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Museum of Sydney exhibits tram memorabilia during 2009.
Exhibition grand opening.
The Sydney Tramway Museum is proud to have been invited to participate in the 2009 exhibition showcasing Sydney's huge tram system which once ran to over thirty suburban destinations.
!This exhibition ran for several months in 2009 and contained many exhibits crafted by our volunteers. Other exhibits used material supplied by our Museum but prepared by the Museum of Sydney's professional curatorial staff.
Both the Museum of Sydney and the Sydney Tramway Museum promoted each other's activities: we, at this Museum were delighted with the additional visitors. For our part, we distributed the MOS fliers and featured the exhibition exhibition on our website for the duration. We limited our pictorial promotion to their banner which was festooned around the CBD; neither Museum considered it appropriate to preview the exhibits on the internet
Our Museum was delighted to be associated with the venture and we congratulate the Museum of Sydney for a most successful exhibition.
Pictures by Museum member, Barry Tooker.
This prestige affair was opened by none less than former Premier, Bob Carr, renowned for his interest and knowledge of history
Museum members were participants in this, supplying "staff" in heritage tramway uniforms adding authenticity.
Many found themselves a considerable proportion of the invited audience (right).
Adults fortunate enough to possess memories of their own tramway travel were delighted to find a magnificent display of the iconic destination signs, many bearing coloured symbols, kept on for years to assist the many adults who, in the early 1900s, had grown up before the provision of universal public education.
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