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Outward Loans The significance of the Museum’s collections is recognised nationally. Many requests are received from other institutions each year to borrow items from the collections for exhibition or research. The Museum acknowledges this as an opportunity to provide improved access to its collections for a much broader audience and tries to accommodate these requests whenever possible. Items which have been on extended loan during the last year include: • Copper samovar – Governor’s Residence, Norfolk Island • Collection of domestic objects – National Trust of Australia (Tas) Franklin House, Launceston • ‘A’ Class locomotive – Don River Railway, Devonport • Heard Island blubber press – Antarctic and Southern Ocean exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Sydney Cove beer bottle – Numismatics exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Exhibition of archaeological Chinese tin mining site material from Sir Garnet Creek – St Helens History Room • Model of semaphore – Military Museum of Tasmania, Anglesea Barracks • Selection of historical plates detailing community donors of funds and equipment to the Launceston General Hospital – Launceston General Hospital • Selection of 19th century furniture provenanced to the Ford Family of Highfield, Stanley – Highfield Historic House, Stanley • Selection of archaeological material from Wybalenna – Ningenneh Tunapry exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Carved coconut goblet from the hulk Anson – Historic Houses Trust of NSW • Truganinni basket – Tayenebe exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Items from Ross Female Factory – Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Items from Sydney Cove collection – Tasmanian Maritime Museum • Bothwell Cup – John Hawkins Lecture, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart • Six Regency inlaid chairs (early 19th century) and a dropside table (early 19th century) – National Trust of Australia (Tasmania) Ltd for display at Franklin House, Launceston • John Coburn, Canticle 1966, a tapestry – Tasmanian Wool Centre, Ross • Four individual designs from the Modernage Fabrics texiles that were designed by Jack Carrington-Smith, Russell Drysdale, Jean Bellette and Alice Danciger and produced by Silk and Textiles, Hobart in 1947 – Claudio Alscorso Foundation The following artworks were also loaned: John Brack Portrait of Lindesay Clark 1969 Oil on canvas Loaned to the John Brack Retrospective, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 24 April – 9 August 2009 and the Art Gallery of South Australia 2 October 2009 – 31 January 2010. Rosalie Gascoigne Pub, 1976 Assemblage made from weathered wood, wool, hand-coloured photo, enamelling, wallpaper Loaned to Rosalie Gascoigne, National Gallery of Victoria, 19 December 2008 – 15 March 2009 Bea Maddock Street Reflection Head II Running Boy with a Bicycle I Cripple II From the Melbourne Series 1967-68, drypoints 2002 Loaned to Open Air: Portraits and Landscapes, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 3 December 2008 – 1 March 2009 9
Education The Museum’s Education Section is responsible for the provision of educational programs to encourage learning opportunities and enjoyment of our natural and cultural heritage. Highlights A Collected View This initiative is the result of a two-year project undertaken by the volunteer Gallery Guides in conjunction with the Museum’s Education Section. The Guides conducted extensive research which was edited and collated to produce an impressive publication cataloguing many of the works in the Museum’s Colonial Art Collection. Since being launched by Tasmanian poet, Alan Taylor, A Collected View has proven to be a very popular product, selling well through the Museum Shop. After School Classes Another initiative of the Museum’s Education Section this year was the introduction of a program of after-school art classes. This program was the result of a perceived gap in after-school activities available for children in Launceston. The classes were run by local artist, Lucy Cameron, and Museum Education Officer, Helene Weeding and were fully booked through Term 1 and 2 in 2009. Both the students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed the experience with some travelling from as far away as Deloraine and Lilydale to participate. Playgroup With many of the Museum’s exhibition areas closed to the public during the year, themes for Playgroup were drawn from events and travelling exhibitions and where possible linked to collection items. Themes have included: Wildlife of Gondwana; Trains; Tadpoles and Tails; Rough and Smooth, Bright and Shiny; Music with a Bang; A Day at the Beach; Japanese Festivals; Mother Goose Day and Follow the Shape. Additional sessions have been run for playgroups throughout the region, including Hadspen, Legana, Early Learning Beauty Point, Deloraine Primary and Larmenier School. Animal Loans The Animal Loans Outreach Program continues to provide a unique opportunity for school students, childcare facilities, playgroups and community organisations by offering a collection of over 200 specimens for hire. Weekend pickup is still the preferred option for busy school teachers and general public alike. Drysdale’s Polytechnic Eco/Adventure Guiding students have toured Animal Loans several times over the past year, generating encouraging feedback from the unit co-ordinator and resulting in the students returning to hire loans to assist with assignments. Exhibitions ArtStart continues to receive a great deal of support from primary schools in the north as well as the general public. A wonderful standard of work has attracted many visitors and, on average, over 100 guests have attended each of the openings. The exhibitions on show during 2008–09 included In the Eye of the Beholder, Ideas and Emotions and Hide and Seek. Art Rage 2008 was opened at the Museum on 20 December 2008 by Michelle O’Byrne, Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, and Minister for Sport and Recreation, with an audience of 180 from all areas of the State. ArtRage 2008 showcased the work of 70 students from 20 secondary schools Tasmania-wide with the Examiner’s Choice awarded to Madeline O’Connor from Scotch Oakburn College in Launceston. This year the exhibition was held in the diverse John Lees Atrium at Inveresk which provided a wonderful space for visitors to engage with the work of these talented young people. While on display in Launceston the exhibition attracted over 1020 students in 54 school groups which represents only a proportion of the total visitor numbers. The exhibition also toured again this year and the Museum has received great feedback from both the Burnie Regional Gallery and the Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart. Museum Learning Centre The Learning Centre has again been well-utilised throughout the year housing playgroup and school holiday program sessions as well as providing a break-out space for schools visiting the site. This year however the space was used by Invermay Primary School for two afternoons a week whilst the school was undergoing redevelopment. It was also used as a conference area and to host a science workshop for teachers. 10
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