Lighting Talk Abstract Museum Victoria has recently undertaken a review of pharmaceuticals and other scheduled poisons in the Humanities Collection. The collection is extensive, datingfrom the 1850s to today and includes a diverse array of products from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics, from pesticides through to industrial chemicals. This project has led to improved documentation, storage and […]
Lighting Talk Abstract The Australian Museum is currently undergoing a massive renewal program part of which is the development of a permanent Natural Science gallery. Hundreds of specimens have been selected from the vast collections for this gallery entitled ‘Wild Planet’ including both modern and historic taxidermy mounts. Falling victim to the vagaries of popular […]
Lightning Talk Abstract Co-authors Rebecca Cvetanoski and Hanna Sandgren In March 2015, two masters students from the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation at the University of Melbourne undertook treatment of a contemporary bark painting by Garawan Wanambi, an artist from the Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre in Yirrkala, Northern Territory. The paint layer was comprised of natural […]
Poster Forty Thousand Horsemen, a film focusing on Australian Light Horse’s Palestine campaign in World War I, was released in 1940. The film struck a chord with many everyday citizens at a time when their country was at war, breaking ticket sale records and proving popular both in Australia and overseas. Evidence of the film’s […]
Poster Cultural institutions have taken up web-based social networking to engage with audiences since its increased popularity during the 1990s. Most recently, the use of platforms such as Facebook©, Twitter©, Instagram© and blogs have been used to promote galleries, museums, libraries and archives. This form of contemporary campaigning for advocacy is important in the current […]