Citation
(1998), "New exhibition at National Library of Australia", Asian Libraries, Vol. 7 No. 12. https://doi.org/10.1108/al.1998.17307lab.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1998, MCB UP Limited
New exhibition at National Library of Australia
New exhibition at National Library of Australia
An exhibition from one of the world's leading collections of material relating to the European discovery, exploration and colonisation of the South Pacific opened at the National Library of Australia on 6 August 1998, and will run until 7 February 1999.
"Paradise possessed: the Rex Nan Kivell collection" features drawings, landscapes, portraits and prints, manuscripts, books, rare maps and historical objects from this collection of 15,000 items, which forms part of the central core of the National Library's holdings. Comments received to date indicate that the exhibition has a great impact on viewers, both in terms of its content and beauty. An article by the curator of the exhibition, Michelle Hetherington, appears in National Library of Australia News (August 1998) and at http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/nankivel/