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reCollections: Journal of the National Museum of Australia

Cover of reCollections journal volume 1 number 1

Volume 1, Number 1

reCollections is an independent, peer-reviewed journal focused on museology, museum practice, the history and interpretation of objects, and the social and environmental history of material culture.

Volume 1, Number 1 (March 2006) includes papers on the Centre Culturel Tjibaou in New Caledonia, Australia's pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair, and the origins of Australia's Official Papuan collection.

Commentary pieces discuss the work of the Collections Council of Australia and the National Library of Australia's recent acquisition of the George Raper artworks.

Reviewed books include Reshaping Museum Space: Architecture, Design, Exhibitions and Yesterday's Tomorrows: The Powerhouse Museum and its Precursors 1880–2005, while exhibition reviewers visit Exiles and Emigrants, How to Make a Monster and National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries.


ISSN 1833-1335
Paperback, 98 pages, 250 x 176mm, colour
Published March 2006
$49.95

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