Another donation from Hans Rueckert
Hans Rueckert donated a large collection of books and maps to the Museum in 2017. Recently he came across some more boxes of items and offered to donate these as well.
Freight for documents
The Museum is seeking sponsors to cover the costs of freight for documents from Canada.
Purchase of a plan cabinet
The Museum is seeking sponsors to to support the purchase of a new 6-drawer horizontal plan cabinet.
Publication of a new book
The Museum is seeking sponsors to to support the publication of a fascinating biography, to be published by New South Publishing in mid-2022.
Museum Collection Assessment
In 2020 the museum was successful in obtaining a grant from State Library to have a museum specialist visit and carry out a Collection Significance Report on what the museum holds as community heritage. Melanie Piddocke, from Queensland Museum, visited in June, 2021 and spent a week going through all collections with the Curator to …
Mystery item found at Middle Beach
Jeremy and Jan Colman visited Lord Howe Island for a week back in June of this year, and were walking on Middle Beach one afternoon and found the front cover of an antique gold fob watch. It was jammed underneath a boulder that was revealed at low tide close to the southern end of the …
Museum Curator awarded Honorary Doctorate
Ian Hutton, curator of the Lord Howe Island Museum, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by SCU.
Collection Significance Assessment
In June, Melanie Piddocke from Queensland Museum visited the island to undertake a Collection Significance Assessment of the collections held at the Lord Howe Island Museum. Melanie was very impressed by the collection, and spent a lot more time in the museum than she had anticipated, as the collections held are quite extensive, including artefacts, …
Access to the local newspaper
With the help of our President Robyn Warner’s son-in-law Peter van Dijk, the museum now has a very accessible digital archive of all issues of the island newspaper, Signal. These are on an iPad with a searchable function so that a user can type in a name, or any words, and instantly have all of …
