The Museum magazine issue 24

December 2024

Selected contents:

• Curator Lily Withycombe on selecting objects with rich afterlives to tell relatable personal stories of Pompeii.
• Members of the international team behind the Pompeii immersive experience take you on a journey to digitally reconstruct the ancient city.
• Estelle Lazer reveals how her study of plaster casts and skeletal remains offers ways to remember and respect the victims of Pompeii.
• Farrell Monaco engages all the senses in her guide to the food culture of a Roman city in the first-century CE.
• Walking the streets of the Pompeii site without the crowds and at magical times of day in Sophie Hay’s captivating photo essay.
• Craig Barker goes pop Pompeii as he examines the city’s afterlife in popular culture.
• Leigh Franks reveals how oral traditions of First Nations people are deepening our understandings of the volcanic history of Australia, and Gugu Badhun Elder Yvonne Cadet-James shares stories about the black basalt of her Country.
• Kate Morschel, curator of Variations on the Classical, finds the cultures of antiquity reimagined in Australia through objects from the Museum’s collection.
• Silvia Colloca reflects on how bread has been at the centre of the Italian table since ancient times.
• The classical principles that have guided Paul Bangay in designing gardens in Australia and around the world.
• Reflections on architect Enrico Taglietti and his domus-inspired design for the Italian Ambassador’s residence in Canberra.

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