End of year picnic – Melbourne

newCardigan is joining our Victorian GLAMR friends again this year for a special end of year picnic on Saturday 14 December at Carlton Gardens! Check out the registration page and make sure you register so we know who to expect and can let you know if there is a change of plan due to weather […] Read the whole post...

Sale Water Tower Museum

Join newCardigan and Sale Historical Society member Michelle Page-Cook, local Historian Peter Synan OAM, and their contagious passion for the community’s history, at the Sale Water Tower Museum. Find out more… Read the whole post...

cardiParty 2019.10 Melbourne

Queen Victoria Women’s Centre The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre is an iconic Melbourne landmark that supports women through creative experiences, community resources and the power of connection. Find out more… Read the whole post...

cardiCast episode 62 – BrokenShips

Melbourne newCardigan cardiParty Recorded Live Our August Melbourne cardiParty was held at No Vacancy Gallery where the current exhibition is Museum of Broken Relationships. Gallery Manager, Hayley Haynes, and Gallery Assistant Roza Schenk, spoke to our biggest audience yet and shared a little about themselves, about No Vacancy Gallery and about the exhibition Museum of […] Read the whole post...

cardiParty 2019.09 Melbourne and AGM

Museum of Broken Relationships Have you had your heart broken? Join Hayley Haynes and Roza Schenk at No Vacancy Gallery for a special look at Museum of Broken Relationships. Then enjoy the romance of the newCardigan AGM that follows… Find out more… Read the whole post...

cardiParty 2019.08 Melbourne - Chinese Museum

Join a special behind-the-scenes tour of Melbourne’s Chinese Museum, with curator Ethel Villafranca Find out more… Read the whole post...

cardiCast Episode 60 – Matthew Coller – Temporal Earth

Melbourne newCardigan cardiParty Recorded Live Our July Melbourne cardiParty saw Matt Coller take us through a demo of Temporal Earth, a data visualisation of Australian colonial history. Time-machine.Earth combines a virtual globe with a multi-scale timeline to enable interactive exploration of cultural data throughout space and time. Matt took us on a brief tour through the […] Read the whole post...

cardiCast Episode 59 – Archie Boulter – Queer Town

Melbourne newCardigan cardiParty Recorded Live Our June Melbourne cardiParty was hosted by Archie Boulter, a Melbourne-based entrepreneur and LGBTIQA+ advocate, who shared their experiences creating “queer spaces” within the GLAM sector. Archie  discussed their recent efforts co-leading the establishment of LGBTIQA+ Advisory Groups across Museums Victoria (Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum & Scienceworks), as well as […] Read the whole post...

cardiParty 2019-07 Melbourne - Temporal Earth

Join Matt Coller to hear all about his fascinating digital humanities project Temporal Earth. Find out more… Read the whole post...

cardiCast Episode 57 – Dinosaurs with Wayne Gerdtz

Melbourne newCardigan cardiParty Recorded Live Our May Melbourne cardiParty was held at Melbourne Museum with Wayne Gerdtz – Information Officer in Museums Victoria’s Research & Collections Division – taking our cardies on a wander through 600 million years of life. Wayne was Curator for Melbourne Museum’s Science & Life Gallery redevelopment in 2009, delivering the […] Read the whole post...