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Augmenting the past to appeal to new museum audiences

History comes alive with the help of virtual reality technology at Darwin’s Chinese Museum, in a significant collection rehang and update.

13 Oct 2022 19:28

Pamela See

visitors enjoying Darwin's Chinese Museum

Visual Arts

Rich in history, NT Chinese Museum’s new rehang engages audiences. Image supplied.

In September this year, the Northern Territory (NT) Chinese Museum installed a virtual reality display which constituted the first significant rehang for the institution in over a decade.

Family historian at the NT Chinese Museum, Neville Jones, said: ‘[The] paintings are inspired by the short stories written by Kenneth Chan… [and] the viewer can don 3D goggles and take a virtual reality step into the paintings.’

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Pamela See

Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling) is a Brisbane-based artist and writer. During her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Griffith University, she researched post-digital applications for traditional Chinese papercutting. Since 1997, she has exhibited across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The collections to house examples of her artwork include: the Huaxia Papercutting Museum in Changsha, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra, and the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) in Adelaide. She has also contributed to variety of publications such as: the Information, Medium and Society Journal of Publishing, M/C Journal, Art Education Australia, 716 Craft and Design, and Garland Magazine.