As coronavirus transforms the country before our eyes, cultural institutions are trying to record what is happening in real time, as part of a movement towards constructing ‘social histories’. But, as Lauren Carroll Harris reports, Australian museums are hampered by a lack of a national vision for how to conduct arts and culture in the country. 

Guest: Contributor to The Saturday Paper Lauren Carroll Harris.

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Museums collecting Covid-19 objects in The Saturday Paper

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