Name ________________________________________
Museum Object Study
View the Permanent and Special Exhibition galleries and choose ONE object that interests you
then answer the following questions:
1. Why did you choose this object?
2. What did you learn from the label that you wouldn’t have known just by looking at the object?
3. Have you seen a similar object? If so, where?
4. How would you describe the object’s physical attributes?
5. What is the object’s function?
6. What is the object’s provenance (place of origin)?
7. What is the significance of this object in relation to the Mary MacKillop story?
View the object closely and draw a detailed sketch
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