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A woman wearing blue latex gloves is inspecting a collection of memorabilia. She is standing in an aisle of a large storage warehouse.

Sophie Jensen

Senior curator Dr Sophie Jensen leads the Curatorial team at the National Museum of Australia.

Sophie has curated exhibitions including Rare Trades, Miss Australia: A Nation’s Quest and Happy Birthday Play School and was part of the team that developed the Eternity gallery.

Sophie was pivotal in negotiations for the acquisition of the Trevor Kennedy Collection of rare and remarkable Australiana and has worked with Lindy Chamberlain over many years to develop the Museum's collection.

In 2020, Sophie won the Director's Award for Excellence at the National Museum.

Portrait of Cheryl Crilly.

Cheryl Crilly

Cheryl Crilly is a senior curator at the National Museum, responsible for creative, content and collection development across a range of projects and programs. She has an interest in migration, fashion and textile histories and stories that amplify the influence of women in Australian society and culture.

Cheryl was part of the team that developed the Eternity and Journeys gallery and the Springfield-Faithfull family collection. She has worked on exhibitions including Feared and Revered: Feminine Power through the Ages and Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes with the British Museum and The Art of Science: Baudin's Voyages 1800–1804 with the South Australian Museum.

Portrait of Craig Middleton.

Craig Middleton

Craig Middleton is a senior curator with wide-ranging interests in Australian social histories, LGBTIQ+ histories, and digital-born and social media collecting.

His commitment to inclusion has informed his work in museums through the creation of tours, programs, exhibitions and research. He is a widely-published author and his work includes Queering the Museum (2019), co-authored with Dr Nikki Sullivan.

Craig has curated contemporary collecting initiatives including for the 2019–20 Australian bushfires and Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in the award-winning Momentous digital project.

Martha Sear

Martha Sear

Dr Martha Sear is a senior curator at the National Museum.

Martha led the Curatorial team that developed the Great Southern Land gallery which opened at the Museum in 2022 and also worked on the Journeys and Landmarks galleries.

Martha was previously a curator at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum and the five museums in Hay, New South Wales.

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