
A Greek odyssey: Hellenism and repatriation
29 Mar 2021
Curator Kim Tao relates the story of Emanuel John Comino AM, a tireless campaigner for the restitution of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain to Greece.
Read moreDiscover stories behind the latest exhibitions, fascinating explorations into maritime science and archaeology, and the surprising details of what happens inside (and outside) a modern working museum.
29 Mar 2021
Curator Kim Tao relates the story of Emanuel John Comino AM, a tireless campaigner for the restitution of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain to Greece.
Read more16 Dec 2020
In 2001, Mona Hussain (born 1969) left her family, friends and a successful career in London to begin a new life in Australia with her American-born husband Mark (Dexter) Duncan.
Read more15 Dec 2020
Since the Empathy Museum was founded by Roman Krznaric in 2015, its inaugural project A Mile in my Shoes has travelled to more than 35 locations across the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as New York, Denver, São Paulo, Perth and Melbourne. Now it is Sydney’s turn to host the pop-up storytelling exhibition that allows visitors to step into someone else’s shoes and discover their story.
Read more17 Nov 2020
This week marks the 151st anniversary of a great historic coincidence – the opening of the Suez Canal and the launch of the British tea clipper Cutty Sark.
Read more16 Nov 2020
Eleven years ago today, the Australian government made a long-awaited national apology to the thousands of former child migrants whose lives were impacted by government-sponsored child migration schemes.
Read more12 Oct 2020
There are more than 10,000 objects in the museum’s collection relating to Australia’s rich immigration history. But the museum is also committed to contemporary collecting about immigration. Curator Kim Tao discusses three new acquisitions that explore the art of making through activism and sustainable socially engaged design.
Read more07 Sep 2020
Yesterday marked 80 years since the hired military transport Dunera sailed into Pyrmont, Sydney. To mark the 80th anniversary, we look at the story of the late Henry Lippmann OAM and his journey on this infamous voyage.
Read more28 Aug 2020
Against the backdrop of the Communist Revolution in China, the Wilson family made a temporary migration from Northern Ireland that would lead to their permanent home in Australia.
Read more16 Jul 2020
Twelve men, seven nationalities, three rafts, six months and one epic 14,000-kilometre trans-Pacific voyage. Curator Kim Tao interviews Luis Guevara from the 1973 Las Balsas expedition, which completed a record-breaking crossing of the Pacific Ocean from Ecuador to Australia on three balsa-wood rafts.
Read more24 Feb 2020
Explore the relationship between love and migration through the stories of Japanese and Australian war brides.
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