MEDIA ALERT
Travelling exhibitions hail 3 millionth visitor
The Australian War Memorial’s Travelling Exhibition program will mark a major
milestone on Thursday 21 January, when the three millionth visitor is welcomed to A is
for Animals, now showing at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo.
The Travelling Exhibition program is an initiative designed to make the Australian War
Memorial’s remarkable national collection of art, documents, photographs and relics
more accessible to all Australians.
Funded by the Australian Government’s Commemorations program, it began in 1997
and has toured 34 exhibitions to more than 400 host venues in every state and territory
in Australia, including to regional and remote communities.
Head of Exhibitions, Katherine McMahon, will present a special prize pack to the three
millionth visitor at the A is for Animals exhibition, which is on display in Dubbo until
31 January before moving to Geelong, Victoria.
The A is for Animals travelling exhibition was launched in 2009. It offers an A to Z of
animals in war, from mascots and messengers to creepy-crawlies. The exhibition covers
animals given jobs to do in war, and also explores those unwelcome animals, such as
insects, rats, and wild creatures, that make life in the field even more difficult and
dangerous.
What:
3 millionth visitor to Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition
Where:
A is for Animals exhibition
Western Plains Cultural Centre
76 Wingewarra Street
Dubbo, NSW
When:
11am, Thursday 21 January
Further information:
Leigh Harris
(02) 6243 4575
0409 600 038 media@awm.gov.au
Emma Campbell (02) 6263 6627 media@awm.gov.au
Andrew Glassop (WPCC, Dubbo)
(02) 6801 4430
19 January 2010
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