TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY PODCAST

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) is proud to offer Podcast subscription of select exhibitions and tours.

A podcast is a way of automatically downloading audio and or video files to your computer. This allows you to listen at a time and place that suits you. For example, you can listen to the audio and watch video on your computer or transfer them to an portable music player. You can then bring your player into the TMAG to listen to the podcast during your visit.

Follow the steps outlined below to subscribe to a podcast.

To automatically subscribe to the podcast for iTunes users click here, alternatively you can manually subscribe by copying and pasting this link into your podcast software subscription area.
http://tmag.tas.gov.au/podcast/tmag_podcast.xml
(In iTunes go to the advanced menu and select the Subscribe to Podcast option and paste in the link)

This is an enhanced podcast that includes images, it is compatible with iTunes 4.9 or above. Alternatively its also possible to listen and download individual episodes as MP3's by clicking "click to listen" on the episodes listed below.

National Treasures from Australia's Great Libraries

This exhibition is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see more than 170 treasures on show at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The objects are from libraries across Australia and include Ned Kelly’s helmet, Captain Cook’s Endeavour journal and Donald Bradman’s bat.

This podcast offers a taste of some of the treasures on offer, and follows the eight themes of the exhibition.

It features commentary by Margaret Dent, Co-Curator, National Library of Australia, Nat Williams, Director of Exhibitions at the National Library of Australia and Tony Marshall, Senior Librarian Heritage Collections, from the State Library of Tasmania

National Treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries is on display at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery until the 23rd of July 2006.

Subscribe with iTunes | Click to listen

External Tour of the TMAG site
TMAG's audio podcast offers an opportunity to discover the history of the buildings on the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery site.
This external tour of the TMAG site explains when and why the buildings were built and the role they played in the early days of European settlement in Tasmania.

Subscribe with iTunes | Click to listen