This issue of INSITE focuses on the work that goes on in museums to bring together diverse communities and that contributes to Victoria’s Social Capital. This page provides supplementary links to the printed edition of INSITE.

Cover image: Bahram Gur visits the lady from Khwarazm in the Blue Pavilion, from Nava’i, Sab‘a Sayyara, 1553. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond will be the largest exhibition of illustrated Persian manuscripts in Australia’s history and opens at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) in March 2012.
www.love-and-devotion.com

CONTENTS

Liza Dale-Hallett & Peggy Fraser, Museum Victoria [page 2]
The Value of a Story: oral histories and the Bushfire Collection
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/3032/victorian-bushfires-collection
For audio: http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/themes/3032/victorian-bushfires-collection?t=Audiovisual

Peter Abbott, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village [page 3]
Community Support & Acquisitions
www.flagstaffhill.com

Georgia Rouette, Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 4]
Don’t Judge a Painting by its Title: the discovery of a John Glover Watercolour
Use TROVE at: http://trove.nla.gov.au
Visit the National Library of Australia’s online catalogue go to: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au

Dr Anuja Cabraal, RMIT University [page 5]
Review: Identity: yours mine ours
http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/discoverycentre/identity/

Andrew Sayers – National Museum of Australia [page 6]
Andrew Sayers on the Role of Museums
http://www.nma.gov.au
http://www.nma.gov.au/about_us/nma_corporate_documents/governance/director
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/redefine-museums-as-educational-resources/story-e6frg8n6-1226121462376

Gail Davitt, The Dallas Museum of Art [page 7]
The Dallas Museum of Art
www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=863
www.dallasmuseumofart.org/CenterforCreativeConnections/index.htm
www.dm-art.org

Dr Andi Horvath, Museum Victoria [page 8]
Married to the Job
http://museumvictoria.com.au/accessallareas/podcastadventures
http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/accessallareas/someones-gotta-do-it
http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/congratulations...
http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-blog/nov-2011/meet-me-at-the-museum

Joe Blake [page 10]
Farewell Uncle Bruce

Shirl Dunkling, J Ward [page 13]
J Ward Museum
http://www.jward.org.au

Dimity Mapstone, Museums Australia (Victoria) [page 13]
Apps & Online
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view/maurizio-cattelan-all/download-the-app
http://volunteer.ala.org.au
http://15secondplace.acmi.net.au

Members News [page 14]
www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/research
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mivic/
www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/107
http://www.netsvictoria.org.au
http://museumvictoria.com.au/mesopotamia
www.ccp.org.au/indigenous_forum.php
Indigenous Arts Festival: http://tiny.cc/a1dyp
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/occupy-museums/3627088
www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Museums/148157235282782
www.artinfo.com/news/story/449610/ben-davis-why-i-support-occupy-museums-protesters-and-why-you-should-too

MA (Vic) New Faces [page 15]
www.mavic.asn.au/about_us/staff

Annual Program 2012 [page 15]
www.mavic.asn.au

Branch News [page 16]
www.mavic.asn.au/stateconference
www.museumsaustralia.org.au

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