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ACT Museums and Galleries is an administrative unit of the Cultural Facilities Corporation (CFC).

The latter was established under the Cultural Facilities Corporation Act 1997 for the purpose of managing and developing a number of the ACT’s major cultural assets: the Canberra Theatre; the Canberra Museum and Gallery; the Nolan Collection and ACT Historic Places (Lanyon, Calthorpes’ House and Mugga Mugga). The Corporation’s responsibilities span across the performing arts, the visual arts, social history and cultural heritage management.

Consisting of the Canberra Museum and Gallery, the Nolan Collection and ACT Historic Places (Lanyon, Calthorpes’ House and Mugga Mugga), ACT Museums and Galleries delivers a range of cultural services to the community in providing activities such as exhibitions, public and education programs, and through collecting, conserving and presenting significant aspects
of the ACT’s cultural heritage.

Peter Haynes
Director
ACT Museums and Galleries

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CMAG Collection Series: Social History

Canberra Museum and Gallery

Exhibition officially opened 20 April

Upon entry into the CMAG permanent collection an object’s original purpose and individual connections are overlaid with new relevance as museum objects. Their new voice speaks to all who gather objects of memory. This exhibition is selected from the social history collection. It acknowledges the objects original purpose and explores our need to keep things as evidence of experience.

Listen to Petronella Wensing

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Cost: Free

Upstairs Gallery 5