{"id":618,"date":"2012-11-01T10:29:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T23:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2013-04-24T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T00:48:19","slug":"collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.idaia.com.au\/en\/information-sources\/collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Public collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

This lists the most important collections of international museums and institutions that have Australian Indigenous artworks in their permanent collection. Accessible to the general public.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Australian National Maritime Museum – Eora First People permanent exhibition<\/a><\/h3>\n

Sydney (NSW), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

This exhibition takes the visitor on a journey from Tasmania to Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, exploring this deep connection through art and adornments.\u00a0Eora means ‘first people’\u00a0in the language of the Darug, traditional owners of the land the museum now stands on. The exhibition includes bark paitings, poles, coffins, sculptures and shell works.<\/p>\n

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Berndt Museum of Anthropology<\/a> of the University of Western Australia<\/h3>\n

Perth (WA), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Berndt Museum of Anthropology holds an extensive collection of Indigenous art and artefacts. Its permanent collections (the Arnhem Land collections, the Kimberley collections, the South-West collections, the Western Desert collections) represent alltogether around 4800 artefacts of very various media – from ceremonial and weapons to acrylic paintings and bark drawings – coming from these regions.<\/p>\n


\nBuku Larrnggay Mulka Museum<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Yirrkala (NT), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The space incorporates a theatre, media lab, project office, and museum. Using the latest gear community members access traditional music, local video, the internet, family photos, digital cultural assets and production tools. The space is a focal point for both young and old to come together and celebrate Yolngu culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Flinders University Art Museum<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Adelaide (SA), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

Flinders University Art Museum is a cultural facility maintained by the university. It contains a permanent collection of 2500 works of Australian Indigenous art drawn from throughout Australia, particularly the central desert.\u00a0Highlights include watercolours from Hermannsburg, featuring work by Albert Namatjira and works from Utopia, including paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye.<\/p>\n

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Ian Potter Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0of the University of Melbourne<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Melbourne (VIC), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ian Potter Museum of Art is the University of Melbourne’s visual arts museum.\u00a0\u00a0The collection comprises mostly of Australian art, including the Leonhard Adam Collection which contains Indigenous artworks from Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Asia, America and Africa. It features thirty-six painted barks from Groote Eylandt from the 1940s and Indigenous artworks from Australia such as\u00a0paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Butcher Cherel, and Rusty Peters, and photographs by Destiny Deacon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory<\/a><\/h3>\n

Darwin (NT), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory houses extensive collections of Aboriginal art and cultural material, mainly from the Northern Territory and surrounding regions. The museum hosts the high-profile annual Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Museum of Contemporary art<\/a><\/h3>\n

Sydney (NSW), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Museum of Contemporary Art has an extensive collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art featuring both contemporary and modern artworks. The museums has 3 permanent Aboriginal art collections: the Maningrida Collection of Aboriginal Art, gathering\u00a0600 works in fibre and other materials created by Maningrida artists in the 1980s; the Ramingining Collection of Aboriginal Art that gathers 276 items from north-eastern Arnhem Land collected since 1984; and\u00a0the Arnott\u2019s Biscuits Collection of Aboriginal Bark Paintings which consists of\u00a0274 bark paintings from the 60s to early 80s donated to the museum in 1993. Contemporary Aboriginal artists are also part of the permanent collection of contemporary art.<\/p>\n

Museum Victoria<\/a><\/h3>\n

Melbourne (VIC), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Indigenous Cultures permanent collections of the Museum Victoria comprise internationally significant collections of indigenous art, ethnographic artefacts, archaeological items, photographs, archival documents, and film and sound recordings.<\/p>\n

National Museum Australia<\/a><\/h3>\n

Canberra (ACT), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The artworks and objects of the ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Art collection’\u00a0belong to a unique body of works that was started in 1967 by the Council for Aboriginal Affairs.\u00a0In 2007, the government transferred this collection of about 2000 pieces to the National Museum of Australia. Now the National Museum of Australia holds an extensive collection focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures and Histories that displays the history of Australia through experiences, stories and images of Indigenous Australians.<\/p>\n

