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-An Update from our CEO This is my last blog for 2020 but is also my first as the permanently appointed CEO of the Museum, having been acting in an interim role over the past six months. We have had an incredibly busy few months which I’ll try and share as much about as possible about now. My favourite activity the Museum hosted over November was our first ever art competition. This was open to all primary school aged children in Australia and we were blown away with the numb

Welcome to this fourth blog I find myself writing as CEO of the Museum of Fire. Time has absolutely been flying and the last month has been no different. Our team here at the Museum are amongst the hardest working in not just Australia but the world and as always, I am so proud to work alongside them. Whether it is hosting speciality days at the Museum or attending official functions for Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) our team go above and beyond to represent the Museum in the

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Museum for History Week 2020! This was a new concept for the Museum but given the topic was “what is history good for?” we could hardly pass up the opportunity to showcase history as we continue to rebuild after the COVID closure and loss of our CEO Mark White. We had been rebuilding slowly but in the few weeks before History Week we were hit by the Government decision to halt all school excursions. Whilst we all understand and supp

It has been a very busy few weeks at the Museum as our team prepare for some upcoming special events and have taken part in some recent station openings. One of the lesser known activities of the Museum is our role as the official heritage partner to FRNSW. It is in this capacity that we act as heritage advisor to FRNSW when it comes to moveable heritage (the most common things being plaques, bells, appliances and even billiard tables) and preserving the history of both the b

Welcome to the Museum of Fire’s new blog! As the Museum’s newly appointed Interim CEO it gives me great joy to launch this wonderful project! Here at the Museum we receive numerous heritage inquiries and feedback relating to our historic posts we make on social media so we have decided to make some of our resources more accessible whilst also sharing some “behind the scenes” exclusives with you on a regular basis. I’ll pop in from time to time to share some of the recent acti