Audio on demand
Collections used to interpret the past: panel and audience discussion
Professor Graeme Davison, Professor Paula Hamilton, Philip Jones and Dr Maria Nugent
Collections 2008 series, 30 May 2008
Leading historians reflect on the ways in which collections can be used to interpret the past, and the issues and problems faced in doing so, in wrapping up the National Museum’s Collections 2008 symposium on material histories and objects as sources.
Collections 2008 series
- Viewpoints on material cultureMargaret Anderson, Guy Hansen, Professor Fred Myers and Dr Mike Smith
- Showcases I – examples of material culture research in museumsChristine Hansen, Susannah Helman, Matthew Higgins and Alison Mercieca
- Showcases II – examples of material culture research in museumsMatthew Churchward, Dr Ian Coates, Erika Dicker, Karen Schamberger and Craig Wilcox
- Collections used to interpret the past: panel and audience discussionProfessor Graeme Davison, Professor Paula Hamilton, Philip Jones and Dr Maria Nugent
