Western Australian Museum. Hackett Hall and cantilever. Scheduled to open November 2020. Photo: Michael Haluwana, Aeroture.
What do the WA Museum, the Australian Museum, ACMI, The Science Gallery, Chau Chak Wing Museum, the Australian War Memorial and Powerhouse Museum all have in common? They are either starting or concluding major multi-million dollar building projects in 2020.
What that says is that the Museum sector is well patronized and visitor need are growing, plus that the sector is well supported. Successful programming has a lot to do with that.
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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