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Museums Victoria

April 09, 2024

Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state-owned museums in Melbourne, Victoria: the Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum. It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage facility in Melbourne's City of Merri-bek.

Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum, Museums Victoria's main campus
Interactive fullscreen map
Former name
Museum of Victoria, Museum Victoria
Established1854
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates37°48′11.783″S 144°58′18.268″E / 37.80327306°S 144.97174111°E / -37.80327306; 144.97174111
TypeNatural history, cultural history, and science and technology
FounderFrederick McCoy
CEOLynley Crosswell
Websitemuseumsvictoria.com.au
Exterior of the Immigration Museum, which occupies the former Melbourne Customs House.
Scienceworks science and Technology Museum
The Royal Exhibition Building, which is a World Heritage listed site.

History edit

The museum traces its history back to the establishment of the "Museum of Natural and Economic Geology" by the Government of Victoria, William Blandowski and others in 1854.

The Library, Museums and National Gallery Act 1869 incorporated the Museums with the Public Library and the National Gallery of Victoria; but this administrative connection was severed in 1944 when the Public Library, National Gallery and Museums Act came into force, and they became four separate institutions once again.[1]

Museums Victoria was founded in its current form under the Australian Museums Act (1983).[2] Currently, Museums Victoria's State Collections holds over 17 million items, including objects relating to Indigenous Australian and Pacific Islander cultures, geology, historical studies, palaeontology, technology & society, and zoology[3][4] Museums Victoria also contains a library collection that holds some of Australia’s rarest and finest examples of 18th and 19th century scientific monographs and serials.[5]

Significant events in the Museum's history include:

  • 1854 – Founding of the "Museum of Natural and Economic Geology" by William Blandowski and others; Blandowski oversees the museum
  • 1856 – Collections moved to the University of Melbourne in Parkville by Frederick McCoy
  • 1858 – McCoy appointed first "director" of the museum
  • 1862 – New building opens on University site, museum renamed "National Museum of Victoria"
  • 1869 – National Museum, embryotic Industrial & Technological (I&T) Museum, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and Public Library of Victoria merged into a single body
  • 1870 – I&T Museum opened on Swanston Street site (behind the Public Library)[6]
  • 1893 – I&T Museum opens new building on Russell St as part of Library complex
  • 1899 – National Museum moved to I&T Museum's building, and takes over its mineral collection; rest of I&T Museum put into storage
  • 1915 – I&T Museum reopens in Library's now surplus Queens Hall, thanks largely to George Swinburne and John Monash
  • 1927 – National Museum acquired the H. L. White Collection of Australian native bird eggs
  • 1944 – Museums organisationally re-separated from Library, NGV and each other; all remain in one building
  • 1945 – I&T Museum renamed Museum of Applied Science (MAS)
  • 1946 – MAS takes over Melbourne Observatory
  • 1969 – NGV moves to St Kilda Rd, MAS moves into its old buildings, Library gets back Queens Hall
  • 1961 – Museum of Applied Science renamed Institute of Applied Science
  • 1971 – Institute of Applied Science renamed Science Museum of Victoria
  • 1981 – Museum Station opened, providing train services
  • 1983 – National Museum of Victoria and Science Museum of Victoria amalgamated to form the Museum of Victoria (NMV)[7]
  • 1992 – Scienceworks opened in Spotswood
  • 1997 – Swanston Street campus closed
  • 1998 – Museum of Victoria renamed Museum Victoria; Immigration and Hellenic Antiquities Museum opened
  • 2000 – Melbourne Museum at Carlton Gardens opened
  • 2016 – Museum Victoria renamed Museums Victoria

Administration edit

The present chief executive officer of Museums Victoria is Lynley Crosswell (formerly Marshall), who was previously the head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international arm. Crosswell is the first woman to lead the organisation in its history.[8]

Former directors include:

Library edit

The Museums Victoria Library collection was first established in the 1850s as a working collection for the Museum's curators, and has developed into one of the best collections of natural history books and journals in Australia. The library was located at Melbourne University until 1906 when it moved, with the museum, to be co-located with the Public Library.[9]

Today, the library collection is located at Melbourne Museum and contains 40,000 titles, which includes around 1,000 titles that are considered to be rare due to one or a combination of factors, including: value; scarcity; aesthetic qualities; historic, scientific or institutional significance; fragility; or age.[10] Collection strengths include natural history in the fields of zoology, geology and palaeontology, scientific expedition reports, society and institutional journal titles, Indigenous cultures of Australia and the Pacific, Australian history, technology, colonial and other exhibition catalogues, museum studies, and Museums Victoria publications.[11]

