Author: Rebecca Lush
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I’ve been in New York for a couple of days now and still cannot believe I’m here. We have packed so much into the last two days! I am only now getting a moment to pause and write. I won’t be covering every museum we visit in New York, as there will just be too…
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I’m in Sydney this weekend so went along to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the Alphonse Mucha exhibition. I knew that Mucha practiced during the Art Nouveau period but I wasn’t aware of the scope of his work. It is a beautiful exhibition filled with an amazing collection of panels, posters, artworks,…
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The second museum I visited in Melbourne was the Immigration Museum. I have visited in the past so won’t be focusing on the general museum for this post. Instead, I want to share my experience of their new exhibition, Joy. This exhibition contains seven installations, reflecting on the meaning of joy. There was one installation…
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I am exploring Melbourne this long weekend with a wonderful group of friends. One of our first stops was the NGV. While I have visited the NGV numerous times to see travelling blockbuster exhibitions, I have rarely ventured higher than the ground floor to see what else is on offer. Granted, I am usually exhausted…
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Last weekend I was in Sydney and wanted to visit the Australian Museum to see the new Ramses exhibition. This is exclusive to the Australian Museum so won’t be touring around. As well as a standard exhibition to explore, there is a virtual reality experience on offer. We decided against the experience and just went…
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I had a wonderful opportunity to return to Sydney this week for a Knowledgeable Object Symposium at the University of Sydney. It was such an enriching professional development day. Before returning home, I visited Hyde Park Barracks to experience their new audio tour. I want to combine this with my visit to the Sydney Jewish…
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Our final museum/heritage visit for this holiday was the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart. How this site has been managed is both a fitting memorial to those who were incarcerated and an informative insight into the past. This is despite only one original building still standing. We arrived around 10am and decided to do the…
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We had such an amazing time in Launceston visiting Cataract Gorge, eating at some outstanding restaurants, and enjoying the weekly farmer’s market. A couple of days ago, I visited the Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery (QVMAG). According to their website, this is Australia’s largest regional museum. Can confirm that it is huge. I spent around…
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Before driving from Hobart to Launceston, we booked the rental car for an extra day so we could visit Port Arthur. I am fascinated by convict history so somewhere like Port Arthur will always be high on my ‘must-visit’ list. I am so glad we dedicated an entire day to exploring the site and I’m…
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The last time I visited MONA was back in (approximately) 2011/2012. It was during a German summer school and I was in a group tasked with guiding others in the program through the Museum. It was a much more relaxing visit yesterday and I was able to admire more of the architecture than I had…
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