Beagle Press, 1997, Softcover, Book Condition: Good, Unstated
This new book reveals many glorious objects from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney - all in full-colour photography. It provides vivid glimpses and lively discussion of how and why the Powerhouse exhibits as it does. Nowhere else will you see in one book (or, indeed, one museum): locomotives and aircraft in full size and models, fine glass art, sensational Sydney Mardi Gras costumes, big names like Dior and Faberge as well as Australian student designers, rock music, space technology (have you ever wondered how people go to the toilet in space?), and circus, both through exhibition and the thrill of high-flying trapeze performance. As Terence Measham guides the reader past treasures such as the armchair which belonged to Governor Macquarie and a portion of the famous Difference Engine No. 1 (the embodiment of the germination of the idea of the computer, designed by that brilliant polymath, Charles Babbage), he also presents his elliptical comments on broad-ranging topics. He reveals something of museum life beyond what the visitor sees: objects being conserved for the future, and in storage. He analyses the similarities and differences between museums and art galleries, considers the value of permanent and temporary exhibitions, discusses cultural institutions from around the world, and addresses some of the complex dilemmas and social issues which confront museums into the 21st century. Card Covers With Flaps. Size: 250mm - 350mm. 200 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference; Australia; ISBN: 1863170626. ISBN/EAN: 9781863170628. Inventory No: 50645.
This new book reveals many glorious objects from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney - all in full-colour photography. It provides vivid glimpses and lively discussion of how and why the Powerhouse exhibits as it does. Nowhere else will you see in one book (or, indeed, one museum): locomotives and aircraft in full size and models, fine glass art, sensational Sydney Mardi Gras costumes, big names like Dior and Faberge as well as Australian student designers, rock music, space technology (have you ever wondered how people go to the toilet in space?), and circus, both through exhibition and the thrill of high-flying trapeze performance. As Terence Measham guides the reader past treasures such as the armchair which belonged to Governor Macquarie and a portion of the famous Difference Engine No. 1 (the embodiment of the germination of the idea of the computer, designed by that brilliant polymath, Charles Babbage), he also presents his elliptical comments on broad-ranging topics. He reveals something of museum life beyond what the visitor sees: objects being conserved for the future, and in storage. He analyses the similarities and differences between museums and art galleries, considers the value of permanent and temporary exhibitions, discusses cultural institutions from around the world, and addresses some of the complex dilemmas and social issues which confront museums into the 21st century. Card Covers With Flaps. Size: 250mm - 350mm. 200 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference; Australia; ISBN: 1863170626. ISBN/EAN: 9781863170628. Inventory No: 50645.