Full Name
Rebecca Coronel
Job Title
Head of Collection Preservation
Organisation
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)
Speaker Bio
Rebecca Coronel heads the Collection Preservation branch of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). She joined the NFSA in 2018, initially leading property strategy, and now coordinates functions that ensure the preservation and digitisation of the collection, including collection management, conservation and digitisation.
Rebecca has 20 years’ experience in public-centred roles in national collecting institutions in Australia. She started her career in the visitor services team at Questacon – National Science and Technology Centre. She spent 16 years at the National Museum of Australia, training the first visitor services team for opening in 2001, and for over a decade managed exhibitions, interpretative projects, partnerships and redevelopment of permanent galleries. Rebecca also worked in the Office for the Arts managing a range of funding programs to support national outreach and implementation of the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act.
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management and a Master of Arts, Cultural Leadership. She is an alumni of the Oxford Cultural Leaders Program.
Rebecca has 20 years’ experience in public-centred roles in national collecting institutions in Australia. She started her career in the visitor services team at Questacon – National Science and Technology Centre. She spent 16 years at the National Museum of Australia, training the first visitor services team for opening in 2001, and for over a decade managed exhibitions, interpretative projects, partnerships and redevelopment of permanent galleries. Rebecca also worked in the Office for the Arts managing a range of funding programs to support national outreach and implementation of the Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Act.
Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, a Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage Management and a Master of Arts, Cultural Leadership. She is an alumni of the Oxford Cultural Leaders Program.
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