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Queensland Museum<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Brisbane (QLD), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Queensland Museum holds the state collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts and historical photographs.<\/p>\n

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South Australian Museum<\/a><\/h3>\n

Adelaide (SA), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

The Aboriginal Material Culture collections include Australian Aboriginal ethnographic artefacts and archaeology; it\u00a0is made of\u00a035,000 items, mostly aquired from 1890 and 1940, and are\u00a0artefacts and archaeology from different communities across Australia. The artefacts and assemblages are from many different Indigenous communities, language groups and individuals across Australia. The Archaeology Collection includes the earliest formally excavated sites in Australia as well as more contemporary sites significant to South Australia.<\/p>\n

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Western Australian Museum<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Perth (WA), Australia<\/em><\/p>\n

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The collection traces the impact and influence of Europeans on the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia and includes objects representing the innovative use of introduced materials and the continuity of Aboriginal traditional knowledge and skills. Its Aboriginal Cultures Collection gathers approximatively 10,000 items that have been collected since its inception in 1892.<\/p>\n

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USA<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Harvey Art Projects<\/a><\/h3>\n

Idaho, USA<\/em><\/p>\n

Harvey Art Projects is an organization dedicated to developing cultural awareness, understanding and appreciation of the finest Aboriginal Art in America through regular exhibitions and satellite events.<\/p>\n

Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal art collection<\/a> of the University of Virginia<\/h3>\n

Charlottesville, USA<\/em><\/p>\n

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the exhibition and study of Australian Aboriginal art<\/p>\n

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Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art<\/a>\u00a0(AAMU)<\/h3>\n

Utrecht, the Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n

The only museum totally dedicated to contemporary Australian Indigenous art in Europe.\u00a0At the core of the AAMU collection are a number of works of art collected during the 1990’s, but also comprises more recent works.Every year AAMU presents two to three exhibitions where you can get to know the versatility, power and individuality of Aboriginal art. Each exhibition has a\u00a0new perspective and shows the different directions and trends that have evolved in this contemporary art form. The works on display vary from magnificent\u00a0paintings on linen and tree-bark paintings to thought-provoking installations and multimedia works by a younger generation of Indigenous artists.<\/p>\n

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Mus\u00e9e du quai Branly<\/a><\/h3>\n

Paris, France<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mus\u00e9e du quai Branly has the largest international commission of contemporary Indigenous art from Australia. Paintings and Indigenous objects from Australia currently include synthetic polymer paintings, barks, weapons, boomerangs, sculptures and contemporary acrylic on canvas works.\u00a0Eight Aboriginal artists were selected to represent the Australian Aboriginal art movement, following extensive consideration and assessment from around Australia by the museum and curatorial team. The artists include:\u00a0Lena Nyadbi<\/span>,\u00a0Paddy Nyunkuny Bedford<\/span>,\u00a0Judy Watson<\/span>,\u00a0Gulumbu Yunupingu<\/span>,\u00a0John Mawurndju<\/span>l,\u00a0Tommy Watson<\/span>,\u00a0Ningura Napurrula<\/span>,\u00a0Michael Riley<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0Karel Kupk<\/span>a.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mus\u00e9e d’ethnographie de Gen\u00e8ve<\/a><\/h3>\n

Gen\u00e8ve, Switzerland<\/em><\/p>\n

This museums gathers pieces from the five continents. Its Oceanian collection gathers more than 5000 pieces, with 900 of them coming from Australia.<\/p>\n

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Pitt Rivers Museum<\/a> in the\u00a0Oxford University Museum of Natural History<\/h3>\n

Oxford, UK<\/em><\/p>\n

The museum gathers 585 000 artefacts, which represents one of the largest ethnographic collection of the UK. Some Aboriginal artworks are part of this collection.<\/p>\n

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