I like that the architecture of the Museum is still pretty much unchanged. It is a wonderful structure from its era and worth preserving as is.

I love the Brutalist architecture. Always enjoy visiting the museum, even if only for the vibe.

Hi Rob, I remember going to the museum on Gregory terrace as a kid, I was amazed and scared, it was a true museum and the huge staircase to the second level was fantastic. Keep up us informed on our modern history. Great stuff!

The best item there is the A7V 'Mephisto' tank. Also that's the problem with post modern architecture, it goes out of style every decade and needs remodelling. Where as the arcitecture of the old museum/exhibition centre will forever be a timeless beauty, it's a piece of art within itself.

The old museum building is one of my favourites in Brisbane.

I like Brutalism! This building is modern. It has been saved from having a post-modern skirt put on it. Instead: Maybe just move the storage to another site to expand the exhibit space into the upper floors.

@aaronzimpel4995

2 ай бұрын

yes this!

@chaseadams5037

2 ай бұрын

Or we could deport all the anti Australian immigrants the leftwing communists let in and the money we save could be spent on much needed infrastructure or better yet housing for the tent cities labour has created! 🤷🤫😃

I personally loved the old Exhibition building Museum-the building itself was a gothic adventure and 'felt' like time traveling

Your outfit is very Fear And Loathing In Brisvegas for this episode Rob.

I loved the old museum near the ekka

Well, at least no other museum in the world can say they have the only surviving German A7V tank from World War I. How Mephisto came to be housed at The Queensland Museum is a story unto itself.

@tpwonder99

2 ай бұрын

Yep I read about that! Some sort of s prank or other wasn’t it? Can’t remember but there was quite a bit of larrikin in t?

@Bearded.Biscuit

2 ай бұрын

The problem is, 95% of people don’t know about that part. It’s kinda hidden away. My 5yo was obsessed with it, he couldn’t walk away from it.

i love the architecture of the creative precinct, it’s my fave set of buildings in Brisbane. the concrete and plants and water and spacious tall rooms all feel so lovely together and the brutalism is very nice to me. of course that is simply personal taste! I totally agree it’s outgrown itself somewhat, but i feel like it’s more of a poor use of space than a lack of it. i adore visiting the museum but i am a huge fan of the taxidermy collection :’D it’s been my favourite ever since i was a kid and still is to this day. the cabinet of skulls on the staircase has always held my interest. TBH, i think the reason that MOQ doesn’t have much in the way of anthro exhibits is because of the nature of their origins. a great number of the Indigenous objects held by the museum are stolen and like you mentioned, MOQ is in the process of repatriating some remains, but it’s clearly a very slow process, and I think it’s simply easier for them to keep the public exhibit focus on flora and fauna instead of diving into a costly, time intensive and emotionally charged process of sorting the whole private collection to figure out what needs repatriation and what can go on display. i’ve gone down rabbit holes of some of the people who’ve curated assorted (state) museums and collections of Indigenous peoples’ objects and have been stunned and repulsed by the way these objects are treated (selling on the fb marketplace!) and the total lack of provenance, or provenance that shows they are stolen. There’s a rightful lack of trust in museums at the moment and I don’t imagine MOQ wants to go looking for trouble. though, they did just have an exhibition with a bunch of stuff from Egypt so maybe i’m assigning a bit too much thoughtfulness. I think a separate natural history museum or something of that kind might be worth entertaining as an idea. having gone to the smithsonian and a few other natural history museums through america, those huge halls full of world class taxidermy and fossil replicas are just so grand and memorable. (i’m going to daydream now) there’d space for an expanded exhibit on Australian megafauna and dinosaurs, perhaps something like that lovely Great Barrier Reef room they used to have where you could learn about the different turtles and walk around under them (i was so enthralled by that as a kid no matter how many times we visited) plus information on reef health and keeping oceans clean (chuck the preserved shark and squid in there lol). There could be a section for international plants and animals with taxidermy or bones of them, not just Australian ones, but i think the Australian bird, fish and reptile taxidermy collection is awesome and deserves its place. And of course the dinosaurs :) I don’t want to get rid of them, they’re a reminder of scientific history,but the kids area around them kind of sucks and I think it would do well to become a place to explain to kids how our understanding of things changes through time, like how we learn more about dinosaurs and change how we see them. My cat is laying on my hands so I can’t finish my little essay of a comment but I really liked this video even if I didn’t aheee with all of it. cheers!

