Fair pay in Museums?
By Jim Richardson ‘Does your museum pay staff an amount that they can reasonably be expected to live on?’, that’s a question that I’ve been…
Announcing MuseumNext Australia 2018
MuseumNext is a global conference series on the future of museums. Since 2009, it has brought together museum leaders from around the world to ask ‘what’s…
Communicating the Social Impact of Museums
By Jim Richardson I would hope that anyone working in museums believes in the positive effect that they have. They change lives, enrich communities and makes our cities…
Why I’m looking forward to MuseumNext Europe
Amy Dale is a Curator at the Migration Museum, located in Adelaide, Australia. She attended her first MuseumNext in Edinburgh in 2011, when she was…
In Conversation with Shelley Bernstein
Shelley Bernstein is a renowned digital leader who tirelessly pushed the boundaries and challenged the traditional way of doing things with her groundbreaking work as…
10 things you’ll miss if you don’t come to MuseumNext
Next month MuseumNext Europe takes place in the Dutch city of Rotterdam with three days of speakers, workshops and networking. Now in it’s ninth year,…
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Mahuki: Challenging expectations of the role of museums
Melissa Firth Chief Digital Officer Te Papa Tongarewa For almost two decades, Te Papa has challenged expectations of what a museum can be. This year…
Artists take over the museum at night
Gill Nicol Director Audience Engagement MCA Australia Aileen Robalino ARTBAR and Public Programs Coordinator MCA Australia ARTBAR is a monthly sell-out artist-led museum experience, bringing…
Encouraging risk-taking in museums
Peter Mahony Education and Digital Learning Manager MAAS Karolina Novak Education Program Producer MAAS The re-opening of the Museum’s Discovery Centre (MDC), a large-scale multi-institution…