Melbourne Museum

What ARTEFACTS indicate particular notions of ‘place’?
Things that were of significance that indicate notions of place to me are the WWI Exhibition and Little Lon.
The dinosaurs , the mamals and the media section were really amazing as well. I spent 20 minutes at the Media place, with all the projected films and student’s projects.

What elements on display are distinctly MELBOURNE?
I came across the Melbourne transports , Melbourne’s streets, the Capital Theater , the West Gate Bridge and Luna Parks. I find these elements really interesting , as I spent 7 years here in Melbourne and those elements truly make Melbourne Melbourne to me now. As if my friends or parents would come and visit Melbourne, I’d show them the same things.

What have you noticed about the WAYFINDING techniques used throughout the exhibition?

There’s a map with titles, detailed descriptions and signs almost every corner of the museum. I started with visiting the insects, animals seciton first, then headed to the human’s history and further. So I guess the structure is guided through a timeline ?

Does the exhibition take care to tell ‘multiple’ stories… what are these?

The stories of the white settlement and the aboriginal histories were separated into different areas but kinda linked together somehow.

 

How does the Museum deal with ‘difficult’ or ‘tragic’ stories?

They didn’t emphasis embellishments, just stating facts and standing on a neutral , simple point of view.

What “media” do they use to tell the stories?

As mostly other museums use :Displays, viewing objects with descriptions; Soundscape; Digital Map, Projected Short Films/Documentary; Interactive Objects.

 

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