Tours
Wednesday 18 June tours
The ARC is pleased to partner with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Dangrove (Storage facility of White Rabbit Gallery) and Chau Chak Wing Museum, to offer in-person attendees guided tours of exhibition and storage spaces. Various tours will be offered from 2pm.
All tours have a limited number of registrations available. Tours can only be booked after conference registration fees have been paid. Tours are complimentary for conference attendees.
Tours will run at the following times:
2.00–3.00 pm – White Rabbit Gallery: Dangrove storage facility (tour of storage, capacity 120)
3.30–4.30 pm – Chau Chak Wing Museum (tour of storage, capacity 24)
OR
2.00–4.30 pm – Art Gallery of New South Wales (talk + tour of building, capacity 60)
Once you have successfully registered for the Conference, you will receive an invitation to register for these tours. Please select either two of the shorter tour and talks, or the longer tour and talk of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
White Rabbit Gallery: Dangrove storage facility
Dangrove integrates curatorial viewing areas, research facilities, and a performance space in a 10,000 square meter storage facility. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation, entirely funded by Judith Neilson, who is best known for White Rabbit Gallery and one of the world’s most significant holdings of twenty-first-century Chinese art. Neilson established Dangrove with a mission to care for her permanent collection, enable access to it, and support education and the appreciation of contemporary art. In Dangrove, Neilson has tried to build a facility that meets the highest standards in environmental conditions, security and collection care, while also fulfilling her ethos of architectural ambition, creativity and ingenuity.
Getting there
From Darling Harbour – 45-minute walk, 29-minute bus or train, or 11-minute Uber
From Central train station – 36-minute walk, 13-minute bus or train, or 9-minute Uber
Chau Chak Wing Museum
University Place, Camperdown NSW 2050
Join a collection storage tour at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Located on Gadigal land, the Chau Chak Wing Museum is a hub for sharing the University of Sydney’s extensive collections with the wider community. Officially opened in 2020, the Museum comprises three separate collections within one multidisciplinary institution. From First Nations culture, natural history collections, antiquities, and contemporary art works, the Museum’s collection embodies cultural and artistic creativity at its core and welcomes all communities to engage with the collections.
Getting there
From Darling Harbour – 27-minute walk, 20-minute bus, or 8-minute Uber
From Central train station – 26-minute walk, 15-minute bus ride, or 9-minute Uber
For more information on how to get there by foot, bus, train, light rail or car see CCWM’s webpage Getting Here.
Art Gallery of NSW
The Welcome Plaza at the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new SANAA-designed building, featuring Francis Upritchard ‘Here Comes Everybody’ 2022, photo © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter
Naala Badu tour
Explore Naala Badu’s display spaces through a registration lens within the landmark Sydney Modern Project expansion. This tour examines how these new exhibition areas address artwork handling, security, environmental controls and installation requirements, highlighting purpose-built features that support collection care while enabling innovative display practices across the Art Gallery’s significant architectural addition.
The tour will be followed by concurrent panel discussions in the Learning Studio, Naala Badu centred on the opening of the new building, followed by a talk on data driven approaches to support sustainable collection storage models.
Getting there
From Darling Harbour – 22-minute walk, 15-minute walk & 5-minute bus ride, or 10-minute Uber
From Central train station – 35-minute walk, 19-minute walk & 4-minute train ride, or 9-minute Uber
For more information on how to get there by foot, bus, train, light rail or car see AGNSW’s webpage Getting Here.
Conference Venue, 19 & 20 June 2025
Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray Street Darling Harbour,
Located in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, the Australian National Maritime Museum is the national centre for maritime collections, exhibitions, experiences and knowledge. It is the custodian of historic vessels and a cultural hub for Australian maritime heritage and contemporary stories of the sea. Built in 1991 the ANMM is the custodian of The National Maritime Collection of over 160,000 artefacts; and holds historic shipping records and rare publications in its Vaughan Evans Library. The Museum has multiple venues for corporate and social functions.
Getting there
From Sydney Domestic Airport Station – 17-minute Uber, or 11-minute City Circle train to Central Station then 10-minute Dulwich Hill light rail to Pyrmont Bay and ANMM
From Sydney International Airport Station – 13-minute City Circle train to Central Station then 10-minute Dulwich Hill light rail to Pyrmont Bay and ANMM
From Central train station – 10-minute walk & 10-minute light rail, or 7-minute Uber
From Sydney CBD – 15-minute walk, 20-minute bus, or 5-minute Uber
For helpful information on how to get there by foot, bus, train, light rail or car see ANMM’s webpage Visit the Museum.