What’s On At Immigration Museum July To September 2008
What’s On At Immigration Museum July To September 2008
Waters of Tuvalu: A Nation at Risk
This new exhibition will be among the first to tackle a pressing consequence of climate change - the expected loss of Pacific island nations and resulting migration. The exhibition will pose the challenging question: What would you do if you had no homeland? The very survival of the islands of Tuvalu will be dramatically affected in coming decades by the rising sea levels expected as climate change takes hold of our planet, leaving Tuvaluans effectively stateless. The exhibition will explore how Tuvaluans living in Melbourne are struggling with the idea that their nation and heritage will cease to exist altogether.
Date: 5 August to 16 November 2008
Share your Community’s Story at the Immigration Museum
Community exhibitions at the Immigration Museum offer the opportunity to tell your community’s story through text, images and objects. Your group will develop the exhibition with our assistance and advice. Exhibition ideas are selected annually through a competitive process, with applications now open for exhibitions in 2010.
For further information, call 03 9927 2727 or go to museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum
Date: Applications close on 31 July 2008
Our Stories: Past, Present and Future
An exhibition created by Year 9 students documenting the stories of immigration and cultural diversity in the regional city of Wodonga - from the recollections of post-war migrants to the Sudanese man who settled last year. The Immigration Museum worked for six months with students from Wodonga Middle Years College - Felltimber Campus to explore and celebrate the important role immigration has played in shaping Wodonga’s community.
Date: 9 August to November 2008
Cultural Diversity Quest Exhibition
The Quest encourages Victorian students to celebrate Victoria’s cultural diversity through artworks in a range of media. The winning entries were announced in March during Cultural Diversity Week and will be on display in an exhibition at the Immigration Museum. Students’ works reflect their investigation of cultural diversity within their school and community and include multi-media presentations, textiles in the form of quilts and an appliquéd floor length multicultural gown.
Date: Until 20 July 2008
Spring School Holidays: All About Me
Where do you come from? Design your own family tree using our specially created three-dimensional template, and create a collage family portrait in a frame using craft material. Use the Museum’s Origins computers to learn about communities from over 70 countries, and visit the Immigration Discovery Centre to find out about ships your ancestors might have travelled on. Entry to the Museum and all exhibitions is FREE for children.
Date: 10am - 5pm daily, 20 September to 5 October 2008
Cambodian Festival
Experience Cambodian culture and Khmer traditions through dance, music, ritual and food. This one-day festival celebrating the Cambodian community in Victoria includes children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, traditional games and fun for the whole family!
Date: 11am - 4pm, Sun 14 September 2008
Kimono: Osaka’s Golden Age
Discover breathtakingly beautiful kimono and accessories from the glory days of Japan. This extraordinary exhibition, highlighting the wealth and prosperity of the late Edo and Meiji periods (1850-1900), is showing exclusively at the Immigration Museum. Direct from the Osaka Museum of History, the stunning collection celebrates the Immigration Museum’s 10th birthday and 30 years of the Melbourne-Osaka sister-city relationship.
Date: Until 14 September 2008
Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne. Open daily 10.00am - 5.00pm. Admission: Adult $6, children and concession FREE. For further details phone 13 11 02 or visit museumvictoria.com.au/immigration museum
