Australian archivists may be interested in the following project to decolonise museum objects/narratives.

100 Histories of 100 Worlds in 1 Object

How many stories can a museum object have? Our departure point is the 2010 BBC Radio 4 programme (and subs

Quoting from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-24/sacred-aboriginal-objects-returned-to-central-australia/8736876

Sacred Aboriginal objects returned to Central Australia, century after collected by museums

ABC News - AM, by Steven Schubert, 24 July 20

For the full article, complete with video and audio files, please visit: ABC News

Nazi artefacts don't belong in a Holocaust museum, Sydney Jewish Museum historian says

The World Today 

By David Coady

VIDEO: The Nazi cache that could pin Hitler's missing

Beatles' passenger cards, Harold Holt's briefcase among National Archives' treasures on move

Updated yesterday at 12:21pm

PHOTO: The briefcase Harold Holt had with him on the day that he went missing at Portsea. (Supplied: National Archive

How cow pat came to symbolise women's defiance and become part of Museums Victoria collection

Updated Fri at 5:35pm

PHOTO: The official "icon" from the gathering was the irrigation shovel with the "accidental" co

Quoting from http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/quirky-things-owned-by-politicians-in-the-museum-of-australian-democracy-20160404-gnxjc2.html

Quirky things owned by politicians in the Museum of Australian Democracy

April 5 2016 - 8:38 PM

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Banners and the 2011 Madrid Protest Camp: Reading the Signs of Revolt

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Author: Julia Ramirez Blanco

Acampadasol, Madrid, 15 May-12 June, 2011. Photograph by Julio Albarrán CC

In May 2011, Madrid’s protest camp became the first