A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Written by Lucy Percival
For 3 days, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to discover the inner workings of MOD. – the Museum of Discovery – through undertaking work experience in an environment that blends the line between science, art and design into interactive exhibits and installation. Through my work placement, I had the opportunity to immerse […]
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As an Exhibitions Coordinator here at MOD. I take exhibitions from design all the way through to operations. This new Behind the Scenes series will be notes from me, talking about some of the processes we have here at MOD. and how we bring our exhibits to life. HEDONISM is our third exhibition and launched […]
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Written by Jazmin Colombini
I had been given the opportunity to have a peek behind closed doors of MOD. at UniSA through a short-term Work Experience Program. I was captivated by what the course had to offer and the new opportunities that would come to surface. I feel that my knowledge in the art world and community has expanded […]
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Did you know there are almost 7,500 people under the age of 25 who lives in the City of Adelaide? Or that there are more than 95,000 annual visits by young people to the Art Gallery of South Australia and the South Australian Museum a year? What do young people want from their city? In […]
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We approached Radio Adelaide to partner with us to provide the soundtrack of HEDONISM. Over the course of the exhibition we will feature songs selected by Radio Adelaide hosts. Here we go! Caitlin Adams Presenter, Packed Lunch “These songs make me wanna dance when I hear them because a dance break is one of my favourite […]
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In the depths of pre-WAGING PEACE planning we were trying to think of hands-on activities for our Polar Commons exhibit. We wanted something that people could do together over the course of the whole exhibition. We wanted something that would be easy enough to moderate. Someone off-handedly suggested we knit jumpers for penguins.* We spent […]
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When we opened our Peace Machine school project, we weren’t really sure what we were going to get. We were hoping for a mix of exciting and terrifying innovations from South Australian school students, and students across the state delivered. We received some that would change the world, a necklace that split in half to […]
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Internships are an opportunity to open ‘Staff Only’ doors. I used this opportunity to peek into the world of MOD., a museum I had been enthralled by as both a visitor and as a museum studies student. As I am coming to the end of my Masters in Cultural Heritage I am starting to form a more […]
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At the end of September I participated in the Digital Humanities Conference Australasia, held at the UniSA City West campus. It was an opportunity to hear from people working in the digital humanities around the world, and I enjoyed talks on topics from the intersection of technology and museums, to how social media analysis has […]
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Tomorrow (Saturday 10 February) marks three months until we launch MOD.
For the last 12 and a bit months, we have thinking about a space that is largely unknown and mostly unseen. While we have had floor plans, dimensions, ceiling grids and approximate locations, we have been limited, since January last year, to a once-monthly visit inside at best. I reckon I’ve spent a total of […]
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