GREAT COLLECTIONS is the chance to give your students the unique opportunity to see, in their home town, treasures drawn from the magnificent collections of New South Wales’ eight premier cultural institutions. 

 

Education Kit

Download Education Kit Section 1 (893.7 KB)

Download Education Kit Section 2 (556.3 KB)

Download Education Kit Section 3 (1.3MB)

 

Or if you prefer, download the entire Education Kit in one document here (2.2MB).

 

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Activity Books

Download the Book of Chronicles (808.9KB)

Download the Book of Silhouettes (109.7 KB)

Download Making a Scene (130.1KB)

 

GREAT COLLECTIONS includes a plant specimen collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, Captain Cook’s sextant, one of the rare editions of the Nuremburg Chronicles from 1483, a gold washing cradle designed by Edward Hargraves in 1851, an Arthur Streeton painting, documents from both Miles Franklin and Patrick White, Captain Moonlite’s death mask, along with major contemporary artworks. 

 

GREAT COLLECTIONS is enthusiastically supported by The Art Gallery of NSW, Australian Museum, Botanic Gardens Trust, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art, Powerhouse Museum, State Library of NSW and State Records NSW showing significant objects that are representative of Australia’s vibrant history and identity.  For the first and probably only time, these Museum and Gallery holdings are drawn together in an exhibition that illustrates our psyche, records our development, provides insight into our national spirit and inspires us for the future. 

 

GREAT COLLECTIONS supports broad curriculum goals with the potential to inspire your students and assist develop a range of critical thinking skills and literacies. The exhibition is supported by in-depth teacher and student resources, available online, targeting these syllabus areas: 

 

Primary School:

  • Creative Arts
  • HSIE
  • English, Science and Technology 

 

Secondary School Years 7-10:

  • Visual Arts
  • History
  • English, Technology, Photographic and Digital Media, Textiles and Design

 

Stage 6 Visual Arts and Extension History 

 

Please contact your local Regional Gallery to organise a gallery visit: 

 

Launch

 

Tour Dates

 

GREAT COLLECTIONS is an initiative of Museums & Galleries NSW (M&G NSW). M&G NSW is the key support agency for the museum and gallery sector in NSW.

 

GREAT COLLECTIONS Education Kit

GREAT COLLECTIONS Education Kit

David Moore - Migrants arriving in Sydney

David Moore
Migrants arriving in Sydney
1966
gelatin silver photograph
43.5×30.2 cm
Image courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales © Estate of David Moore

John DOLLOND, instrument maker - Sextant, reputedly used by Captain James Cook, late 18th century

John DOLLOND, instrument maker
Sextant, reputedly used by Captain James Cook, late 18th century

brass, glass, mirror glass, in mahogany and pine box
13×16.5×7.8 mm
Image courtesy Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales

Study skin specimen of an Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), from a colony at Vaucluse, Sydney, collected 1932 57.0 x 11.0 x 6.0 cm Image courtesy Australian Museum

Study skin specimen of an Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), from a colony at Vaucluse, Sydney, co