NMA developing 'Irish in Australia' exhibition
National Museum of Australia's Irish in Australia temporary and travelling exhibition
The National Museum of Australia is currently developing a temporary and travelling exhibition on the Irish in Australia, 1788 to the present day and is interested in hearing from regional museums and galleries who may have material culture that the Museum could lend.
Dr Richard Reid is heading the curatorial exhibition team that is developing an exhibition on the Irish in Australia that will open on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 2011.
The main themes of the exhibition are:
Emigration
Convicts
Settlement of cities
Settlement of rural Australia
Irish Nationalism in Australia
Public Life
Irish Australians and Indigenous Australians
Religion
Legends
Irish Australians today
We are interested in hearing from you if your institution, museum, gallery or historical society has material culture that relates to the above themes. We're interested in material for loan but also want to develop knowledge on the national distributed collection of Irish Australian material.
Source: Cinnamon van Reyk
Enquiries
Cinnamon van Reyk
Curator
- Tel:
- +61 (2) 62085107
- Fax:
- +61 (2) 62085468
- Email:
- mailto:cvanreyk@nma.gov.au