Fears museums split would damage lobbying power

A new peak body could leave both galleries and museums weakened, argues Museums Australia.
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Last week public galleries proposed a split from Museums Australia, due to concerns the peak body does not adequately represent galleries.

But President Frank Horwarth told ArtsHub this week he hopes such discussion will enable the galleries to remain in the museums fold, because he fears a separation would reduce the sectors lobbying power.

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Madeleine Dore
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Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator