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• Eagle CSI

  • When
    30 Mar 2023
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    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Central Gallery, TMAG
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  FRIENDS FREE FLOOR TALK
  

  Eagle CSI: Investigating causes of death in Tasmania’s threatened birds of prey

  
  

  Birds of prey play an essential role as both predators and scavengers within Tasmanian ecosystems. However, throughout their range, raptors face various threats that can lead to injury or death, potentially impacting the future success and survival of wild populations. In 2021 a partnership between TMAG and TasNetworks was established to provide fresh insights into circumstances leading to death and therefore develop strategies to avert those dangers.

  In this talk we will hear from TMAG’s technical officer, Dr Judy Clarke, who uses forensic and veterinary tools to investigate mortality in wild Tasmanian raptors, particularly Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles, white-bellied sea-eagles and grey goshawks. We will learn about some of the techniques used to help determine causes of death, and gain insights into factors that could be contributing to fatalities in these charismatic species.

  We will also see how the samples and specimens collected are used at the museum for cutting-edge research and learn about how this information is used to help guide the mitigation measures being implemented by TasNetworks and windfarm operators to reduce the likelihood of harmful interactions of raptors with human infrastructure. 

  
  

  This is a FREE EVENT and you are welcome to bring non-member friends.
  

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• taypani milaythina-tu: Return to country

  • When
    13 Apr 2023
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Central Gallery, TMAG
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  taypani milaythina-tu: Return to country

  
  

  We are very pleased to invite you to this long-awaited Friends event. The ground-breaking exhibition taypani milaythina-tu: Return to country opened in October last year, and presents creative work from twenty Tasmanian Aboriginal artists responding to relationships between community and ancestral objects, particularly those held in institutions overseas and currently on view in this exhibition.

  Keren Ruki will be our speaker on the night. Keren is TMAG’s Pacific curator, First Peoples Art and Culture, and is co-curator of taypani milaythina-tu. Keren will talk about the development of the exhibition, and go behind the scenes to look at the logistics of setting it up, the research undertaken, and the negotiations involved to bring the ancestral objects home.

  After her presentation, Keren will take you on a walk through the exhibition. Whether or not you have visited taypani milaythina-tu before, you will gain fresh insights into these magnificent pieces, both ancient and contemporary, and the links across time that connect them. 

  Members $20, Non members $30, includes refreshments.

  NOTE regarding online bookings: Attendees sometimes report difficulties booking as a member or member couple. You need to log in before making the booking and then those options will be available to you. And as an added bonus, you then won't need to answer pesky questions about whether you are a robot.

  
  

  Image: Canoe (model) c. 1843, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1893.50.14; Rex Greeno’s canoes etc (from l to r) a. first canoe and tools on the walls, Rex Greeno ningher 2019; b. second canoe and tools on the wall, Rex Greeno trukati (high tide) 2020-21; c. third canoe and tools on the wall, Rex Greeno layman (lagoon) 2020-2021 (Photo: Ian Terry)

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• Behind the layers (April)

  • When
    26 Apr 2023
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    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Members' Lounge, TMAG
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  Behind the layers (April)
  

  
  

  A new exhibition, Behind the Layers: Authenticating the Stories of Paintings, on show from 9 March until 30 April in the Salon Gallery, has been developed by TMAG’s conservation team. It showcases recent treatments they have undertaken on a selection of 19th century oil paintings and their frames from the TMAG collection. These are paintings about which there had previously been some unresolved questions, such as who painted them and even who was featured in them. 

  For this special Friends event, Senior Painting Conservator Jenny O’Connell will present on the treatment and research undertaken for Behind the Layers and show how the conservators have been able to solve these mysteries through their work. This will be followed by a ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour of the conservation lab, where Jenny and Conservation Technician Lisa Charleston will discuss current painting and frame treatments.

  Space in the conservation lab is limited, so this event is for members only. 

  Members $20, includes morning tea.

  NOTE regarding online bookings: Attendees sometimes report difficulties booking as a member or member couple. You need to log in before making the booking and then those options will be available to you. And as an added bonus, you then won't need to answer pesky questions about whether you are a robot.

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