Tasmanian Museums Australia Events Blog

At the old Palmer's homestead

Getting the right setting

Interview with Yvonne Crawford

In Simone’s project she will record about the role of the small museums in preserving Australia’s local history, what local history collections consists of and how they contribute to this process. She plans to discuss the people who work with these collections, why they do it, where they come from and how important their role is as the keepers of this local and unique history.  

The basic idea is to take photographs of 1) the space where the collection is shown, 2) the space of the archive (if there is one), 3) a portrait of the person who looks after the collection and knows most about it 4) a favourite object in the collection and 5) the building . The results of the overview of small museums will be shown in a book, in exhibitions and in Simone’s written thesis.

The Woodsdale Museum on Monday 2nd November accommodated Simone and Heidi with interviews and photographs taken at the museum site as well as the first home built in Woodsdale in 1860.

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is disposing of part of its mannequin collection and is offering these to any interested Tasmanian museum. The items being disposed of are either damaged or incomplete. Incomplete items are mostly body parts such as heads, torsos or limbs which cannot be joined to form complete mannequins. The damaged mannequins vary in their condition. The museum is retaining its core of historically significant mannequins which demonstrate retailing in Tasmania from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century.

Many of these mannequins were originally acquired as display props for the museum’s costume collection. Today the museum uses purpose built mannequins for this purpose, making some of the former collection redundant. If you are interested in one of these pieces for your museum please contact Kirsten Brett on 6211 4108 or Kirsten.Brett@tmag.tas.gov.au

Wedding memorabilia from wedding and bridesmaid dresses to shoes and photographs and invitations.                  

The collection of dresses range in date from the early 1900s to the 1980s with photographs of the wedding day and information about the people involved. Many items on display relate to the families in and around Levendale and Woodsdale with some from outside the areas.

 Invitation and acceptance cards are on show giving an insight to the preparation of when these weddings took place.

Where: The Woodsdale Museum 2278 Woodsdale Road, Woodsdale
When: Every Sunday 11am to 3pm until the end of November.
Cost: $5 per adult, children free. Tea/coffee free Wedding parade 28th November 2pm and 7pm $10 entry with punch and nibbles.