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Adelaide
Masonic Centre,
254 North Terrace, Adelaide. A heritage listed building in the North Terrace cultural precinct, close to Rundle Mall and Rundle Street East. Facilities: Wheelchair access - west side of building; reference library. Open: 2.00pm Thursdays - guided tour of building and collections; at other times by appointment with Grand Lodge Office. Admission: free Car parking: limited availability on site, but two public carparks are adjacent, one in North Terrace and the other in Frome street. Contact: Freemasons SA and NT telephone 08 8223 1633 254 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 Museum Chairman and contact officer: Mr Murray Olsson. The Museum Chairman is a member of the Education Committee which reports to the Board of Management of the Grand Lodge. Museum registration: The Museum participates in the Museums Accreditation and Grants Program of the History Trust of South Australia. The Collection (please click on thumbnail images to access further information) below: Silver stand for emu egg, 1865  Most items in the Collection relate to Freemasonry in South Australia and the Northern Territory. As Freemasonry is found world wide, some items are from other states or countries. The period encompassed is mainly from 1834 to the present day. The Collection contains many hundreds of items of memorabilia including:
Donations, gifts, bequests and voluntary work below: Past Master's jewel from Penong Lodge ...  Donations, gifts, bequests and
offers of voluntary work for the benefit
of the Museum will be received with gratitude. Appropriate
training is provided for volunteers. To discuss any of these matters further please contact the Museum Chairman via the Grand Lodge Office. Exhibition In 2006-7 the Museum is staging an exhibition about Mark Freemasonry for the Centenary of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of South Australia and Northern Territory. Other museums Australia's Museums - search the AMOL portal, Collections Australia, or the Internet.
An online exhibition from the USA  "Oft
Unseen: Art from the Lodge and Other Secret Societies" presents
the art, artifacts, and ephemera of the Freemasons and other fraternal
orders of the USA in an interesting online exhibition from the Webb
Collection in Texas USA. This collection was displayed in early
2004 at the Halsey Gallery at the School of the Arts, College of
Charleston, SC, USA. Some other web sites of interest
Some clubs, societies and reference books below: Masonic and other symbols engraved on a cow's horn (Masonic scrimshaw)  Societies and ClubsMuseums Australia Masonic Library & Museum Association Association of Masonic Museums, Libraries & Archives in Europe Jewels of the Craft (UK) Mark Token Collectors Club (UK) Masonic Philatelic Club (UK) Masonic Stamp Club of Great Britain Masonic Stamp Club of New York George Washington Masonic Stamp Club Reference publications The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry by James Steven Curl, 1991 Masonic Memorabilia for Collectors by Bill Jackman, 2002 Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Arts Bespangled, Painted and Embroidered by Barbara Franco Fraternally Yours: A Decade of Collecting by Barbara Franco Masonic Collectables by George B. Spielman Material Culture of American Freemasons by John D. Hamilton The Medals (commemorative or historical) of British Freemasonry by Geo. L. Shackles, 1901 Masonic Emblems and Jewels - Treasures at Freemasons' Hall, London by William Hammond, 1917 Centenary Warrants and Jewels by John Lane, 1891 The Festivals 1900-1985: Stewards Jewels of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls by D.J. Heathcote The Festivals 1900-1985: Stewards Jewels of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys by D.J. Heathcote A Catalogue of Masonic Medals in the Museum of the Province of Worcestershire by Rev. H. Poole (1939) Catalogue of Contents of the Museum at Freemasons' Hall in the possession of the United Grand Lodge of England by Maj. A. Tudor-Craig (1938) The Medals and Jewels of British Freemasonry by Trevor I Harris (2007) Discovering Friendly and Fraternal Societies: their Badges and Regalia by Victoria Solt Dennis (2005) Freemasonry Symbols, Secrets, Significance by W.Kirk MacNulty (2006) |
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