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QVMAG Collections
Temporary
closures to public enquiries, collection access and reproductions
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is currently
involved with several major projects at its Royal Park and Inveresk
sites. These projects are part of exciting developments that
will offer significant benefits to the community. They include
work on the redevelopment of the Royal Park site, for example.
This and other exciting projects will reshape the future identity
of the Museum and its programs to the public.
A number of departments are directly involved in these development
programs. As a result, we will have a reduced capacity to deal
with public enquiries, the provision of access to a number of
Museum collections and the provision of reproductions from those
collections.
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The History Department will be closed for public
enquiries until 14 July 2008. However, History
staff are continuing to assist with enquiries relating to
· offers of objects for sale to the Museum
· offers of donations for consideration by the Museum.
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The Fine Arts and the Decorative Arts & Design
collections are closed for public enquiries, requests for the
reproduction of collection images and for viewing and research
access from Monday 2 June 2008. The Fine Arts
and the Decorative Arts staff will continue to assist with enquiries
relating to
· offers of objects for sale to the Museum
· offers of donations for consideration by the Museum
however there may be some delays in responding to these enquiries.|
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The Community History section remains open
by prior appointment only between 10-12 noon
and 1-4 pm Monday to Thursday.
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Enquiries for the Zoology and Geology sections
will remain open. However, people wishing to lodge specimens
for identification or information should visit the Museum's
Inveresk site from Monday 2 June 2008, until
further notice.
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We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience
during this period. Please call us on 6323 3777 if you have
any questions. We look forward to being able to offer an improved
service to you as soon as possible.Temporary closures to public
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Collections and Research
The basis of the collections
of the QVMAG was formed by the Launceston Mechanics’ Institute
which opened in the 1840s. Since then the collections have continued
to grow and today are of national significance. They span a wide range
of disciplines from Fine Art, History, Decorative Arts and Design
to Zoology, Physical Sciences and Geology. These collections have
been created largely as gifts or bequests, through the generosity
of the community.
The
Museum today collects, conserves, exhibits and
carries out research into Tasmania’s
natural, historical and cultural heritage. There
are four major collection areas:
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Arts
• Australian and international paintings,
drawings, prints and sculpture from all periods.
• information is provided to a wide variety
of individuals and organisations as well as
research with a particular emphasis on Tasmanian
19th and 20th century art, Tasmanian historical
decorative arts and 20th century Australian craft
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Humanities
• including Tasmanian documents, photographs
and ephemera that are primarily concerned with
the northern region of the State as well as the
collections of material culture of Tasmania since
European settlement, incorporating the
ethnography, technology and archaeology
collections.
Community
History Collections
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Natural
Sciences
• including collections of botany, geology
and zoology, of mainly Tasmanian origin but also
including material from mainland Australia and
overseas.
• information is provided to government
agencies, research workers, community groups and
the general public on the taxonomy and ecology of
Tasmania’s flora and fauna, as well as
research in the taxonomy of invertebrate fossils
in Tasmania.Zoology
Invertebrata
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Physical
Sciences
• including the Launceston Planetarium,
which incorporates both the special Planetarium
theatre and the solar telescope facility.
• information is provided on astronomical
matters and contributions are made to
international research programs.
The
Launceston Planetarium
Image
information
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