Followers, we need you! The Queensland Police Museum will be featured in the 2020 queue of podcasts delivered by Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network for its members, of which we are one. My favourite item: unravelling Brisbane’s history piece by piece takes listeners inside different heritage collections to discover what is special to them.
With thousands of objects in the collection, we’re asking for your help to choose a fascinating item our Curators can examine with presenter Kirsten Murray, the conversation to be available on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts sometime in 2020.
Maybe you’ve been pondering the history of police hats, wondering why in some Queensland towns, police were issued with woollen caps?
Perhaps you’d like to know more about an exquisite gift given to the Queensland Police Force by a Danish shipping company, for assistance rendered during a salvage operation of seamen trapped inside their upturned dredge?
Could it be much loved doggo Peter, the well preserved and presented pet, witness and hairy piece of evidence used in court to help convict a killer in 1953? See Peter’s story here: An Unusual Piece Of Evidence
Rugby league lovers, have you ever seen a present of appreciation like our huge turtle shell? We’ve got the provenance for this beauty all squared away and the story of how it came to be in our collection will warm your heart.
Is there something else? Have a look through previous myPoliceMuseum stories or think back to your most recent visit for an item you’d like us to re-live in sound. If your visit was too long ago, please come back to explore the changes we’ve made and tell us your favourite object for consideration in this quest.
Find Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts by using these links:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/my-favourite-item/id1476359023
https://soundcloud.com/blhn/myfavitemintro
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This information was provided by Police Museum Assistant Georgia Grier with the approval of Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network. The Queensland Police Museum is open from 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb-Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane. Contact: E: museum@police.qld.gov.au
“FROM the VAULT – What’s Your Favourite Item?” by the Queensland Police Service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) 2.5 Australia Licence. Permissions may be available beyond the scope of this licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/legalcode