Australian Museum gears up for most important show in its history
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Unsettled, the upcoming exhibition about colonisation seen through the eyes of First Nations people.
There’s a palpable buzz in the air as McBride and her team set up what the museum’s CEO Kim McKay calls the most important show the museum has ever done in its 194-year history.
McBride’s voice rings out loud and clear as she stops in front of one of the installations – one of many in the show that may have many people reeling back in shock. A wall-sized map of Australia is lit up in red, denoting where frontier massacres took place each year. In 1921, almost two-thirds of the continent is awash in red.
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Sydneyâs blockbuster King Tut show cancelled for good
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The treasures of King Tutankhamun will not stop in Sydney with confirmation the blockbuster tour, which was to have crowned the Australian Museumâs $57 million renovations, has been cancelled.
Postponed when COVID-19 hit, the exhibition of more than 150 objects from the Boy Kingâs tomb has returned to Cairo, Egypt.
The Australian Museumâs Pacific collections were moved out to make way for the King Tut exhibition.
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The Australian Museum said it had been working with IMG, the international company responsible for staging the exhibition, who had confirmed recently that the tour would not proceed âdue to the global impacts of COVID-19â.
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