Museums of History NSW, the primary custodian and advocate of the state\u2019s cultural history, has a new CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for the Arts John Graham said the successful candidate, Ms Annette Pitman, brings a breadth of experience in heritage preservation, activation and storytelling across public, private and not-for-profit sectors to the role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Chief Executive of Create NSW for the last two and a half years, Ms Pitman led the revitalisation of Sydney\u2019s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, The Gunnery and many other significant cultural spaces and oversaw the development of the state\u2019s first Arts, Culture and Creative Industries policy, Creative Communities<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a proven track record in arts, heritage and cultural leadership, Ms Pitman is well equipped to elevate Museums of History NSW in its mission to preserve and share the stories of our state through places, collections and archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Pitman will commence in the role on 14 October, 2024. \u201cThe Museums of History NSW has an important role to play in collecting and celebrating our state\u2019s cultural history across the vast archives and records, historic houses, museums and collections previously in the care of the Sydney Living Museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would like to congratulate Annette on her appointment to the role. I look forward to working together to deliver on the Government\u2019s priorities for the sector and people of NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI am excited about the next chapter of this important organisation under Annette\u2019s leadership, leveraging the successes and partnerships she has built across the NSW creative sector to further the mission of Museums of History.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI would also like to thank Mary Darwell for acting in the role for the past sixteen months, and commend her for the excellent contribution she made during her interim tenure. Mary led with care and integrity during Museums of History NSW\u2019s important establishment phase, placing the community at the heart of its work. She leaves a substantial legacy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n About Museums of History NSW:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Museums of History NSW, the primary custodian and advocate of the state\u2019s cultural history, has a new CEO. Minister for the Arts John Graham said the successful candidate, Ms Annette Pitman, brings a breadth of experience in heritage preservation, activation and storytelling across public, private and not-for-profit sectors to the role. As Chief Executive of … Continue reading “Annette Pitman appointed CEO of Museums of History NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29324,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29323\/revisions\/29324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Minister for the Arts John Graham said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n