Photos invited to mark International Museums Day

Orange residents are being invited to take a photograph of themselves at the Orange Regional Museum in a campaign to mark ‘International Museums Day’

International Museums Day is being celebrated by the worldwide community of museums on and around May 18. This annual event is organised by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to promote awareness of museums and their role to keep safe and protect the heritage that lies both within and beyond their walls.

The residents of the Orange community are embracing the new Orange Regional Museum and its nearby cultural precinct, as a stunning addition to the city skyline and open space.

Since the precinct opened, there has been a steady stream of visitors enjoying the walk up the ramp and the view of the city from the grassed rooftop.

Many people continue to come to experience the view of the city from the top of the new building. Families and couples can be seen seated on the grassed slope enjoying the last of the autumn sunshine and having a picnic.

To celebrate the international day, Orange Regional Museum is inviting people to take a photograph of their friends or themselves showing some part of the museum structure (or nearby cultural landscape) in the background. Simply tag OrangeRegionalMuseum on Facebook or upload to the Museum’s face book page https://www.facebook.com/OrangeRegionalMuseum/ by midday 20 May 2016.

Alternatively photos can be emailed to the museum@orange.nsw.gov.au

Judging will be on imagination and creativity for a Winner and Runner up. Winners will be treated to a behind the scenes tour of the Orange Regional Museum.

This year the theme of the International Museums Day is ‘Museums and Cultural Landscapes’.

The aim is to acknowledge the responsibilities and connections of cultural organisations towards the landscapes where they are located. According to this vision the landscape is considered as the context – geographic, historical, economic, social and cultural - in which museums exist and operate.