Museums & Galleries

Every year, the M&G NSW Board travels to a regional part of NSW to meet the people behind the museums and galleries we support, hearing firsthand about their work for their communities and the challenges they face. This year, the Board and some of our staff visited the Hunter Region, meeting staff and volunteers at:

02-External The Art Gallery of New South Wales has a four crates to give away to museums or galleries. The Art Gallery of New South Wales will not be responsible for moving or transportation; the recipient must arrange transport. Contact Valentina Penkova Assistant Registrar, Collection Storage and Logistics Valentina.Penkova@ag.nsw.gov.au 02-Internal 03 External 04 External 04-Internal 06-External 06-Internal

South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Artist David Rosetzky keynote lecture, April 2026. Presented in collaboration with FLING Physical Theatre. Photo by Marcus Ward Curran Museums & Galleries of NSW congratulates the recipients of the Audience Development Fund for 2026.

After many years of working in close collaboration, Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) and Regional & Public Galleries of NSW (RPGNSW) have recently signed an agreement to enter into a more formal partnering arrangement. RPGNSW is a member-based peak organisation representing 49 publicly funded galleries across regional and metropolitan NSW, including public galleries, contemporary art spaces and art museums.

Expression of Interest – Management Regional Arts Centre Artist impression of the new regional theatre looking back to the River Room Clarence Valley Council is inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified operators to manage its new regional arts centre set to officially open in mid-2027.

Museums of History NSW (MHNSW) and Museums & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) have formalised a renewed partnership agreement that will strengthen support for museums and galleries across New South Wales. The agreement builds on a long and productive history of collaboration between the two organisations and reflects a shared commitment to building the capacity of the state’s cultural sector, particularly in regional communities.

Dennis Golding | POWER – The Future is Here installation View, SECCA, Photo, Courtesy SECCA, Jun 2026 This NAIDOC Week, Museums & Galleries of NSW celebrates the strength, creativity and cultural leadership of First Nations artists and curators featured across our national touring exhibitions program. Through powerful contemporary artworks, these exhibitions invite audiences to engage with diverse First Nations perspectives, histories and connections to Country.

The first round of the 2026 Volunteer Museum Grant Program, administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW, was assessed on 27 May 2026 by an independent three-member assessment panel. The panel considered 21 applications from volunteer-run museums and Aboriginal cultural centres across New South Wales, awarding funding to 13 organisations.

Time Portal transforms a historic jail cell into an immersive digital artwork. What inspired you to reinterpret this unique museum space, and how did the museum’s collection shape the final installation? Suzannah Jones: I first came across the historic cell three years ago while working on another project at Scone Museum and immediately saw its potential. It was being used as storage at the time, but the museum members had already been thinking about activating the space publicly.

The State Library of NSW has a number of exhibition tables to give away to a museum or gallery. They must be collected by the 3rd of June, and the library will not be responsible for moving or transportation; the recipient must arrange transport.