press kit - The International Council of Museums

Susannah Place Museum
Concession entry for everyone (2pm-6pm)
Visit.
Located in the heart of The Rocks, Susannah Place is a rare surviving example of a simple working-class
terrace. Built in 1844, by Irish immigrants and continuously occupied until 1990 this typically English terrace
was home to over 100 different families. The museum tells the stories of the often overlooked lives of working
class people and the neighbourhood in which they lived, played, worked and struggled.
Phone: 61 2 9241 1893
Email: sarao@hht.net.au
Address: 58-64 Gloucester St– 2000 the Rocks, Australia
Website: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/susannah_place_museum
Rouse Hill House & Farm
Concession entry for everyone (9.30am-4.30pm)
Visit.
Founded in 1813 and crammed with 20,000 objects spanning its long life, Rouse Hill House & Farm expresses
the hopes and dreams of six generations of family life in rural New South Wales from early colonization to the
late 1900s.
An extraordinary amount of colonial history converged upon or passed hard by this place, with Rouse Hill
House -itself one of the oldest continually occupied homes in Australia- overlooking the Hawkesbury road of
1794, the Windsor turnpike road which replaced it, and the Vinegar Hill battlefield of 1804.
Take a tour to experience the old house with its time-warped rooms, the ancient garden, handsome stables,
and the tottering outbuildings, old machinery and rusting vehicles that strew the wider farmstead. Or come
and enjoy one of Rouse Hill’s farm-based or other family-friendly programs.
Phone: 61 2 9627 6777
Email: sarao@hht.net.au
Address: Guntawong Rd (Via Rouse Rd) – 2155 Rouse Hill, Australia
Website: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/rouse_hill_house_and_farm
Museum & Gallery Services Queensland
Peer Talk 2011 (18 May 2011, 1pm-6pm)
Visit, workshop.
M&GSQ’s Peer Talk returns for International Museum Day, 18 May 2011. In this, the 150th anniversary of the
Sisters of Mercy Brisbane Congregation, Peer Talk 2011 will feature a Review of Stages 1 and 2 of the Mercy
Heritage Centre.
• View the exhibitions
• Listen to the curatorial, design and institutional perspective on their development
• Hear from three professional reviewers on their visit experience
• Express your viewpoint in the panel and audience discussion
• Network over afternoon tea
• Celebrate the launch of International Museum Day with breathtaking verandah views as the sun sets.
Cost: $30, $25 concession. Visit www.magsq.com.au for further information. Bookings are essential, phone
+61 7 3215 0844.
Contact: Ann Baillie (Manager Training and Professional Development)
Phone: +61 7 3215 0820
Email: informatioin@magsq.com.au
Address: Mercy Heritage Centre, All Hallows’ Convent, 547 Ann Street – 4006 Brisbane, Australia
Website: http://www.magsq.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=781
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