Many items from the Museums Victoria Library have been digitised for the Biodiversity Heritage Library[12] as Museums Victoria is the home to the Australian node of this project. The digitisation operation is hosted by Museums Victoria and is nationally funded by the Atlas of Living Australia.[13]

Significant works edit

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    Chromolithograph from A Monograph of the Psittacidae by J.J. Halley
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    Frontispiece from Aurora Australis
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    Granulated Cuttle illustration from The Naturalist's Miscellany by George Shaw
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    Illustrated plate from On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix by Richard Owen

Notes edit

  1. ^ "The history of the State Library of Victoria". guides.slv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Museums Act 1983". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ^ Clode, Danielle (2006). Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86620-0.
  4. ^ "Descriptions of the collections held at Museums Victoria". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ^ Stephens, Matthew Sean (2013). The Australian Museum Library: its formation, function and scientific contribution, 1836-1917 (Thesis). University of New South Wales, School of Humanities.
  6. ^ "Opening of the Industrial & Technological Museum, Melbourne, 9 September 1870". Museums Victoria Collections.
  7. ^ "Museum Victoria". GBIF.
  8. ^ Northover, Kylie (1 January 2018). "Lunch with Lynley Marshall: 'every day is a magic day'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ Stephens, Matthew Sean (2013). The Australian Museum Library: its formation, function and scientific contribution, 1836-1917 (Thesis). University of New South Wales, School of Humanities.
  10. ^ Webster, H (2019). "Rare Books in Museums Victoria Collections". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Library and archives". Museums Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Browse Museums Victoria - Biodiversity Heritage Library". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. ^ "BHL Australia". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

References edit

  • Wilkinson, I. (1996), "The Battle for the Museum: Frederick McCoy and the Establishment of the National Museum of Victoria at the University of Melbourne", Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol.1, No.1, (January 1996), pp. 1–11. doi:10.1071/HR9961110001

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums Victoria.
  • Museums Victoria website
  • Virtual tour of the Museums Victoria provided by Google Arts & Culture
  • Museums Victoria Online Collections

