Over the past week we have visited a number of wineries in the Barossa and Clare Valley. I had no idea how much heritage is here and how many wonderful stories can be found at the wineries. In this post, I want to share a select few. Combining wine with heritage has been a perfect … Continue reading Heritage in the Barossa
This is my second post on Fremantle Prison. If you want to read any history of the Prison, or the tours I did last weekend, then click here. This post is going to focus solely on the behind the scenes tour I went on yesterday evening as part of the Australian Museums and Galleries Association … Continue reading Fremantle Prison – Behind the Scenes
If you were born and/or raised in Australia during the last 50 years, you are probably very familiar with Play School. Personally, it played a huge role in my childhood, teaching me shapes, colours, songs, etc. I really wanted to see this exhibition when it was at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra last … Continue reading Rockhampton Art Gallery: Happy Birthday Play School
There was so much we did in Boston that I didn’t get the chance to blog about. From now on, there will be a new post every second day. This is to avoid the release of four blog posts in one day! I promised a while ago I would write on the Black Heritage Trail. … Continue reading Black Heritage Trail
Today was the final day for the International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia here in Boston. Luckily, the program for this year contained a few talks on museums from around the world. We heard from Directors, Curators and Honoray Curators who were representing museums in Wales, Germany, America and Australia to name a few. … Continue reading Conference Summary
Before I begin this blog post I must be entirely honest. When we visited Samford Village today, located 30 mins outside Brisbane, we were visiting for one reason - the Harry Potter Store of Requirements. It was literally a magical place. After purchasing everything Hufflepuff we could find, we decided to walk around the Village. … Continue reading Samford Village Heritage Trail
In October 2016, I attended the ICOMOS & National Trusts of Australia Conference in Melbourne. One of the many talks that really hit a nerve was on the topic of heritage and significance statements. The speaker was trying to push the point that a building is never frozen in time. Rather, it changes, it adapts, … Continue reading Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum: Over the Hill
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