Join Volunteer Tom and learn about the design, development and use of the iconic dental chair.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website. 

Image: Object no: 95/64/1, Dental chair, cast iron/wood/velvet, maker unknown, [Scotland], [1875]

Join volunteer Meg as she talks about the history and design of the Thomas Hope Regency Egyptian Revival Armchairs.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object No: A10447.  Armchairs (pair), Regency Egyptian Revival style, ebonised and gilt beech and oak / bronze and gilt brass mounts / reproduction silk damask and trimmings, designed by Thomas Hope (1769-1831), England, c. 1802

Join the textile volunteers as they talk about the Venetian flat point lace border,  needlemade, Italy, c. 1690.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object No: 86/726. Border, Venetian flat point lace, needlemade, Italy, c. 1690

Join volunteer Meg as she talks about the Minton's peacock figure.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object No: A9868. Figure, 'Peacock', earthenware with majolica glazes, modelled by Paul Comolera, made by Mintons, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, c 1873-75

This talk, written, researched and developed by Volunteer Jay, discusses the history, and some of the key figures in the development of the lace fence.

Researched and written by Textiles Volunteer, Jay and narrated by staff member and voice-volunteer Victoria.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object no: 2013/105/1, Artwork, 'Lace Fence', 3 panels, PVC coated steel wire, designed by Joep Verhoeven / studio DEMAKERSVAN, Rotterdam, Netherlands, made in Bangalore, India, 2010. 

A great summary of this technical dischord, in the early days of Australia's rail history - expertly told by Wednesday Volunteer, Beth.

This is an excerpt from the longer Chats - Rails, Trains and Reflections on Class and Travel - Wednesday Group

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website. 

Image: Object no: 87/1353-155, Photographic print, train tracks on Harbour Bridge, silver / gelatin / paper, photograph by the New South Wales Department of Public Works, printed by Alfred James Kent, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932

This print is one of an important series of photographs commissioned by the Department of Public Works. As a group they document the construction of the Sydney City Underground Railway and the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 1922 and 1932.

Friday MAAS Volunteer, Cierwen, explores the story of Rail, Freight and Water for Trains in Australia during the time that the railways were being established.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website. 

Image: Object no: 85/2585-217, Toy railway truck, Hornby No.1 crane truck, 0-gauge, metal, made by Meccano Ltd, Liverpool, England, 1949

This Hornby No.1 toy railway crane truck, made in 1949, is one of the items of rolling stock built by Meccano Ltd for their 0-gauge range of Hornby toy trains. The Hornby toy trains and accessories are a microcosm of railway social and technological history in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century.

Join volunteer Meg as she talks about the history and design of the 'Argyle' chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object No: A10033. Chair, 'Argyle', oak / rush, designed for the Argyle Street Tearooms, Glasgow, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow, Scotland, 1898-1899

Join the Tuesday volunteers as they  talk about their memories of childhood toys.

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website.

Image: Object No: 86/1053. Teddy bear with music box, cloth / straw / synthetic fur / metal, maker unknown, Japan, 1927

Dinah, Lace Volunteer, gives an overview of the lace recovered from the Batavia Wreck, that was reconstructed by Rosemary Shepherd.

This is an excerpt from the longer podcast "Chats - Lace, Sail knots, Splicing, and Ancient Egypt -Transport-Textiles "

Volunteers are at the heart of our community. Both on-site and virtually, these passionate, generous and skilled individuals contribute to a Museum that fosters connection and curiosity.  These virtual talks provide access to the Museum collection and are designed to inspire conversations and evoke memories.

You can  search for objects relating to this discussion on the MAAS website. 

Image: Object no: 96/89/16, Lacemaking bobbin, wood, maker unknown, Holland, 1950-1990.

Lace-making bobbin of light coloured wood with no short neck, tear-shaped shank, flat at tail end.