Wishart, Alison
Arts Centre Melbourne
Australia
Alison Wishart has worked as a volunteer, curator and/or collection manager since 2002 at a variety of museums and libraries based in regional towns and capital cities in eastern Australia. Some of her roles have involved working for small specialist museums as the only paid staff member and working with museums in regional towns.She has a BA (Hons) from the University of Queensland and a Masters in Cultural Heritage (majoring in Museum Studies) from Deakin University.
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ArticlesIntroductionIn regional Australia and New Zealand, museums and art galleries are increasingly becoming primary sites of cultural engagement. They are one of the key tourist attractions for regional towns and expected to generate much needed tourism revenue. In 2017 in New South Wales alone, there were three...Read more