Tag: Libraries, museums and galleries
Council bid to result in museum relocation
The Coffs Harbour Regional Museum will soon have a new home after the local council bought the local heritage listed police station and courthouse.[MORE]
Officials to stand trial over Van Gogh theft
Eleven employees of the Egyptian culture ministry are to stand trial in connection with the theft of a Vincent Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum last month. [MORE]
Exhibition to celebrate 20 Wiggly years
Powerhouse Museum in Sydney to develop an exhibition in celebration of The Wiggles' 20th anniversary.[MORE]
Bendigo secures world-first wedding exhibit
Bendigo to host a world-first exhibition of wedding dresses from London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2011.[MORE]
Council defends director's sacking
The Launceston City Council has defended its decision to dismiss the director of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. [MORE]
Deputy nabs Portrait Gallery's top job
The Federal Government has appointed a new director of the National Portrait Gallery.[MORE]
Gallery honours wealthy donors
Part of the new exhibition space at the National Gallery of Australia will be named in honour of a couple who donated $7 million to the project.[MORE]
Egypt plans command centre to protect antiquities
Egypt plans to implement a security command centre to its protect vast cultural and archaeological riches.[MORE]
Paint dries on art acquisition fund
Three works by artist Mary Scott have been purchased by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery with funding from the State Government.[MORE]
Space to ponder the wild blue yonder
A monumental new art installation celebrating light and nature has been unveiled at the National Gallery.[MORE]
National Gallery unveils ancestral Asian art
The National Gallery's Life, Death And Magic exhibition celebrates ancestral art from South East Asia.[MORE]
Christie's sued over 150-year-old drawings
The city of New York is suing Christie's auction house for the return of architectural drawings dating back to 1860.[MORE]
Launceston museum boss sacked
The Launceston City Council has sacked the director of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery.[MORE]
Museum head fights for job
The head of Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery has vigorously denied allegations he failed to deal with workplace bullying and harassment. [MORE]
Whittling hobby takes wings
A lifelong wood carving hobby has put Ted Barraclough's Australian birds in the spotlight.[MORE]
Launceston museum meeting over director
Management at Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery will meet staff this morning over the possible departure of the organisation's director. [MORE]
Museum head tipped to roll
Divisions within Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery could see the departure of the organisation's director. [MORE]
Valentino exhibit paints Brisbane red
One hundered of Valentino Garavani's wearable works of art are on show at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art.[MORE]
Bligh lauds Qld's cultural tourism revolution
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has declared her state to be at the heart of a "cultural tourism revolution".[MORE]
100,000 flock to Burton exhibition
The inventive mind of Hollywood filmmaker Tim Burton has captured the imaginations of more than 100,000 people since an exhibition of his work opened in Melbourne five weeks ago.[MORE]
Youth self portrait prize announced
Young Sydney based artist Bridget Mac has won the the National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010 for her self portrait titled masculine/feminine.[MORE]
Winton dinosaur museum could be 'world's best'
Work is about to begin on stage two of a multi-million-dollar dinosaur museum in western Queensland. [MORE]
Glass creation wins Waterhouse art prize
Artist Nikki Main has won this year's Waterhouse Natural Art History Prize.[MORE]
Man injured in museum fall
A man has been taken to hospital after spending more than two hours trapped in a pit the Melbourne Museum[MORE]
State libraries stretched to limit
There are concerns about Tasmania's ageing State Libraries because of budget cuts and a lack of space.[MORE]
