On Thursday 23 July I attended New directions in making history at the State Library of Victoria, part of the Making public histories seminar series. After the presentations the discussion was opened up to the floor. The first contribution (which was taken… Continue Reading →
As soon as I publish this post I’m going to head over to Twitter and send out the link with my 20,000th tweet. Here was my first. Accurate, but otherwise not an auspicious start. Those who follow me will also note I’m… Continue Reading →
This is a continuation of Museums, collections and history – Part 1 of 2 The first cross-institutional exhibition mounted by Museum of Victoria was the ‘Story of Victoria’ which opened in 1984, the sesquicentenary of permanent European settlement in Victoria. Displays… Continue Reading →
In 1954 Richard T.M. Pescott wrote the first book-length history of the National Museum of Victoria, looking back at the 100 years since the institution was founded as the Museum of Natural and Economic Geology in 1854. The work, Collections… Continue Reading →
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