Fiona Kinsey, Senior Curator, Images & Image Making, at Museums Victoria with responsbility for the Kodak Australasia collections is leaving after twenty-eight years, with twenty-one of those spent on the Kodak collection.
She writes: "Along with a team of Museum staff and a group of former workers from Kodak Australasia, I have spent many years on a long-term project to document and interpret the Kodak Heritage Collection which I led the acquisition of in 2005. This extensive and significant collection is comprised of tens of thousands of items including photographs, objects, documents and moving footage films relating to the company’s operation in Australia, as well as 50 oral history interviews undertaken by the Museum with former Kodak Australasia staff. It has now been registered, image-captured and published online. Explore our flagship website for the collection, Kodak Snapshots - 120 Years of Manufacturing in Australia - Museums
Previously, with a small team of curators, collection managers, public programs staff and photographers, I was lead curator on a community collecting project in 2006. The result was the Melbourne’s Biggest Family Album Collection of over 1000 images, dating from the 1880s to the 1980s.
During my time at Museums Victoria I have also worked on a wide variety of other collections, ranging from leisure and information technology to domestic life, including the Hecla Collection, which I helped acquire. I have also contributed to exhibitions on a diverse range of topics including The Melbourne Story, horology (clocks and watches), CSIRAC (Australia’s first computer), tools of trade, Kodak Australasia, and Museum Victoria’s Treasures."
During her time at Museums Australia Fiona was instrumental in forming links with other Kodak historical collections at the British Library (Kodak Ltd), in Rochester (Eastman Kodak Co) and with other scholars. She spoke regularly about the Australia Kodak collection forming a network with researchers and institutions.
Fiona I will remain connected to the museum as Curator Emeritus but will not be monitoring emails. If in future you have any questions about Kodak's history in Australia or the collection, please contact the Ask Us team by email at: discoverycentre@museum.vic.gov.au
See: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/about-us/staff/fiona-kinsey/
and some Kinsey-Kodak publications:
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