Recalling the ancient Ichthyosaur, this sculpture invites interaction

This festival is widely recognised as one of the great international arts festivals, while its accompanying Writers’ Week is the largest literary event of its kind.

Collection held by the South Australian Maritime Museum relating to Australia’s largest shipping company and one of South Australia’s most successful business ventures.

The apron was worn by Joan Mallen when she worked at the Cheer Up Hut on the banks of the Torrens, near the present Festival Theatre, during the Second World War. 

Within Catherine Truman’s work, Fish for the Slate Pool Walkway, the tentative nature of life is captured brilliantly from the depths of Truman’s imagination.

A collection held by the Migration Museum documenting the life of Antonio Giordano. 

A collection of nearly 400 objects related to the foundation and settlement of the British colony of South Australia. 

A colourfully dressed Hungarian gentleman. 

Objects relating to the explorer John McDouall Stuart, and to those that accompanied him on his expeditions. 

Miniature furniture brought across the seas for Australian children. 

The Queen Adelaide Collection is one of a number that illustrate the strong links between the early British colony in South Australia and the Empire of which it was a part. The 25 objects in the collection demonstrate this link. They include personal items such as a handkerchief, devotional card and funeral instructions. 

A collection of objects related to the surveying of South Australia and to the surveyors who worked here during the 19th century.

A collection of objects related to the Sym Choon family, reflecting their lives as first generation Australians with Chinese heritage.

This teapot, painted with colourful  images of dragons and birds, was part of a tea set for sale at the China Gift Store.

Colourful, collectable and well loved toys from dolls to tin cars. 

Yarn bombing has been in Adelaide since about 2008, and takes many forms, from small solo pieces to large, community-driven installations.