tiabunna's photos with the keyword: museum

I've long been interested in historic cars and this one deserves far more recognition. It is "La Jamais Contente", which in 1899 became the world's fastest road vehicle and the first to exceed 100 km/hr. It also ran on an electric motor. I saw it in the museum at Le Bourget Airport in Paris (it is now in the National Car and Tourism Museum in Compiègne). I thought ot this when I visited an electric vehicle show in Sydney (the PiP shows just a tiny corner of the large building-wide display). .

Ilfracombe is a 'blink and you will miss it' village with the main road passing through. To add interest and give travellers a reason to stop, they have this roadside museum of old equipment. ADDITION: I've just done some homework I should have done earlier, it's called the Machinery Mile. Yes, there are some fences. So, although the world doesn't seem that way, I wish everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a peaceful weekend.

Fence at the Age of Dinosaurs Museum coffee / eatery area - presumably to keep dinosaurs away. :-) The Museum is built on one of the flat-topped hills I have shown in the area, known as the "Jump-up" - the PiPs show further images from the access road . Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a great weekend.

One of Australia's most famous shipwrecks, the Dutch East Indies Company ship Batavia was en-route on its maiden voyage to the port of the same name (now Jakarta) when it went aground in 1629 on the islands of Houtmans Abrolhos off Australia's west coast. And that was only the start of an amazing story of mutiny, murder, mayhem and retribution, all explained in this link. The link (recommended) also has many fine images of a modern replica of the Batavia. The wreck was found in the 1960s and, in the 1970s, maritime archaeologists recovered much of the cargo and a section of the hull. Amazingly, it had survived the wave action for over 340 years under part of the cargo which included the bricks and stonework seen in these images. Yes, that rope around the display is a fence, so Happy Fence Friday, everyone, and I hope your weekend goes well.

Wollongong has a community museum, which is where I found this recreation of a historic classroom, complete with slates on the desks (though not the proper slate pencils which are apparently unobtainable). What really struck me was that, with a different building and without the abacus, it was a good match with my earlier classrooms ... just a "few" years ago. :-) HBM and have a good week, everyone.

In the latter years of French colonisation, Laos was made into a kingdom. After the civil/SE Asian war, it now is the PDR of Laos and the former royal palace has been made a museum. These are the former royal carriages.

In the latter years of French colonisation, Laos was made into a kingdom. After the civil/SE Asian war, it now is the PDR of Laos and the former royal palace has been made a museum. These are the former royal carriages, best viewed large.

The hold of the Cutty Sark would once have been filled with tea boxes (as painted on the floor) when it was on the China Tea trade (see PiP 1 for some history on that). Later in her career she was used on the Australian wool run (PiP2), setting record times for the trip to the UK. As for the crew, some of the slightly more senior members lived in the cabin shown in PiP3, while the Captain and senior officers used the Mess shown in PiP 4. An 'indoor fence' is a little different! HFF and have a great weekend everyone.

General stores were once to be found in most Australian country towns, selling everything from ladies' underwear to groceries and hardware. They've all now gone, as a result of supermarkets and improved transport. I'll confess to being taken back to my younger years when I walked inside and saw the shelves of groceries and such (PiPs 2 and 3). It's good that this has been preserved as a museum. How many of you remember the old "cash carrier" flying fox devices, where payments were fired in a cassette along a wire to a cashier's office? The sending device for that is visible in PiP2 and PiP3 - these predated cash registers.

What now is the Braidwood Museum was built as the Royal Hotel in the 1840s. The pink building (also in PiP) is the Braidwood Hotel, built in 1850, still operating and restored as near as possible to original condition. These buildings would have been frequented by the people in my history story and are close to the former (now removed) Braidwood Gaol, mentioned below. Continuing my bushranger story: I should give some background: back in the 1850s-60s, this was isolated and frontier territory. Travel to Sydney took several days, there were few facilities and no schools for the children of small farmers or working families on the large properties. Tom Clarke and his brothers were totally uneducated. Horse and cattle theft was common and there was an element of camaraderie between families and friends. Tom Clarke, like most of his family, was involved in stock theft and normally would have expected a local trial and a light sentence, if any, when he surrendered to the police in July 1865. Instead, he found himself on more substantial charges, including the highway robbery of three Chinese. Pending trial, likely to be tried elsewhere and with a less receptive jury, he was placed in gaol and faced a long sentence. Early on the morning of 3 October 1865 he climbed over the gaol fence and onto a racehorse that someone had tethered outside, then galloped away. A subsequent review found that several prison guards had links to the Clarke family. A reward of 50 pounds was offered for the Tom's capture. And, I guess, this is where the story really begins..... Explored.

In 1941, HMAS Whyalla was the first ship built in the industrial town of the same name. After it was retired from the navy, it was hauled high onto dry land (at Whyalla, near where it was built) and now forms the centrepiece of a maritime museum. HFF everyone, and keep warm in the north. Explored.

The restored buildings of the Huguang Guild Hall, in the city of Chongqing, date back several hundred years. Originally a community centre for immigrants to the area, the buildings now house a museum. Behind, a very large and modern suspension bridge across the Yangtze River. Best viewed large.

The only word for the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre is "stunning" and that is by no means an overstatement! From the range of remarkable early aircraft to the presentation of the exhibits, everything is extremely high quality: it might just be significant that this is a pet project for Sir Peter Jackson, better known as the director of the "Lord of the Rings" movies and an aviation enthusiast. For more information, I would recommend visiting the Centre's website. This display setting with mannequins contains an original American-made Thomas Morse Scout, used as a US training aircraft late in WW1.

This Fokker Dr.1 Dreidecker (Triplane) replica was at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre near Blenheim. This is an excellent aviation museum with many of the exhibits airworthy and flown at airshows, as are more of the Jasta seen (in the PiP note) parked indoors. I couldn't resist this musical clip which has video of an original Dr.1 with its most famous exponent.

Hobart in Tasmania features a quite unique privately owned museum and gallery called MONA, the "Museum of Old and New Art". Housed in a remarkable purpose-built building, you will find mainly avant-garde art (in some surprising forms) alongside Greek antiquities and Egyptian sarcophagi. The building is built alongside the Derwent estuary, nestled into a hillside cutting in natural sandstone (seen here) which becomes a feature wall. Entry is from the top, via a lift to begin the visit at the lower level. There are no signs or explanatory notes, instead visitors are given electronic devices which are activated by proximity sensors to show what is nearby and all the relevant details. Should you choose to provide your email address, the details of your visit are recorded and an internet link provided by email enables you to recreate your visit at leisure through an interactive site! Back to this shot. Apart from the wall, the fenced item at lower left is best described as an 'adult trampoline', whereby jumping on it rings one of several large bronze bells. I did say 'avant-garde'! If you've a little time, the website for MONA is www.mona.net.au

When I came to this site from F*r, I copied several albums across - but somehow I left many images on "private view" and not public. Time to fill the gaps! The Ryan STM trainer is just so evocative of the 1930s style. This musical link matches pretty well, even if it is from a slightly later period.

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