of Art Curating is your ticket to a fulfilling career in the arts sector. Our Q&A page provides you with all the information you need. Click banner below. sydney.edu.au/arts/study/pos… GLAM@Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences