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Ask A Curator Day
'Ask A Curator Day' has now finished. Thank you to everyone who asked us questions on the day - we had a lot of fun answering them! If you missed out and want to see the conversation, just head over to our Facebook fan page.
Meet our curators:
Melanie Pitkin
Assistant Curator- Design and Society
Can answer specific questions on: museology, egyptology, archaeology, contemporary design and design thinking, furniture/lighting/interiors, arts movements.
Erika Dicker
Assistant Curator- Science, Technology & Industry
Can answer specific questions on: health and medicine, strange medical devices, drugs, women’s health, plastics, merino wool, museology, social media.
Anne-Marie Van de Ven
Curator Visual Communications (art, design, photography)
Can answer specific questions on: Australian posters, graphic design and fashion photography, including the work of Bruno Benini.
Paul Donnelly
Principal Curator- Collections and Access
Can answer specific questions on: anything others are too scared (or sensible) to deal with!
Debbie Rudder
Curator of Power Technologies
Can answer specific questions on: renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy storage, electricity supply, history of technology, Australian inventions and innovations
Michael Lea
Curator of Music and Musical Instruments
Can answer specific questions on: Music, musical instruments in general, some pre-1920s furniture – particularly Australian, general collection questions, museology and collecting policy.
Glynis Jones
Curator of Fashion and Dress
Can answer specific questions on: Fashion and Australian subcultural style
Peter Cox
Curator of Social Histories
Can answer specific questions on: Australia in the 1980s, performing arts heritage
Min-Jung Kim
Curator of Asian Arts and Design
Can answer specific questions on: curatorship, Asian arts and design, Asian migration and representing Asia in Australian museums.
Dr Nick Lomb
Curator of Astronomy
Can answer specific questions on: astronomy, astronomical instruments, the history of Sydney Observatory, horology (clocks and timekeeping).
Geoff Barker
Assistant Curator- Science, Technology & Industry
Can answer specific questions on: historic photography, the Tyrell collection, scientific instruments, Sydney Observatory.
Margaret Simpson
Assistant Curator of Transport
Can answer specific questions on: the history of transport in Australia, The history of toys from 1890 to 1970, the history of farm machinery in Australia, farm machinery manufacturers around the world 1860-1960.
