UNTIL 30 MAY 2021, IF YOU ARE IN SYDNEY YOU CAN VISIT A MANY DIMENSIONAL EXHIBITION ABOUT when gay and lesbian life went public in the 1970s. Speaking up and standing out, gay men and women took to … [Read more...]
Sydney Luna Park – help me have fun
Hi all, I am the curator and collector of the Sydney Luna Park Ephemera collection. I am looking for items from the 1930s -1981 and also beyond if anyone has items they no longer want happy take … [Read more...]
Looking after your collections – seminars coming up
ON 21 APRIL AND 28 APRIL 2021 Two great ZOOM conservation talks for the Australian Heritage Festival, in collaboration with a local conservator, Debra Parry. The talks explain how to care for … [Read more...]
Why are Private Collectors Important?
TALK ON 28 APRIL 11 AM ABOUT Why are Private Collectors Important? We all collect, and some of us collect for the commonwealth. In their own time, collectors achieve what curators and other … [Read more...]
Ephemera news or news about ephemera #1
In France, as a post Covid stimulus for the arts, 18-year-olds received $485 to spend via an app – at galleries, museums, concert halls, cinemas, and bookshops. The biggest surprise is the number of … [Read more...]
Road atlases
TRAVEL EPHEMERA COMES IN MANY FORMS, and a favourite, although often a bit battered is the free road maps from petrol stations, tourist bureaus and the like. Here is a selection that has found its … [Read more...]
Ephemera news or news about ephemera #2
Ritchie Yorke, a musical journalist and author, ‘didn't throw out much, if anything, keeping almost every article, letter, press pass, photograph, vinyl record, concert ticket and item of clothing … [Read more...]
Travel ephemera
TASMANIA - ALWAYS A TRAVEL DESTINATION and thus the generator of some nice ephemera: This map from a Sydney based map producer has a lovely logo - extracted above - a rocket with the company … [Read more...]
Healthy eating
'GLUTEN STEAK' & 'WEET GRIST' ANYONE? THIS BRIGHT LITTLE BOOKLET FROM THE 1960s PROMOTES HEALTH EATING. It looks at food groups and also introduces some new products - may be they needed more … [Read more...]