Re-thought, refitted and reopening: 3 museums for change
The new WA Museum, the Chau Chak Wing Museum, and major refurbishments to the Australia Museum are all unveiled this week – forever altering Australia's cultural landscape.
There are moments on the cultural landscape that feel seismic. This is one of those weeks.
The long awaited WA Museum – a new signature venue for Perth – will open its doors, as does the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney – which rethinks the past in educating a next generation, while the Australian Museum (also in Sydney) reveals a major facelift to receive the world’s great blockbuster and catapult audience engagement to a new level.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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