Dear Wikimedia-au list, I got this email calling for anyone who'd like to attend a tour of the Sydney Hospital - Australia's oldest. Specifically, the tour will be of the Nightingale Wing which houses the country's oldest pathology museum with human specimens from as far back as the First Fleet apparently. There is some political wrangling going on about potentially closing the museum so the heritage sector is trying to make sure there is awareness of this fascinating collection.
Anyone who would like to attend this tour please follow the contact details below. Interestingly - they link to the Wikipedia article about [[Sydney hospital]]. Furthermore, the Museums Australia head office has registered to attend GLAM-WIKI glam.Wikimedia.org.au Best, Liam [[witty lama]] ----- Forwarded Message ---- *From:* Paul Bentley <pbent...@idx.com.au> *To:* can-noti...@collectionsaustralia.net.au *Sent:* Thursday, 11 June, 2009 10:17:35 AM *Subject:* [Can-notices] Lucy Osborn-Nightingale Foundation Museum tour and talk 1 July MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA NSW BRANCH TOUR AND TALK Wednesday 1 July 2009 4pm Lucy Osborn-Nightingale Foundation Museum Nightingale Wing, Sydney Hospital & Sydney Eye Hospital Macquarie Street, Sydney Curator Elinor Wrobel will lead us on a tour of the Lucy Osburn-Nightingale Museum Foundation Museum, the subject of recent media attention. Sydney Hospital is Australia's oldest institution and first hospital. The museum was set up in 1999 to preserve the heritage of Sydney Hospital and the Nightingale Wing as the birthplace of nursing in Australia. The collection consists of archives and artefacts relating to Sydney Hospital, Lucy Osborn, Florence Nightingale and other medical practitioners. Its Kanematsu Collection of Human Tissue Specimens stimulates questions about obligations for the preservation of a range of material types that sometimes fall outside the scope current legislation in cultural and scientific environments. Directions and further details: From Macquarie Street, walk past Il Porcellino, a bronze copy of the Florentine boar, through to the courtyard, then turn left. http://www.sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au/sydhosp/historicaltours.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Hospital Join us afterwards for drinks at a nearby bar. RSVP The event is free, but please RSVP to the following by Monday 29 June: Paul Bentley Executive Officer Museums Australia NSW Branch Phone: 02 9387 7307 Mobile: 0416 121 347 pbent...@idx.com.au Web: www.museumsaustralia.org.au/nsw
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