THE CYRIL KETT OPTOMETRY MUSEUM HAS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONS TO ITS COLLECTION: This Museum welcomes donations of material of historical interest, be it books, instruments, personal papers, … [Read more...]
First Show & Tell of the year
PENCIL IN FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 6PM, AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM. All welcome, friendly chat with about 10 others about 5+ of your recently collected or material on a theme or of current … [Read more...]
Congratulations – Michael Aitken & The Optometry Museum
RECOGNISED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OVER MANY YEARS ESA member Michael Aitken was honoured with an Australian Museums and Galleries Association, Victoria Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Cyril … [Read more...]
Dating – ounces or grams
WEIGHTS USED IN A RECIPE CAN HELP PIN DOWN THE DATE WHEN THE BOOKLET OR RECIPE SHEET WAS PUBLISHED: The conversion from imperial weights & measures to metric weights & measures was … [Read more...]
National geographic maps – worth anything?
ESA RECENTLY FIELDED A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF OLDER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS. My own guess was $0 but that's not quite right. Luckily I asked our member and map seeker Gerry Dorset, and he … [Read more...]