@luciexo2821

2 ай бұрын

I agree- it's a beautiful juxtaposition of brutalist architecture and lush landscaping. Then add the view of the river and it's kind of serene? There's little pockets of space outside the buildings that I used to study/ read in/ sometimes picnic with friends in when I was in university that become this semi-private oasis right in the middle of the city. The hate the brutalist architecture gets is madness- the buildings should be heritage listed. The museum curation itself though, is another story. It feels very stuck in the 1950's. I'd love to see the story of Queensland explored- the unique architecture, Indigenous stories and voices, Queensland's history of crime and corruption, Queensland's contributions to science and medicine, climate science, Queensland art- there are so many cool stories that to tell that can appeal to children and adults alike. Sorry, I've gone completely off the deep end with whatever the state-specific version of patriotism is.

Imagine the influx of international tourists during Olympics who think it'll be a good idea to visit the museum in 2032...

@steggles667

2 ай бұрын

Hopefully they close the museum for maintenance during that time as it would be embarrassing.

@tasd5673

Ай бұрын

Think of his KZreadr sun count increas

@HappyCheeryChap

17 күн бұрын

We don't even need our own ho-hum general museum that can't compete like this. But I think we could really get our place on the worldwide map if they just transform it into the specialised "Democracy Manifest Museum". Share our sophisticated 10:12 and proud history on the global stage! We wouldn't even need the Olympics... Tourists will fly in from all over world just for this.

That is some of Brisbanes best modernist architecture. I love it

Great video mate! We need ppl like you 👍

It’s a very poorly set out Museum. A Museum is a place where you never have enough time to see everything and are left wanting to return and discover more. You are right in your thoughts.

I for one really like the architecture of that precinct. A lot of people once would’ve thought the last museum building at RNA was an eye sore for many years. If we replace it with some modern crap it will be a constant cycle of 20-30yr face lifts. Furthermore, it’s a great reminder of arguably the most transformational time of Southbank, ney Brisbane. Once we loose that there will be no “historical” buildings in that area of the 80s in Brisbane.

I love the brutalist architecture in that area there. Similar the South Bank in London. It has really grown into itself. I hated it as a kid.

@dingobonza

Ай бұрын

I've always loved the architecture! It was a novelty for a kid from the bush - like buildings I'd never seen before in my life.

I remembered as a kid going to the museum when it was near the RNA showgrounds before the whole Expo thing and south bank

Does the building’s outside need to be renovated? If we took this approach on every building there would be no diverse architecture as everything would be modernised. I think I’d rather it stay true to its brutalist architectural form.

@timhinchcliffe5372

2 ай бұрын

Modern architecture is just a glass box with a bunch of tacky aluminium flashing bolted on lit up with LEDs... kind of like a Christmas tree.

@BrisbaneFlyerAU

2 ай бұрын

@@timhinchcliffe5372 I’m glad you agree with me

@charlessale409

2 ай бұрын

@@timhinchcliffe5372you have described BAD modern architecture. There is a lot of good modern architecture out there!

@timhinchcliffe5372

2 ай бұрын

@@charlessale409 true, I guess it comes down to the guy signing the cheque.

@thoughtengine

2 ай бұрын

@@charlessale409 Example?

These were my exact reactions the first time I visited... 20 years ago when I was a kid. It's beyond time for an update, I literally took my kids there and almost everything was exactly the same as when I was a kid, which is just crazy!

The design should stay the same as a musuem of the 1980s architecture which is unique in itself plus my father was the formwork Foreman during its construction .Most of the labourers and carpenters who defined the shape of the Building are by now no longer with us

The museum has become a museum

I Agree, I Love the old museum Building over at Bowen bridge..

@walkaboutwithrob

2 ай бұрын

It's a fine building, but leaked hugely whenever it rained. I'm sure they've fixed it now.

I like the mid century architecture, they should lean into the style rather then try forcibly update it with a sea of glass panels.

Absolutely nothing wrong with the aesthetic. It is a beautiful example of mid-century architecture and it would be a travesty to change it.

I love the "outdated" buildings, it was always great to wonder around the empty outside hallways drunk at around 1am... such a liminal relaxing experience.

I remember going to the museum at Gregory Terrace when I was a kid.

@joeblow9467

2 ай бұрын

When i was 14 / 15 i loved going there so many times and it was better than the new one at south bank which i only visited once because i didn't like it .

love the architecture!! don't change a thing!

You’re spot on. QM has always had a big place in my heart since Dad used to take us there as a young children, we clambered around Mephisto that used to sit out rusting in the rain and then went inside to listen & watch as birds calls were displayed on an oscilloscope. Nowadays, I like to take my children there but it really doesn’t have much of a message beyond natural history curios. If you went there to understand the human history of Queensland, you’d really leave none the wiser. Every subject should be presentable to multiple audiences, to both children and adults with different levels of explanation.

Right on point, Rob. I was a huge fan of the QLD museum back in the early 2000s, my partner and I would take hours wandering through. I hadn't been there since about 2014, do when I took my 7 year old a few weeks back I was shocked by how crap it is now I think they have ceded too much space to the Science Centre (which is an excellent offering) and the temporary display area. The displays are sparse, disjointed, and uninteresting. The hiding away of the anthropological displays was very disappointing, especially when they wasted such a huge space on the emu and some poles exhibit... The dioramas are just boring minimalist shelves, which is a huge shame as I have fond memories of the old diprotodon Vs a giant goanna display. The diprotodon skull doesn't even superimpose the flesh on anymore. Just low energy, low effort, and boring. I have spent countless hours in that museum, but my son and I barely made it an hour before we ran out of interest. Thanks for covering this, maybe they will pick up their game one day and it will be worth the trip, rather than being a glorified waiting room for the (fantastic) Science Centre and the stupid Lego branded nonsense.

If we keep 'upgrading' the architecture of decades past we will erase history. Brisbane is a lovely city but so many historical buildings have already been lost. You may not like its aesthetics but the museum is a part of Brisbane's heritage. Keep refreshing everything and the whole city will look like a giant shopping arcade , utterly souless.

@chaseadams5037

2 ай бұрын

Brisbane used to be a hell of a lot better, now central station and the Queen Street mall is overrun with Sudanese causing issues and Ungrateful disrespectful Chinese everywhere that hate Australians. I don't even recognise the city I was born and raised in anymore! Shame on us for allowing this to happen! 👎

Finally someone said what needed to be said. The Queensland museum is provincial in nature, it is anti-intellectual, it is anything but a museum in its current state. You summarized it best as a "playdate for children". Perhaps it was fine for the 80s, but Brisbane has grown a lot since then, but the "museum" has continued masquerading as "childrens entertainment" and not what a museum should be educational and informative. I really think the Queensland Art Gallery needs its own space, its just tacked onto the side of the museum in an almost forgotten way so that neither the museum or gallery really gets to shine. I would love to see the Treasury Building transformed as the new Queensland Art Gallery for the historical Australian and International collections and the current QAG building would be incorporated into an expanded Queensland Museum floorspace that allows for a cohesive narrative to be told; natural history, Indigenous history, first settlers, and into contemporary Australia.

Adults like dinosaur Lego too, Rob ;) It would be great to see more of Queensland's human history at the museum though. I know next to nothing about the First Nations history of my area, and all the colonial history I was taught in school focused on Sydney. My favourite museums are the Berlin Natural History Museum and the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico.

Great video - I think Walk About with Rob should be on repeat there... your videos have taught me so much about a place I have spent much of my life in yet knew so little about :)

I remember the huge redback above the escalators as a kid. Terrified me haha. The spark lab was also a rort. I loved the old science centre more. And it too was so crowded and geared towards children, forgetting about adults who want to go to learn or just to be stimulated while the kids play.

