Michelle Stevenson

Historian, curator, skier. Head Society & Technology @museumsvictoria connecting #history #heritage #innovation #collections #community #museums

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

@wwwendypryor @museumsvictoria Thanks Wendy, it's been wonderful to reach this point!

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

So much fun hosting this live broadcast and as always great to be talking about the history and significance of the #royalexhibitionbuilding

[Virginia Trioli @LaTrioli]

Rotten day outside, glorious company inside: broadcasting live from the Royal Exhibition Building in the Carlton Gardens as the Dome Promenade re-opens.
Tune in at 8.30am. ⁦@museumsvictoria⁩

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

@felixexplody Thanks Felicity people certainly seem to be enjoying it so far!

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Today we reopened the #royalexhibitionbuilding dome promenade to regular public access for the first time in over a century. I've worked with some wonderful people to help make this happen and built on the work of many others who have come before me #worldheritage #thisismymv

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

So much fun to be chatting about Dance Halls in 1920s-1950s Melbourne this afternoon with @Raf_Epstein on @abcmelbourne #Museums #history #oldtimedancing #Melbournehistory #thisismymv

[Living Histories @LivHist]

Good to hear PHA member Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses on the radio @abcmelbourne today talking about dance halls and @melbmuseum memory kits. Esp Brylcream!
https://t.co/PfbgpIbBeY

[Michael Parry // mjparry.bsky.social @vaguelym]

Wonderful to join with colleagues across the museum sector, and Martin Hallett’s family, to launch this book recognising his sizeable impact. Honoured to have contributed a chapter - enormous thanks to editors Margaret Anderson, @elewhitworth & Deborah Tout-Smith

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Enjoying a virtual tour of the Scienceworks collection store with Nick Crotty for the first @LecturesMV Fresh Approaches to Big Old Things to tie in with the 30th Anniversary of @scienceworks_mv #Museums #collectionmanagement #thisismymv

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Now Matthew Churchward takes us underneath the Spotswood Pumping Station @LecturesMV

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Now @tildsvaughan reminds us how the big old steam engines in our collection have relevance today...had an coffee today you used steam power @LecturesMV

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

It's a long and complicated restoration but exciting to see preparations start for the testing and installation of the optics for the #greatmelbournetelescope thanks a diverse range of experts and students #gmt #heritage #conservation #restoration #museums #thisismymv

[Great Melb Telescope @GMT21stC]

The afternoon session started off with Optics. Barry Clark & Barry Adcock guided us through our final designs & tests planned for our mirrors - both primary & secondary mirrors will be on their way to us early next year #GMTR2021

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

#museumhistory meets #collectingthecurve earliest start I've had in a while to document the @melbournemuseum vaccination hub. Thanks to the wonderful @StVincentsMelb staff for letting us capture them at work. #museums #thisismymv #BehindTheScenes #history #covid #GetVaxxed

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Excited share this acquisition that I worked on earlier in the year. It's been wonderful to work with the team at @western_health on this important story, which marks the beginning of the slow shift to living with covid.

[Museums Victoria @museumsvictoria]

Victoria, congratulations on 70%! ❤️ To mark this milestone, we're sharing this vial and syringe, which administered the first doses at the @Melair Vaccination Hub operated by @western_health. These items were acquired into the State Collection as part of #CollectingTheCurve.

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

@PortraitAu @melbournemuseum @museumsvictoria @RealHughJackman Go for it

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

@wamuseum's Catherine Belcher, Monika Durrer and Xavier Leenders sharing how placing ethics at the forefront of their covid collecting saw them take a considered approach to collecting covid

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Delighted to be presenting at the @nma #collectingwithcare webinaire about @museumsvictoria #collectingthecurve project with @curatorcurious

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

Fantastic close collaboration by @tasmuseum and Libraries Tasmania as well as diving into historic collections for their covid collecting from Kirstie Ross and Jen Jerome #collectingwithcare @nma

[Michelle Stevenson @michellesmuses]

@LilyWithycombe Thanks!

[Craig Middleton @_museumguy]

The @tasmuseum and #LibrariesTasmania working together to avoid with duplication across collections/institutions and thus capturing more of the moment #collectingwithcare @nma @IcomOfficiel @ICOMAustralia

[Craig Middleton @_museumguy]

Objects collected 'now' will become vehicles for empathy and insight (paraphrased) - lovely statement from Katie Dyer @maasmuseum @nma @IcomOfficiel @ICOMAustralia #collectingwithcare