Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery

This effort will be undertaken by the Modern History Branch of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery.

This field operation will focus on searching for missing Americans in Northern Province, and occur in stages over the next few months.

Information of possible American grave sites, plane crashes or battlefield areas is particularly helpful and the United States Embassy encourages anyone who knows of possible missing Americans to contact the Modern History Branch at NMAG.

Dr Moutu took up the position as the director for PNG NMAG in 2010.

The Office of Tourism, Arts and Culture (OTAC) is now going through the process of advertising an appointment for the position.

Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Tobias Kulang has directed the Board of Trustees NMAG to submit a list of three candidates to be considered by the National Executive Council for an acting appointment.

Kulang said an acting appointee will be announced in the next few days.