SHOW ALL EVENTS

Keeping Up Appearances: Curators and the Australian historic house museum interior with Suzanne Bravery

Discover the challenging role of the Curator in creating and then keeping up the appearance of several historic interiors of significance

House museum interiors connect the present with our shared domestic past. In the Australian context, fashioning the appearance of these once private interiors into a more publicly accessible space is often the work of the professional Curator.

Join Suzanne bravery as she investigates the challenging role of the Curator in creating and then keeping up the appearance of several historic interiors of significance. Discussion focusses on three properties of the Museums of History NSW, which the speaker has curated: Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta; Vaucluse House, Vaucluse; and Meroogal, Nowra; and explores the bespoke approaches to the interpretation of each of the fascinating interiors and to the lives of the houses and of their occupants.

Event date

08 May 2025

Event Details

Address:
As The Johnston Collection is located in a residential area, we cannot publish our address. Visitors arrive via the Pullman Melbourne on the Park — 192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne — 10 minutes before their booking.
Times:

10:00am-11:30am

Entry fees:
Adults $ 25, Concession $ 23
Booking:
Prebooking requiredhttps://johnstoncollection.org/Keeping-Up-Appearances-Curators-and-the-Australian-historic-house-museum-interio~85690
Website:
https://johnstoncollection.org/
Onsite facilities:
Social:
Other things
you need to know:
Tram: Stop 11-Jolimont Station-MCG/Wellington Pde Train: Jolimont Station