April 09, 2024
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Museums Victoria is an organisation which operates three major state owned museums in Melbourne Victoria the Melbourne Museum the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Museum It also manages the Royal Exhibition Building and a storage facility in Melbourne s City of Merri bek Museums VictoriaMelbourne Museum Museums Victoria s main campusInteractive fullscreen mapFormer nameMuseum of Victoria Museum VictoriaEstablished1854LocationMelbourne Victoria AustraliaCoordinates37 48 11 783 S 144 58 18 268 E 37 80327306 S 144 97174111 E 37 80327306 144 97174111TypeNatural history cultural history and science and technologyFounderFrederick McCoyCEOLynley CrosswellWebsitemuseumsvictoria com au Exterior of the Immigration Museum which occupies the former Melbourne Customs House Scienceworks science and Technology MuseumThe Royal Exhibition Building which is a World Heritage listed site Contents 1 History 2 Administration 3 Library 4 Significant works 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe museum traces its history back to the establishment of the Museum of Natural and Economic Geology by the Government of Victoria William Blandowski and others in 1854 The Library Museums and National Gallery Act 1869 incorporated the Museums with the Public Library and the National Gallery of Victoria but this administrative connection was severed in 1944 when the Public Library National Gallery and Museums Act came into force and they became four separate institutions once again 1 Museums Victoria was founded in its current form under the Australian Museums Act 1983 2 Currently Museums Victoria s State Collections holds over 17 million items including objects relating to Indigenous Australian and Pacific Islander cultures geology historical studies palaeontology technology amp society and zoology 3 4 Museums Victoria also contains a library collection that holds some of Australia s rarest and finest examples of 18th and 19th century scientific monographs and serials 5 Significant events in the Museum s history include 1854 Founding of the Museum of Natural and Economic Geology by William Blandowski and others Blandowski oversees the museum 1856 Collections moved to the University of Melbourne in Parkville by Frederick McCoy 1858 McCoy appointed first director of the museum 1862 New building opens on University site museum renamed National Museum of Victoria 1869 National Museum embryotic Industrial amp Technological I amp T Museum National Gallery of Victoria NGV and Public Library of Victoria merged into a single body 1870 I amp T Museum opened on Swanston Street site behind the Public Library 6 1893 I amp T Museum opens new building on Russell St as part of Library complex 1899 National Museum moved to I amp T Museum s building and takes over its mineral collection rest of I amp T Museum put into storage 1915 I amp T Museum reopens in Library s now surplus Queens Hall thanks largely to George Swinburne and John Monash 1927 National Museum acquired the H L White Collection of Australian native bird eggs 1944 Museums organisationally re separated from Library NGV and each other all remain in one building 1945 I amp T Museum renamed Museum of Applied Science MAS 1946 MAS takes over Melbourne Observatory 1969 NGV moves to St Kilda Rd MAS moves into its old buildings Library gets back Queens Hall 1961 Museum of Applied Science renamed Institute of Applied Science 1971 Institute of Applied Science renamed Science Museum of Victoria 1981 Museum Station opened providing train services 1983 National Museum of Victoria and Science Museum of Victoria amalgamated to form the Museum of Victoria NMV 7 1992 Scienceworks opened in Spotswood 1997 Swanston Street campus closed 1998 Museum of Victoria renamed Museum Victoria Immigration and Hellenic Antiquities Museum opened 2000 Melbourne Museum at Carlton Gardens opened 2016 Museum Victoria renamed Museums VictoriaAdministration editThe present chief executive officer of Museums Victoria is Lynley Crosswell formerly Marshall who was previously the head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation s international arm Crosswell is the first woman to lead the organisation in its history 8 Former directors include 1858 Frederick McCoy 1899 Walter Baldwin Spencer 1928 James A Kershaw 1931 Daniel James Mahony 1957 Charles W Brazenor 1962 John McNally 1979 Barry Wilson 1984 Robert Edwards 1990 Graham Morris 1998 George F MacDonald 2002 Dr J Patrick GreeneLibrary editThe Museums Victoria Library collection was first established in the 1850s as a working collection for the Museum s curators and has developed into one of the best collections of natural history books and journals in Australia The library was located at Melbourne University until 1906 when it moved with the museum to be co located with the Public Library 9 Today the library collection is located at Melbourne Museum and contains 40 000 titles which includes around 1 000 titles that are considered to be rare due to one or a combination of factors including value scarcity aesthetic qualities historic scientific or institutional significance fragility or age 10 Collection strengths include natural history in the fields of zoology geology and palaeontology scientific expedition reports society and institutional journal titles Indigenous cultures of Australia and the Pacific Australian history technology colonial and other exhibition catalogues museum studies and Museums Victoria publications 11 Many items from the Museums Victoria Library have been digitised for the Biodiversity Heritage Library 12 as Museums Victoria is the home to the Australian node of this project The digitisation operation is hosted by Museums Victoria and is nationally funded by the Atlas of Living Australia 13 Significant works edit nbsp A double plate from Albertus Seba s Thesaurus nbsp Diamond Snake Morelia spilotes from The Snakes of Australia by Gerard Krefft nbsp Plate 8 from Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw nbsp Illustration of a potoroo from Voyage autour du monde by Louis de Freycinet nbsp Chromolithograph from A Monograph of the Psittacidae by J J Halley nbsp Frontispiece from Aurora Australis nbsp Granulated Cuttle illustration from The Naturalist s Miscellany by George Shaw nbsp Illustrated plate from On the marsupial pouches mammary glands and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix by Richard OwenNotes edit The history of the State Library of Victoria guides slv vic gov au Retrieved 23 April 2020 Museums Act 1983 www austlii edu au Retrieved 24 April 2016 Clode Danielle 2006 Continent of Curiosities A Journey Through Australian Natural History Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 86620 0 Descriptions of the collections held at Museums Victoria Museums Victoria Collections Retrieved 23 April 2020 Stephens Matthew Sean 2013 The Australian Museum Library its formation function and scientific contribution 1836 1917 Thesis University of New South Wales School of Humanities Opening of the Industrial amp Technological Museum Melbourne 9 September 1870 Museums Victoria Collections Museum Victoria GBIF Northover Kylie 1 January 2018 Lunch with Lynley Marshall every day is a magic day The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 18 May 2018 Stephens Matthew Sean 2013 The Australian Museum Library its formation function and scientific contribution 1836 1917 Thesis University of New South Wales School of Humanities Webster H 2019 Rare Books in Museums Victoria Collections Museums Victoria Collections Retrieved 23 April 2020 Library and archives Museums Victoria Retrieved 23 April 2020 Browse Museums Victoria Biodiversity Heritage Library Biodiversity Heritage Library Retrieved 23 April 2020 BHL Australia Biodiversity Heritage Library Retrieved 23 April 2020 References editWilkinson I 1996 The Battle for the Museum Frederick McCoy and the Establishment of the National Museum of Victoria at the University of Melbourne Historical Records of Australian Science Vol 1 No 1 January 1996 pp 1 11 doi 10 1071 HR9961110001External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums Victoria Museums Victoria website Virtual tour of the Museums Victoria provided by Google Arts amp Culture Museums Victoria Online Collections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museums Victoria amp oldid 1175067167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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