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Jensen and Kennedy at the NMA this morning. Photo: Helen Musa.
âITâS like Aladdin’s Cave”, National Museum of Australia director Matt Trinca exclaimed this morning (April 20), as he helped unveil the exhibition âTrevor Kennedy Collection: Highlights” showcasing 573 objects from some 5,000 acquired by the Museumâs biggest-ever private acquisition â and it would be the first of many such shows.
Some of the objects are small in scale, like the animal ornaments, while others like items of pre-1820 Australian-made furniture, are large. The gold objects drawn from the Gold Rush are priceless, and the display of 24 emu eggs, inimitable.
“Aladdin’s Cave”. Photo: Helen Musa
Trevor Kennedy Collection: Highlights exhibition features extraordinary historic objects
Over 500 Australian historical artefacts and decorative arts objects drawn from the internationally recognised Trevor Kennedy Collection are now on display at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
This is the first time Australiana objects from the Trevor Kennedy Collection have been available for public viewing.
To acknowledge the Museum’s largest and most significant acquisition, the Museum’s Forecourt bush garden has been named in recognition of Christina and Trevor Kennedy.
The exhibition showcases 573 objects from some 5,000 acquired by the Museum in 2020 through its largest acquisition, a combination of a purchase by the Museum of over $8 million and a donation by Mr Kennedy valued at about $7 million.