Libraries, Museums and Galleries

Sydney's Powerhouse Museum has closed its doors for renovation and will not reopen for another three years.

Authorities are standing by the three-year closure, arguing the fixes to the building are urgent, but critics say it is unjustified without an approved development application and community consultation.

Many Tasmanians fondly remember Mole Hill Fantasy — a popular 1980-90s attraction for locals and tourists alike. We look into what happened to it.

With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.

The acclaimed British artist trades tennis balls and tattoos while unveiling his signature work at the National Gallery of Victoria.

The tale of the Titanic and what happened on that evening almost 112 years since an "unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage is being told in a new exhibition.

Michael Gill dedicated nearly four decades of his life to building a miniature version of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a cocktail cabinet, but the ongoing threat of bushfires means it needs a safe home where the public can enjoy it.

Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi were renowned in the 16th-century art world, but their achievements were written out of history. A new exhibition lifts the curtain on their extraordinary works. 

Holden enthusiasts are mourning the impending closure of the original Holden museum, which has been a popular drawcard in the Murray River town of Echuca for many years. 

An outback library service provides a sense of connection to remote residents living hundreds of kilometres from any town.

Dinner gongs, corned beef and pyjama parties — this is how people used to holiday to escape Adelaide's oppressive summer heat.

The remains of two Tongan males stored in the Australian Museum's collection in Sydney have been repatriated to their present-day descendants and laid to rest in a royal funeral service attended by hundreds.

The death of a suspected fin whale has provided the Australian Museum with what could be only the third set of tissue samples gathered from the species in almost 200 years.

Hundreds of photographs captured during the 1800s and 1900s have been found in a suitcase on the New South Wales Central Coast after being hidden for nearly a century.

Ten artists were tasked with getting to know the communities in regional Western Australia and produce artwork that both challenged and reflected the places they visited. Here's what they came back with.

For more than a decade, the Tweed Regional Museum in northern New South Wales tried to solve a red-letter anagram. Here's how they finally cracked it.

From Skippy the Bush Kangaroo to the cap worn by ACDC's Angus Young, the National Film and Sound Archive is taking a trip down memory lane.

Toy Libraries Australia expects memberships will rise further in the lead-up to Christmas, as families look for ways to keep costs down.

Sale's clock tower is a replica of the original tower, which featured as part of the post office built in 1886, and thanks to a group of dedicated clock winders, locals witness a timely part of history each day.

The artists and manager of an Indigenous art collective accused of inappropriately intervening in Aboriginal art, say the government's failure to close the investigation is causing ongoing trauma to artists and damage to the industry.

Picasso's Guernica is displayed in a gallery devoted to conflict. In time perhaps Mike Parr's work should be seen in that context of war art too: painted "blind", messy and dangerous but holding up a mirror to a brutal conflict that none of us can close our eyes to, writes Virginia Trioli.

For 10 years Mathew Trinca steered the museum into calmer waters and broader perspectives which reflect the threads of our colonial, Indigenous and multicultural history.

Have you ever wondered what the hook used to pull a brain through the nostrils of a person being mummified looks like? Or an actual mummified body, itself? Now's your chance to see both those things — and over 200 other ancient Egyptian artefacts, right here in Australia.

With protests seemingly becoming a fixture of contemporary Melbourne life, a new exhibition reflects on a formative era in Victoria's protest history.