Media
Media contact
For media inquiries and opportunities please contact Emma Heath, Media Manager.
Phone: 0413 768 588 | Email: emma.heath@mhnsw.au
Media releases
MHNSW on Evenings (ABC Radio)
Museums of History NSW is featured regularly on the ABC Evenings program segment for interesting subjects regarding the history and heritage of our State. For your listening pleasure, please see links to previous interviews here.
Catch up
16 April
Heritage
Amy Keighran, Head of Heritage talks about Hyde park Barracks and why preserving heritage is so important.
2 April 2024
Learning in Museums
Our sites offer students the opportunity to learn about history in the places it happened. We explore how children make meaning in museums and connect with the past. And consider what approaches we take to Learning design.
Rebecca Kummerfeld, Learning Manager and Tamsin Birch, Learning Program Developer talks about our program and how we share our knowledge with others.
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19 March 2023
The State Archives Collection and the 1828 Census
The State Archives Collection at MHNSW is vast, comprising over 14 million items related to the history of NSW, its environment and the lives of its people.
Listen to Martyn Killion, Director of Collections introduce the State Archives Collection and the 1828 Census.
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5 March 2024
Food history
Hear Dr Jacqui Newling, Curator talk about cookbooks and recipes in the MHNSW Collections.
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20 February 2024
The People's House: Sydney Opera House at 50 exhibition
Dr Scott Hill, Curator talks about this exhibition that celebrates five decades of extraordinary performances and unforgettable moments at the Sydney Opera House.
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Thank you to our donors
We thank all our donors who contributed to the 2024 Annual Appeal: Engaging with History. With your generous support, MHNSW raised over $210,000, which will help to fund accessible learning programs, transportation subsidies for low socio-economic schools and free virtual learning events to help schoolchildren across NSW engage with history
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Memorable learning experiences at Elizabeth Farm
At Museums of History NSW, we strive to create memorable and meaningful experiences for school students – bringing history to life in the places where it happened
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Significance matters
As part of an ongoing partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW, our Curatorial and Digital teams have been hard at work making a suite of vocational videos that explore the importance of assessing and communicating the significance of museum collections
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Jenolan Caves in the State Archives Collection
We are donning our speleological hard hats and highlighting digitised material relating to Jenolan Caves held in the State Archives Collection