To be honest, I think that the old Museum in the Exhibition Building had more magic. This one has that strange phenomenon where you end up viewing what you have already seen whilst trying to find something new. I have never liked the bland and dated Robin Gibson architecture either. Cheers.

Without objection to my masters at QM. However I will say in anonymity along with many staff: South Brisbane has significantly outgrown its location. It is cramped, flood prone, the exhibits are dated, the museum is less about education but rather treated as a glorified playground and merchandising. Successive Managements past have treated the Museum like a dumping ground with half the collection split between Hendra repository & in the Catacombs below. The general public receive comment, what has changed? And why come back. For years, there was talk since 2011 floods of moving the museum to a purpose built modern building but successive governments have stalled on it and past QM management. It has got better with leadership, but the old guard hangers on make it difficult for people to do their jobs and improve the quality of the museum

@FutureSystem738

Ай бұрын

The current museum is complete rubbish, a farce - I’ve been a few times but will never bother again. It’s sad for Queensland that this is all we can offer. The old one- whilst dramatically bigger, was dramatically better. Till the day it closed I never got sick of visiting there. Sad!

Id like to ad its great to see your qld content. Keep it up.

I think the ecobrutalist design of the cultural centre suits brisbane. But again suffers from being too cramped and having a bus station in the center.

They definitely need to change out the displays more often. It’s really sad that every time you go there the displays are the same. It’s all well and good if they have a massive number of items in there storage area, but the public should be able to see something different every few months.

Hey Rob, love your videos. I'm not sure if you are aware but the photo of the windmill you depict as the Old Windmill in Brisbane at 1m:21s is actually of the windmill in Mt. Gilead NSW. There is a post on Old Brisbane Album on Facebook a few years back where this was discovered. The most likely reason it has been incorrectly attributed to the Old Windmill seems to have been newspapers and brochures in the early 20th century incorrectly captioning the photo as they could find no actual photo of the Old Windmill for the time period depicted and it was a similar design. I'd send you the link to the post but YT won't let me post the comment with the link. If you search for 'Old Windmill David Dart' in Old Brisbane Album you will find the post. The date of the post is June 21st, 2020.

Not enough general seating. The expo 88 event there was fantastic 🎉

So glad you made this Rob.. I thought I was going nuts last time I went there with my young Daughter.. bouncing off the walls trying to find "the rest of the museum " , before realising there is none.. Do you know if the public accessible floor space has changed since the 90s/00s? I was certain there used to be areas that included some early aircraft and what not. Either way it's extremely limited in it's subject mater as it stands. There's just a mind boggling number of things a major museum in a capital city should cover, from the human story as you say, but also industrial history, wartime of course, there's heaps of local stories to tell . Thankfully there's a lot of smaller museums littered around the city that might be worth exploring? . Only thing i'd disagree with is the Aesthetics. 10 yr's ago my opinion would be different but I think the Brutalist style is really holding its own, albeit a bit haphazard i/ bit of a rabbit warren in layout.. there's certainly some 'odd' and wasteful use of space in some areas of that entire complex , which is exactly what it doesn't need :(

Every major city has a real museum with major exhibits that are permanently on display. The real museum ive seen around Brisbane is the Caboolture historical society

Great video Rob, I tried going there with my kids last year and found just trying to get into a parking space close by was confusing let alone wandering around for a few hours looking at some boring stuff for my adult brain. I also wasn't prepared to pay the "gullible adult prices" foe the Lego display, so we ended up just going to the lagoon for a swim and then back home. Honestly speaking, Southwark and Brisbane are highly overrated for places to visit for entertainment. Parking is difficult, the roads are difficult, entry prices are expensive...the list goes on. I'd much rather go and visit a museum overseas that has easy access, direct parking on-site, reasonable entry fees and reasonably priced on-site food places with interactive displays....or a prehistoric forest and go exploring with my kids.

I would think we’d need embrace the ‘70’s vibe to it. In 50 years time it would be a great example of that era, when so many other building have been modernised. How about moving the stores collection off site, so there’s more room to open up for the public?

I love the brutalist architecture! 😍😍

I totally agree. I went through the museum two days ago. I have not been there for about six years and even though there has been some upgrades and it looks a little more modern it can be a lot better, I remember the shop part of the museum being better 15 years ago to what it is now, hardly any books just cheap kids stuff.

As a Brisbane local all my life the qld museum has been poor for a long time. Everytime a good exhibition comes the mongrels who run it charge exorbitant prices pushing it out of reach of everyday aussies. There is probably heaps of cool stuff stored away, get off your backsides and start rotating what’s on display.

@davidlawrence4467

2 ай бұрын

So how much have you donated to the museum?

The last time I visited the Queensland Museum was in early 2000. They had a great exhibition showcasing life as Early Settlers and the tools they made do with. I visited it a couple of times. In 2010, I encouraged a friend to see it, but unfortunately, it was no longer there. It is always disheartening when these human interest displays disappear.

only point i kinda disagree with is the exterior redesign. i really enjoy brutalist architecture, and seeing it kind fade into the backdrop of steel and glass would be disappointing. other than that, i 100% agree, that the museum is lacklustre. (also, i go to uni right across the road from it lmao)

@HappyCheeryChap

17 күн бұрын

Yeah spending a bunch of money on the exterior seems like the worst way to waste it.

I miss the mummy that was on display at the old museum. And yeah it is just for the kids.

@TomasFunes-rt8rd

2 ай бұрын

There were more than just one ! And my first memory in life was going into the lobby of that fine museum, and seeing the stuffed gorilla and lion !!

Hi Rob, love watching your videos. I was wondering if you would like to make a video about the old Paddy’s markets in Tenerriffe. Paddy was my grandfather and besides from a few plaques seems to be being forgotten from the memories of Brisbane. Happy to help with any resources.

I was disappointed when I first took my family there and they had taken away the cornerstone exhibits that I grew up visiting there, like the animatronic megafauna exhibit with the moving giant lizard or the large cat that sat on top of the rock flicking its tail randomly.

@dingobonza

Ай бұрын

Jesus I remember those

Visited it last August really to see the military exhibit downstairs which I thought was quite good. The buildings reminded me of a fortified WW2 installation. I remember the old museum which I visited in 1972 as twelve year old and found it fascinating the bonus was the German tank outside to explore. ( now restored )

Hi Rob, love the videos. I went there recently with a group of seniors. The place was full of school kids who were respectful and well behaved. We had 4 hour to fill and, having been to the museum before, knew that 2 hours was more than enough, so off to the cafe. The cafe is excellent and the coffee is excellent. We came to Brisbane after experiencing the Sydney museums, and yes Brisbane museum was disappointing in comparison.

I always found these things interesting: 1. The skeletons of large wombats and other marsupials. 2. The insect collection (especially those coloured beetles they bring out occasionally) 3. The special events they put on like the space race. That said, the building was dated and ugly on opening day - something well covered by the papers and news footage at the time. The lack of Queensland pioneer and Aboriginal history was actually okay with me and yet this is desperately missing in Brisbane. The Charleville secret air base and regional museums do far better jobs of this.

Beautifully said.

What a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I loved the museum as a kid when it was a new building. I was enthralled. Such happy memories, tinged with sadness as the public walkways around the building were where I spent my first days and nights as a scared 12yo homeless kid that led into a decade of horror. I just remember it felt safe.

Great video! I pass it every single day on my way to my college, I am only 20 but I remember the museum being a lot more engaging and interesting when I was younger but maybe it was just a bias that there were more interactive exhibits which of course draw in a child.. I specifically remember some sort of fake excavation site where we could uncover dinosaur bones. It makes me happy to see that even a decade later some of the preserved animals in fluid I saw back then are still there, seeming to even be upkept with new fluid as it slowly gets more cloudy. There ability to upkeep exhibits is nothing to discount but I do feel sadness watching the amount of exhibits and their complexity slowly diminish.. I was absolutely SHOCKED to see how much the paid science exhibit has shrunk, it kind of feels insulting how little it has now.. But I will remain hopeful for the future that things will be ever changing and it can again change for the better

I also don’t have a problem with the buildings aesthetics. I was there last week and was impressed with how clean and tidy the outside appeared. I do agree most of it is geared to children with very little on display anymore. It’s beginning to feel redundant as my son gets older.

I like the 70's asthetics, but the Dinosaurs do look dated.

@elephantgiftstore

2 ай бұрын

They are very old 😁

We went through the museum last year. It was good, and I enjoyed it. But you're right, it's needs more. It most definitely needs a facelift, and an expansion. I think building a few more floors up, and tell a story from beginning to end. Start from QLD and Australia being part of Gondwanaland, right through to present day QLD. There is definitely a story to tell, so why not tell it.

South Brisbane local here... been saying this for years loved hearing your well articulated points

Great video I 100% agree we need more of qld and Brisbane's history told

The Qld Museum lost it's Soul when it was moved from the old Expedition Building. As a kid (1960's) I once found a large basalt flat rock on our farm that had a human foot print pushed into it that fitted my 10 year old foot near perfectly. Dad and I drove up to share the information with the Museums Archeologists. Sadly they laughed at us, stated that such a thing couldn't possibly exist. (without bothering to check it out themselves) That was the day I lost all respect for that museum.

@walkaboutwithrob

2 ай бұрын

Heavens, that pretty bad indeed. I hope you still have that piece of basalt rock.

@groadoswaggins

2 ай бұрын

To be fair, basalt is igneous/volcanic, so a foot print is unlikely. Maybe you have a piece of mudstone? Take some photos with a scale if you know where it is still. You might be surprised.

Glad I chose to visit Fairy Tales instead this weekend. I'd expect to see a permanent chronological exhibit of how Brisbane and QLD became what it is over time, including the social aspect, expansion of urbanisation and how historic moments have shaped various elements of QLD. And what do Brisbanites see as specifically Brisbaneness and Queenslandness?

@TomasFunes-rt8rd

2 ай бұрын

What he doesn't dare to say is : they will be quietly "decolonising" our history, bleaching out the history of white Australia and instituting a monotonous focus on aborigines. Pasting "Kurilpa" on the official name is a pretty telling clue to that.

@PiggasWithAttitude

2 ай бұрын

@@TomasFunes-rt8rd what backwards planet are you from?? "white Australia" or colonization, is literally a tiny section of the history of Queensland and Australia. Whether you like it or not the majority of our shared history as Queenslanders or Australians belongs to Aboriginal Australia.. We've all heard the colony stories a million times yet it occupies the smallest part of history, its absolutely time we shifted the balance and represented them more. We should view our history as one continuous journey, not one that began the day the boats arrived.

@TomasFunes-rt8rd

2 ай бұрын

@@PiggasWithAttitude Sorry to prick your balloon, but you're wrong : there is NO aboriginal HISTORY from before white exploration. They kept ZERO records, and had not an even an oral tradition of any sequence of historical events. That makes "the colony story" ALL of our history, whether you, personally, like that fact or not.

Only surviving German World War I A7V tank captured and brought back to Australia by Diggers ! Mephisto!

You’re right, about all of it. The displays rarely change, the whole place has a childish feel, I don’t bother with it much. Whoever runs the art gallery and goma are doing a much better job. I hate the building too, but even some fresh landscaping and some sculptures outside (more, new) would improve it a thousand fold. I feel like it’s run by someone who denies history, or is afraid of it 🤷

The Commissariat Store Museum has all the human stories and more history of Brisbane etc. It’s such a great museum if you haven’t been.

Looking for my daughter and I in the background as we went to the museum the same day as you 😂 I found it mostly depressing. I hate the pinned insects and stuffed animals. Agree with everything you said. Good video!

@walkaboutwithrob

2 ай бұрын

@Lovelifeandtravel Thanks. I was there from 9:30am until about 11:15am. Surprised you didn't see me wandering about...

@Lovelifeandtravel

2 ай бұрын

@@walkaboutwithrob I got to the Museum around 10:30am. So close!

It should also involve curating a photographic exhibit showcasing Brisbane from 1900 to 2000. This exhibit would feature a collection of historical photographs depicting various aspects of daily life, landmark events, and the evolution of the cityscape over a century. The goal is to provide a visual journey through time that offers both educational value and nostalgic appeal.

I just want to know what they did with the old firetrucks and the aeroplanes that used to be there.

@mrt18709

2 ай бұрын

I Fondly remember the Flying Flea hanging up there

You've been caught out by probably the most common, mislabelled historic photo of "Brisbane." Despite many, many photos of it purporting to be Brisbane's Old Windmill, that windmill photo you've used is not our Old Windmill at all - it is the old windmill at Mt. Gilead, Campbelltown NSW. The different positioning of the doors/windows is the giveaway.

@markusneighbour9971

2 ай бұрын

Bump! Fact check!

spot on fair summation of Qld. museum devolution from quite sophisticated when we moved to Brisbane but regrettably declined noticeably with each underwhelming exhibition extravaganza as you point out here from experience and evident in it's current disappointingly dire stuffed dinosaur dystopia profiteering marketplace miasma , regardless building appearance. appreciate your effort all the same thanx

I miss Mephisto that WW1 tank was incredible and Ausie WW1 soldiers got it back to Queensland. Where is It

@generalgrievous2202

15 күн бұрын

I visited the museum about 2 months ago, and it was there in the anzac legacy gallery, is it not still there?

The row upon row of glass cases that were on show at the old museum, I found to be fascinating. I think the "new" museum is too curated and boring for us adults. I think in the rush to be classy and trendy the museum lost something. The something was hours and hours of fascination. Agree too geared towards children. The architecture does not bother me so much, but I would appreciate, if possible, another level being added with a lot more items from the entire collection being on display. I quite enjoyed the "jumbled" presentation of the old museum, surprises were much more likely

I actually quite like the building design, but i tend to like older, more outdated things. kind of fitting for a museum, i suppose

That was a really well thought out and presented video. Thoughts that alot of people would have but do nothing about. Good work Rob. Another super interesting video 👍🏻

I have to say.."You nailed it". What unique timing as I visited the museum the other week. External dinosaurs overtaken by pigeons. Stuffed animals galore with the most interesting part being the dinosaurs of Qld. But... the whole history of Qld was missing!

It was very underwhelming..the old museum of the 70’s had so much interactive and and never disappointed even going there nearly every year for primary school.. took my children to the new one and omg…boring..

Sorry it’s not what’s on the outside, but what’s on the inside, update the inside, that will be bring the people, but the outside let that be part of the museum experience

I absolutely loved the old museum building as a child. It felt like I was exploring a castle or something. I always felt the new/old building was/is soulless

@jeffpetley5425

2 ай бұрын

I agree. Always wanted to go up one of the towers and when I come across small stairways going down into what I imagined a basement I wanted to explore them. But these areas were off limits. As a kid I just wanted to explore.

@shellebelle53

2 ай бұрын

@jeffpetley5425 I know, that's exactly how I felt as a kid. I used to try and figure out how I could sneak into the off limit sections without being seen 😁

The architect of the current building was very defensive of any change to his work. Seen the previous building. Remember well the stuffed sun fish. Glad the outdated dinosaurs are still sitting there on their new building engineered footings. 😉I might have had something to do with that. Needed to get the old German tank under full cover. It is the last example left. Great story behind it. And was effectively sitting under no more than a car port. Glad you put this video and its insights out there.

@timhinchcliffe5372

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate the design, it's unique... looks better than all the "glass-n-ally flashing" buildings everywhere. But the _conformists_ want whatever is new.

Although at the time of filming this, the QLD Museum had a LEGO dinosaur exhibit, there have been plenty of exhibits to attract adults as well (there was a NASA one I went to at some point for example). As for any upgrades or improvements or whatever, look at what WA did with their museum upgrade, that's the kind of standard QLD should aim for if it upgrades its museum (or builds a new building somewhere) And I absolutely agree that the storage and back office stuff should be moved to another location to free up more space for actual exhibits.

