
Reaching new audiences with Pokémon Go
Whether good or bad, Pokémon are back in the spotlight. I’d be surprised if you haven’t heard of Pokémon Go by now (I’d make a joke about living in a cave,...
On museology, engagement and digital culture
Whether good or bad, Pokémon are back in the spotlight. I’d be surprised if you haven’t heard of Pokémon Go by now (I’d make a joke about living in a cave,...
Sue Wheeler is the Business Manager at the National Motor Museum. I decided to become a Business Manager as my career and interest has always been in Administration, with a particular emphasis on Business and Finance. The Business Manager position at the National Motor Museum therefore, I feel is a...
The buildings that now house the Migration Museum were once part of Adelaide’s Destitute Asylum. This site, which had been Kaurna land for millennia, was occupied by Europeans from the...
Madelena Bendo is the Education Officer at the Migration Museum. The role is managed through Outreach Education, part of the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD). I really enjoy working with young people. I relish their freshness and their openness to knowledge. As a child of a migrant, I...
Nicolas Baudin’s ships, Géographe and Naturaliste embarked from Le Havre in October 1800 for the southern continent carrying an impressive contingent of scientists and scientific assistants. Lavishly funded by Napoleon Bonaparte, the expedition’s agenda was the discovery and study of natural sciences. The ships returned to France with over 100,000...
Britt is the Administration Officer at the South Australian Maritime Museum. She has always been interested in history and ‘old stuff’. Growing up on the coast of the Eyre Peninsula Britt loved the ocean so thought she may be able to combine the two. After high school I completed an undergraduate degree in...
Earlier this week we launched our new exhibition in the Migration Museum’s community access gallery, the Forum. The exhibition has been put together by staff and students from Thebarton Senior College. Thebarton has a large program for English language students, most of whom are recent arrivals to Australia, and many...
Tina is undertaking an internship at History SA and has been working on social media for the History Festival since she arrived in March. You may have ‘talked’ to Tina on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, where she’s been the voice of the History Festival (give or take a few interjections from...
We’re always thinking about new ways to engage people with history. This year when we were planning events for South Australia’s History Festival we started chatting to David from Digital...
This week we’ve been thinking about digital story projects we might undertake in the future (more on that sometime soon). Digital storytelling is an area that is growing and changing rapidly...