Chemical clues to the mystery of what's coating Stradivari's violins ... growing up, mine was definitely not a Stradivarius ... Obviously that was the issue 😁 sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

Looking forward to reading this one! Told the kids it's on the Xmas list 😉 #HigherEducation #UniversityMuseums #Materiality #Knowledge #GlobalPractice routledge.com/The-Museums-an…

Wireless earphones work as inexpensive hearing aids sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

Think the PSYCHSCIENCES@MQ #TestLibrary move might be just a weee bit cheaper / smaller scale than this one ... Done a few collection moves in my time, but awfully glad this isn't one of them 😃 Museum of London packs up for £250 mn move msn.com/en-au/news/wor…

Time to get writing... the Call for Papers is open

Deadline extended! 📣 Due to a high number of requests from delegates, we have extended the submission deadline for the 2023 University Museums conference from Friday 16 December 2022 to Tuesday 31 January 2023. Visit our website to submit your abstract now 🔗 sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-o…

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Taken more than 100 years ago, how many more remain hidden in #universitymuseums abc.net.au/news/2022-12-2… #bringthemhome

ok, going thru what seems truck load of photos & scanning them. Sadly Uncle wrote on none them. Trying to work out who the woman is. Look familiar to anyone??

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Frederick McCubbin’s descendants back protesters who defaced artwork theguardian.com/culture/2023/j…

Did you know, on the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean 2000 km off west coast of Africa, there's a thriving naturalised population of Australian Golden Everlasting Paper Daisies - Dating back to Napoleon's exile #PlantoftheWeek #DowningHerbarium

A fav... vimeo.com/253135841?fbcl…

Looking forward to Knowledgeable Object 2.0 ! @EveGuerry Andrew Simpson Chau Chak Wing Museum

#UMAC2023 is almost here! in-person registrations are sold out ... looks like online registrations still available though! pay.sydney.edu.au/V2Y/booking?UD…

We are off and running in the Knowledgeable Object symposium today at Chau Chak Wing Museum A full day of discussion of object based learning techniques and educational opportunities with cultural material #OBL

'A Cultural Cacophony' papers from the 2015 Museums Galleries Australia and the 2011 NSW MA conferences edited by me and Gina Hammond recently vanished from the revamped #AMaGA website, now available via ResearchGate researchgate.net/publication/37…

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 🌎 Museum International & General Conference Dubai 2025: Youth, Intangible Heritage and New Technologies in Museums 👉 #ICOM is interested in receiving a diverse range of submissions 🗓 Deadline is 7 August 2024 icom.museum/en/news/call-f…

For all my colleagues traveling down the M2 each day to #MQ university. Don't forget, Toll Relief Claims close 30 June 2024 ... It was a nice little surprise for me :) service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/cl… #TollRelief

"The scale of habitat destruction in Queensland and New South Wales – states where the #koala is formally recognised as at risk of extinction – has continued despite political promises it would be protected." theguardian.com/australia-news… - wwf.org.au/news/2025/dram… #brokenpromises