The Big Book of Exhibits

A cabinet of curiosities and collections from Australia and around the world, featuring over 50 exhibitions from past to present, including controversial exhibits, world-famous artefacts, and unusual objects. Beautifully illustrated and suitable for readers aged 9+, this book is a treat for anyone who loves a museum.

Format: Hardback
Length: 64 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2022
Publisher: Hachette Australia

A curated cabinet of curiosities and collections from around the world.

This gorgeously illustrated full-colour hardback is a cabinet of curiosities in its own right, showcasing a range of significant museums, collections, and exhibits from Australia and around the world. From some of the oldest objects in the world to an underwater museum in Mexico and a collection of the world's smallest books in Russia, this book includes over 50 exhibitions from past to present.

It covers controversial exhibits, world-famous artefacts, surprising and unusual objects, playful and pretend museums made by artists, as well as some of the more weird and wonderful exhibits from private collectors. Covering a wide range of topics, from art, technology, the natural sciences, medicine, and the cultures of everyday life, this book is for readers aged 9+ with an interest in the weird and wonderful world around them.

Beautifully illustrated. . . a treat for anyone who loves a museum.

THE AGE

What fun this book is! It brings together a terrific mix of exhibits of the old and the new, the strange (world's largest colossal squid), the tiny (objects that fit into a strand of hair), the amusing (see toilets!), to the serious and sad (war). Highly recommended.

GOOD READING

Weight: 588g
Dimension: 242 x 298 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780734419996