Museums
Should you choose board members by wallet size?
The pressure on board members to write large cheques may prevent arts organisations accessing valuable talent.
Forget work-life balance: bring on the nap couch
After a decade of trying to find work-life balance, arts workers are discovering there's a better way.
Aussies make it into Museum Dance Off 2016
Forget Eurovision - four Australian museums are contending in the Museum Dance Off, which shows staffers are not as stiff…
Funeral planners look to art to replace religion
A third of Australians don't align themselves with religion when they are alive so there's a big market for an…
Recording the experience, not just the numbers
Brand, innovation, risk, and legacy are the real contributors to record-breaking audiences numbers in our galleries.
Major cultural institutions can’t afford to do their job
‘Efficiency dividends’ have sliced so much from our major cultural institutions they can't provide proper access to cultural heritage.
Has the gallery shop gone too far?
There is an argument brewing that the pendulum has swung too far in the creation of arty merchandise in our…
Visitor numbers don’t give the full picture
The numbers show that we need to find better systems for reading museum attendance and engagement.
The future of audience research
While data scientists and data visualisation may be the future of analysing research, the skill remains in talking to people.
National Trust receives largest gift in 70-year history
James Fairfax has gifted the heritage property Retford Park to the National Trust of Australia, a property with integral links…