The Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies promotes and develops critical heritage and museum studies as an interdisciplinary area of academic analysis and practice. We integrate research into practice and policy with a critical examination of the social, cultural and political ‘work’ that heritage does in society.

The Centre hosts several senior staff who are at the forefront of theoretical and critical developments in heritage and museum studies, as well as early and mid-career researchers and emeritus, adjunct and visiting scholars, who all contribute to the Centre’s dynamic environment and culture of research excellence. Our Centre staff have area expertise in diverse geographic regions, including: Australia, Europe, Malaysia, China, Thailand, North and South America and the Pacific.