Summary
White t-shirt labelled 'Museums on the Move', with photograph of taxidermied animals on a horse-drawn dray. The t-shirt was designed by Museum of Victoria staff member Karen Jakubec. It was printed for staff involved in the Museum Relocation Phase 1, when the Museum was relocating from its long-term site in Swanston Street to its new Melbourne Museum campus, around 1999.
The photograph on the t-shirt was taken in 1899 when the National Museum of Victoria was relocated from the University of Melbourne to the building at the rear of the Public Library in Swanston Street.
Physical Description
Medium sized white t-shirt with a photograph and text printed on the front. The image is of a horse-drawn dray with five stuffed animals from the museum collection on the back. The dray is stopped in front of a building and people look on.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Ruth Leveson - Museum Victoria, 2005
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Organisation Named
Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1999
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Designer
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Inscriptions
Text: 'MUSEUMS ON THE MOVE'.
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Object Measurements
60.5 cm (Length), 83.6 cm (Width)
Size M. (medium)
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