University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, Anthropology research museum at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum is a research collection holding around 28,000 artifacts and 8,000 photographs from Queensland and the Pacific. The holdings show material from Indigenous Australian peoples, the Solomon Islands, and other Pacific cultures, including extensive weapons collections.
The museum was founded in 1948 by Dr. Lindsey Winterbotham, who donated 1,000 objects and laid the foundation for anthropological research at the university. This founding collection grew over time into one of Australia's largest collections of ethnographic materials at a university.
The collection displays objects from Indigenous Australian cultures and the Pacific, including Solomon Islands artwork, ceremonial sculptures, and bark paintings. These pieces tell stories of the ways people lived and created art across these regions.
The museum occupies level 1 of the Michie Building on the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland. It opens daily from 11am to 3pm, and admission is free. The Michie Building sits on the St Lucia campus, west of the city centre across the Brisbane River.
The museum holds one of the earliest collections of Aurukun ceremonial sculpture, from Cape York Peninsula. It also keeps 19th-century carvings from the Solomon Islands and a 120-piece ceramic mural, Creation III, by the sculptor Thancoupie.
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