Meet the curator- Debbie Rudder
June 3, 2009
Debbie RudderMy main research interests are: how our past use of energy informs present and future energy use; and the history and practice of innovation.
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Matthew Boulton and the Imperial Bank Mint in St Petersburg
June 3, 2009
Debbie Rudder
At first glance, this drawing shows an old building holding a steam engine and other machinery. Then the eye focuses on the figures, men in formal eighteenth century Russian dress;
perhaps they are there to provide scale, or to suggest that this is an important building holding important machinery.
Meet the curator- Campbell Bickerstaff
May 27, 2009
Campbell BickerstaffI am usually the one people come to when they need help with technology that is used to capture, store, transmit or receive information.
Spinning around – The Garrard 301
May 27, 2009
Campbell Bickerstaff
One of the reasons there is a paucity of ‘ultra fidelity’ components in the Museums collection is that their build quality is extraordinarily high and so they continue to be sought after by users and collectors.
Meet the curator – Geoff Barker
May 20, 2009
Geoff BarkerI specialise in nineteenth century Australian and Pacific photography and the links between science and photography.
Sydney Observatory Star Camera
May 20, 2009
Geoff Barker
I think one of the most underrated curatorial skills is the ability to remain engaged in your current research while at the same time making mental notes of everything that wanders across your field of vision.
Meet the curator- Matthew Connell
May 13, 2009
Matthew ConnellMy speciality area started as computing and mathematics, but now extends into other areas of IT.
The first Atlantic submarine telegraph cable
May 13, 2009
Matthew Connell
If you’re reading this then you are more than likely sitting at your computer using the internet, or if you’re one of the ‘cool kids’, and technologically savvy, then you may be reading it from your iphone on the bus.
Meet the curator- Damian McDonald
May 6, 2009
Damian McDonaldI’m obsessed with guitars and rock music; however, my path to curator has been more one of Museum knowledge rather than specialist of a particular collection area.
Sweat, Lies and Heart-rates
May 6, 2009
Damian McDonald
One of the coolest objects I have acquired for the Health and Medicine collection is the Grass 7D polygraph machine. A common deus ex machina devise for Hollywood script writers – Polygraph machines, or ‘lie detectors’ are one of those objects that are so embedded in the public consciousness by popular culture that to see an actual example ignites curiosity.
Mystery Object – The ‘Earoscope’
April 29, 2009
Erika Taylor
The curatorial team here at the Museum are the keepers to an immense amount of knowledge, covering a wide variety of special areas. If you have a question, chances are someone here can write you a novel on the subject.
Meet the curator – Margaret Simpson
April 22, 2009
Margaret SimpsonMy specialty area is the transport collection – I’ve researched everything from a steam car to a tram hearse, luxurious railway carriages to a shearer’s bicycle.