by Dr Jacqueline Healy, Director Museums, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

The Medical History Museum (est.1967) has a diverse collection of documents, photographs, artefacts, ceremonial objects, and medical and scientific equipment. In 2015, the Museum expanded its collections policy to encompass contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Sharing bush medicine stories through art has become one of the ways in which Elders maintain a strong knowledge and culture for their communities.

This year the Museum will reopen in a new location with an exhibition The Art of Healing: Australian Indigenous bush medicine. Art works have been commissioned and selected from throughout Australia. This talk will focus on the newly refurbished museum and the opening exhibition.

BIO: Dr Jacqueline Healy won a University of Melbourne Excellence Award in 2018 for the transformation of the museums in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Previously, Director, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Director, Public Programs, National Gallery of Victoria, Jacqueline is committed to community involvement in museums and innovative programs.