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Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museums
Christine Hansen, Susannah Helman, Matthew Higgins and Alison Mercieca
Collections 2008 series, 30 May 2008
Four National Museum of Australia curators provide examples of material culture research into a boomerang, tools used by Hmong gardeners, a dress worn at the opening of Parliament House in 1927 and objects from the Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme.
Collections 2008 series
- Viewpoints on material cultureMargaret Anderson, Guy Hansen, Professor Fred Myers and Dr Mike Smith
- Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museumsChristine Hansen, Susannah Helman, Matthew Higgins and Alison Mercieca
- Showcases II – examples of material culture research in museumsMatthew Churchward, Dr Ian Coates, Erika Dicker, Karen Schamberger and Craig Wilcox
- Collections used to interpret the past: panel and audience discussionProfessor Graeme Davison, Professor Paula Hamilton, Philip Jones and Dr Maria Nugent