It’s a beautiful example of brutalism architecture. ❤❤❤

@becsterbrisbane6275

2 ай бұрын

Courtesy of Sir Joh!

@theoztreecrasher2647

2 ай бұрын

@@becsterbrisbane6275 LOL! I've personally seen a lot of the Stalinist buildings in Russia etc and quite agree. The Old Chook-feeder really chose well didn't he? 😉😊

I recall seeing many of fhe exact same exhibits in the 1970s in the old building. Definitely time for a revamp and change of thinking behind which (and how) items are displayed.

I actually really like the look of the building and absolutely HATE that they're trying to make much of the Culture Centre buildings look like glasshouse apartment blocks direct from Hong Kong to Brisvegas! However, I really agree about all the taxidermied birds and other wildlife - how very Victorian (the historical era, not the Mexican state).

@BrondolfrMadhorse

2 ай бұрын

Yeah its a place for looking at old / historical stuff. Nothing wrong with the appearance of the building now. What is on display inside, could be improved.

I still really love the way the building looks. I think considering admission is still free it’s a pretty amazing place. However I’m always amazed that the same exhibits are still on display from my childhood.

Thank you Appreciate your opinion , myself I can say I’ve always enjoyed my visits there , with my children and grandchildren , visiting family,it’s fine as it is , if more exhibits are to follow then it’s win win

As a kids in the 70's and 80's i visited the Sydney Museum So many times and each time we would find a new room or attic space that they had already that we didnt find last time.... awsome. Your Perfectly correct. Brisbane is in a fog about the museum. Maybe this is a tip of the iceburg....

I do like the Museum, but you made some really great points. It's not for me to comment on where and what money is spend on and I can see from some comments, people don't even understand what is funded by the state or the city. It's not relevant.... fact is, you made a great summary that should be considered by whoever is responsible to provide the funds. Well done.

I agree. Would be nice to see how the Europeans evolved from stone age to copper age Bronze and iron. Even the north American Indian Stone age would be of interest.

@fionamainey7686

2 ай бұрын

I took my parents to The Abbey Museum in Caboulture that includes a history of humans across cultures with artefacts. It is small but quite good.

There has been some unique exhibitions there over years - Egyptian mummies kept at special room temperature so not to destroy the artifact. Also went to one everything made out of ancient gold. The silk road??? Also another interstate one with Sir Don Bradman cricket bat. Maybe because of covid the place has got stuck in a rut. A museum in the city hall Ann Street had a exhibition of photos of indigenous people who lived in the city centre before all the building sprouted up. The building is easy to get to by train and bus.

Love you Rob 😂, I love the architecture too 😆 I saw a really good exhibition about middens and pottery a while back. As I left I got that feeling I could have spent longer,,, I’ll leave those pesky kids at home next time. I agree with a lot of what youve said, Leave the architecture tho,,, it looks cool and if they ‘spruce it up’ it will eat millions of dollars and do nothing , maybe just build another bridge to it 😆😆😆

The building is way too small for what the purpose is. Been there many times over it's history and hardly anything has changed. If anything they have reduced the amount of space used for exhibits

100% agree, perhaps its my personal bias (and preference) but I always thought the art galleries (GOMA and QAG) where 100% better, though the museum has potential to be more than it is.

I was stoked about the update to the free dinosaur exhibit they did before the Dinosaurs of Patagonia came, its much more enjoyable and immersive now. But I agree that a lot of the rest of it isn't as engaging as it could be. But I hope they continue to leave a good portion of it free or a "pay what you want" model, its so important to have equitable access to resources like this

Good points, Rob. Maybe they could relocate the millions of stored research items offsite to a nearby facility and open it up for more exhibits and visitors?

I completely agree with literally everything youve said here (except the changing it to more modern architecture) though id also say this building is the best brutalist architecture in queensland atleast (though i dont have much experience with brutalist architecture outside Queensland) but saying that it still looks like a giant cuboid turd compared to the old museum