Suzanne Bravery has curated and managed house museums at the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (now Museums of History NSW), including Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, Elizabeth Farm, Rouse Hill estate and Meroogal. She managed the Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne, and was a Head Curator at the National Museum of Australia. Suzanne’s research interests include historic interiors, social history and conservation housekeeping.
This talk uses material from her research and discusses the concept of Period Rooms: traditionally a display that represents the design and decorative art of an historic interior, usually within a museum. Selecting elements of rooms for display in museums often leaves out as much as it leaves in.
Your ticket includes tea or Market Lane coffee served before the lecture.