press kit - The International Council of Museums

Museum and Arts Gallery of the Northern Territories
Indigenous Art Curatorial talk and Tour (12.30pm - 1.30pm Curatorial Talk 1.30pm - 2.30pm Gallery Tour)
Educational programme.
Lunchtime Curatorial Talk “Memory, Museums and Milingimbi” by Dr Lousie Hamby, Research Fellow, ANU.
12.30 – 1.30pm, Wednesday 18 May 2011
Museum collections are an important part of not only remembering but maintaining culture. Discover how
historic objects from Milingimbi are becoming part of an active engagement with Aboriginal people and
museums in Australia and overseas.
Curatorial tour of the Indigenous Art Gallery
By Dr Christiane Keller, Senior Curator Aboriginal Art and Material Culture
13.30 – 14.30, Wednesday 18 May 2011
Explore the permanent collection with Dr Christiane Keller, Senior Curator of Aboriginal Art and Material
Culture at MAGNT.
Contact: Ms. Natalie Jenkins
Phone: 61 8 8999 8163
Email: natalie.jenkins@nt.gov.au
Address: PO Box 4646 – 800 Darwin, Australia
Website: www.magnt.nt.gov.au
AM Rosenblum Jewish Museum, the Great Synagogue
Treasures of the Great Synagogue (from 17 May 2011)
Openings, visit, exhibition.
$10 adults/$8 concession/ $5 children
For group bookings: +61 2 9267 2477
To celebrate Museum Day 2011 The Great Synagogue, the
oldest Jewish congregation in Australia, will be hosting the
exhibition Treasures of The Great Synagogue in the AM
Rosenblum Jewish Museum. As the first Jewish museum in
Australia, the AM Rosenblum Jewish Museum holds an
unusual and extensive range of material relating to the history
of Jewish worship in Australia. This new exhibition features a
variety of artefacts from our historic archives, museum and
synagogue collections as well as the Rabbi LA Falk Memorial
Library. Public tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon
(except on Jewish and Public Holidays).
Contact: Ms. Brittany Freelander
Phone: +61 2 9267 2477
Fax: +61 2 9264 8871
Email: museum@greatsynagogue.org.au
Address: 187a Elizabeth Street – 2000 Sydney, Australia
Website: www.greatsynagogue.org.au
The Great Beyond
Free Day and Extended Hours of All Exhibits (9am-4:30pm)
Free entry.
Laverton's Great Beyond museum will be hosting a free day and extended hours in honor of the International
Museum Day.
Contact: Ms. Anne Chapple
Phone: 61 08 9427 2270
Email: anne.chapple@museums.wa.gov.au
Address: Augusta Street, Laverton, WA Australia
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