National Museum of Australia – Audio on demand program
Forums, talks, symposiums, conferences and other events held at the National Museum of Australia, exploring Australia's land, nation and people.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 468
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
Tattoos, lashing, house and canoe building
Date recorded: 16 June 2009.
Siosiua FP Tofua'ipangai, also know as Lafitani, examines significant Tongan cultural practices, discussing the techniques of tattoos, lashing, house and canoe building…
00:47:26 |
Thu 13 Aug 2009
Heavens above!
Date recorded: 30 May 2009.
The National Museum's rare 1883 Grubb refractor telescope, used in early Australian astronomical observing programs and returned to working condition, is discussed by cu…
Sun 02 Aug 2009
The 'spirit of inquiry' in Port Macquarie
Date recorded: 13 June 2009.
Curator and historian Roslyn Russell talks about the work of amateur scientists, including astronomer WJ Macdonnell, in the New South Wales coastal town of Port Macquar…
00:37:06 |
Thu 30 Jul 2009
Robe is not famous for robes
Date recorded: 8 July 2009.
Curator Jennifer Wilson talks about her research into the fishing port of Robe in South Australia in the late nineteenth century, as an example of a place where people e…
Thu 30 Jul 2009
Research in free-choice learning
Date recorded: 9 July 2009.
Museum evaluation and learning theory experts Lynn Dierking and John Falk share insights from two current research projects in free-choice learning in museums, at this s…
Tue 28 Jul 2009
Investigation into the collections of Dr Herbert Basedow
Date recorded: 2 July 2009.
National Museum Friends Foundation Fellow David Kaus outlines his research into Aboriginal artefacts and natural history specimens collected by Herbert Basedow between 1…
Tue 28 Jul 2009
Stories of sadness and loss
Date recorded: 13 June 2009.
Collector Peter Lane and curators Laina Hall and Susannah Helman discuss three stories from the Australian Journeys gallery: the emotional drama of convict tokens, Alex…
Sun 19 Jul 2009
Writing Captain Cook symposium
Date recorded: 17 May 2009.
Leading writers and historians discuss their recent books on Captain James Cook and explore Australia's continuing fascination with the explorer.
Sun 14 Jun 2009
Before the badges, before the T-shirts, before the flag
Date recorded: 27 March 2009.
Curator Jay Arthur on the creation of an exhibition on the struggle for Indigenous civil rights from 1920 to 1970 for the National Museum. She examines the notion of t…
00:14:03 |
Sun 14 Jun 2009
Design inspirations behind the Museum building
Date recorded: 29 April 2009.
Sue Dove provides an insight into the design of the National Museum of Australia, discussing the building's aim and function, the influence of other international buil…
00:33:44 |
Sun 24 May 2009
Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time (1942)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays one of the National Museum's most treasured musical instruments, the AE Smith cello, accompanied by harpist Alice Gi…
00:08:47 |
Mon 18 May 2009
David Pereira, Unity is Strength (2008)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays a personal composition on the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum´s most treasured …
00:10:23 |
Mon 18 May 2009
Bach, Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 1010 (c. 1720)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum's most treasured musical instruments. Movem…
00:20:07 |
Mon 18 May 2009
Bach, Suite No. 3 in C Major BWV 1009 (c. 1720)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum's most treasured musical instruments. Movem…
00:19:31 |
Mon 18 May 2009
Arvo Pärt, Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum´s most treasured musical instruments. This …
00:10:25 |
Mon 18 May 2009
Carl Vine, Inner World for Solo Cello and Electronics (1994)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum´s most treasured musical instruments. This …
00:13:23 |
Mon 18 May 2009
Peter Sculthorpe, Threnody (1991)
Date recorded: 17 November 2008.
Renowned Australian cellist David Pereira plays the cello made by AE Smith in Sydney in 1953, one of the National Museum´s most treasured musical instruments. Dedic…
00:07:23 |
Mon 18 May 2009
No presence in the case: looking for Tahiti in world museums
Date recorded: 27 March 2009.
The presence of objects from Tahiti in museums across the world is examined by historian Jenny Newell. She discusses the representations of Tahiti over the years and s…
00:19:56 |
Sun 17 May 2009
Objects to stories: using thematic studies to develop exhibitions at volunteer museums in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region
Date recorded: 27 March 2009.
Curator Liz Gillroy discusses the development of exhibitions at volunteer museums in northern New South Wales. She examines methodologies, education, training and supp…
00:13:39 |
Sun 17 May 2009
From collections to exhibitions -- welcome and keynote address
Date recorded: 27 March 2009.
Peter Stanley welcomes guests to the 2009 National Museum Collections Symposium and key speaker Howard Morphy delivers 'Perspectives on exhibiting collections,' lookin…
00:36:45 |
Thu 14 May 2009
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