THE ESA JOURNAL WAS POSTED OUT IN JUNE 2021, AND IN IT EACH MEMBER WILL FIND A BOOKMARK. The bookmarks are courtesy of the Estate of Amy Turner and via ESA member Elizabeth Willis. if you have't … [Read more...]
Doll House: Miniature Worlds of Wonder
From 18 June to 29 August 2021, an exhibition of doll houses and related ephemera: Doll House: Miniature Worlds of Wonder This National Trust exhibition features over 40 doll houses, ephemera and … [Read more...]
Theatre ephemera
This wonderful new book ‘HANKY PANKY: THE THEATRICAL ESCAPADES of ERNEST C ROLLS’ by Frank Van Straten (Readings & others, hard back $49.95), is full of Australian theatre posters and pictures of … [Read more...]
Coming out in the 70s
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...]