Candace Richards is Assistant Curator, Nicholson Collection for the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Candace’s research interests bring together ancient world studies with contemporary museum practice to re-evaluate how and why collections were formed and explore the ways historic collections can offer new insights into human endeavour.Elizabeth Minchin is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the Australian National University. For many years she was Honorary Curator of the ANU Classics Museum, using it extensively in her teaching and overseeing its programme of outreach engagement. She retains a strong interest in antiquities collections and their value, and role, in today’s world.

• 1. Perspectives from Afar; 2. From Antefix to Oenochoe: The Provenance History of the Mediterranean Collection at Auckland War Memorial Tāmaki Paenga Hira; 3. Ancient Coins in Australian Collections; 4. The Origin of the Australian Institute of Archaeology Collection and its Purpose Past, Present, and Future; 5. The Egyptian Collection at the Australian Museum 6. ‘A Few Scraps of Pottery and Papyrus’: From Antiquities Collection to Museum at The University of Queensland, circa 1950–1975; 7. Time and Technology: The Ancient Mediterranean at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney; 8. Objects from a University’s Antiquities Collection Enhance Ancient World Studies in a Purpose-Built Environment: The Case of Arts West at the University of Melbourne; 9. To See the World in a Marble Toe: The Graeme Clarke Teaching Collection at the Australian National University’s Classics Museum; 10. Numismatics and the Currency of Online Access; 11. Mind the Gap! The Tyranny of Distance for Museum Engagement: UNEMA’s Significance 2.0; 12. Bridging the distance between Herakles and Pokémon; 13. An Evolving University Museum Paradigm: Broadening Participation with the Mediterranean Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney; 14. Subjective Objects: Using Museum Collections as Catalysts for Social Well-Being and Identity Exploration; 15. Reimagining Greco-Roman Art in Colour: A Screen-Based Exhibition Interactive at the National Museum of Australia; 16. Contemporary Antiquities: Exploring Engagements; 17. Italian Restitution and the Australian National University’s Classics Museum: Realities and Opportunities; 18. Innovative Approaches to Caring for Ancient Egyptian Mummified Human Remains at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney; 19. The Use of Tikanga in Caring for Egyptian Mummified Remains in Aotearoa New Zealand; 20. Distribution Guide to the Mediterranean Collections of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia

Candace Richards is Assistant Curator, Nicholson Collection for the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Candace’s research interests bring together ancient world studies with contemporary museum practice to re-evaluate how and why collections were formed and explore the ways historic collections can offer new insights into human endeavour.Elizabeth Minchin is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the Australian National University. For many years she was Honorary Curator of the ANU Classics Museum, using it extensively in her teaching and overseeing its programme of outreach engagement. She retains a strong interest in antiquities collections and their value, and role, in today’s world.

• 1. Perspectives from Afar; 2. From Antefix to Oenochoe: The Provenance History of the Mediterranean Collection at Auckland War Memorial Tāmaki Paenga Hira; 3. Ancient Coins in Australian Collections; 4. The Origin of the Australian Institute of Archaeology Collection and its Purpose Past, Present, and Future; 5. The Egyptian Collection at the Australian Museum 6. ‘A Few Scraps of Pottery and Papyrus’: From Antiquities Collection to Museum at The University of Queensland, circa 1950–1975; 7. Time and Technology: The Ancient Mediterranean at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney; 8. Objects from a University’s Antiquities Collection Enhance Ancient World Studies in a Purpose-Built Environment: The Case of Arts West at the University of Melbourne; 9. To See the World in a Marble Toe: The Graeme Clarke Teaching Collection at the Australian National University’s Classics Museum; 10. Numismatics and the Currency of Online Access; 11. Mind the Gap! The Tyranny of Distance for Museum Engagement: UNEMA’s Significance 2.0; 12. Bridging the distance between Herakles and Pokémon; 13. An Evolving University Museum Paradigm: Broadening Participation with the Mediterranean Collections at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney; 14. Subjective Objects: Using Museum Collections as Catalysts for Social Well-Being and Identity Exploration; 15. Reimagining Greco-Roman Art in Colour: A Screen-Based Exhibition Interactive at the National Museum of Australia; 16. Contemporary Antiquities: Exploring Engagements; 17. Italian Restitution and the Australian National University’s Classics Museum: Realities and Opportunities; 18. Innovative Approaches to Caring for Ancient Egyptian Mummified Human Remains at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney; 19. The Use of Tikanga in Caring for Egyptian Mummified Remains in Aotearoa New Zealand; 20. Distribution Guide to the Mediterranean Collections of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia