Current exhibitions

SMALL MATTERS: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MICROSCOPY

Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the University of Sydney's Electron Microscope Unit (EMU)

Small Matters probes the world of modern microscopy, highlighting the research and technology of the EMU. Using the fascinating and sometimes bizarre images produced by this technology the exhibition explores how these images are made and what they tell us about our everyday worlds.

To find out more about the EMU visit:
www.emu.usyd.edu.au

Macleay Museum
1 August 2008-1 February 2009

Stephanie Valentin

Four works by Stephanie Valentin are currently on display in the Macleay Museum. They explore the complex intricacy of nature at the microscopic level and notions of the human presence within this realm. Stephanie produced these works using a Focused Ion Beam Microscope at the Electron Microscope Unit at the University of New South Wales.

Click here for further information.


Macleay Museum
3 November 2008-1 February 2009

A Small History of Microscopy

Confused by the difference between compound and simple microscopes? Ever wonder about the uses of objectives and microtomes? This small display on historic microscopy and slides will bring you into this tiny but fascinating world.





Macleay Museum
1 August 2008-August 2009

Footprints in the Mythic Landscape: A bark painting story

The paintings made by artists and ceremonial leaders on bark are one of the most internationally recognised aspects of Aboriginal culture. This new selection of works follows the paths and mythic landscapes of ancestral beings from the broad religious tradition shared across Australia.

The unique threads of this religious tradition as they are expressed and shared by artists in these works are celebrated in this bringing together of artworks from across the peoples of the Northern Territory.


Macleay Museum
24 February – December 2008