Site Report: Immigration Museum

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Immigration Museum
Immigration Museum
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1/21/2019

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Contents
Site Report: Immigration Museum.............................................................................................2
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Background................................................................................................................................2
My Site Visit..............................................................................................................................3
IM’s depiction of Australia's history of migration.....................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4

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Site Report: Immigration Museum
Introduction
This report is based on a tourist site’s analysis which is situated in Melbourne, Australia. The
chosen site for this report is Immigration Museum (IM) of Australia. Being a social history
researcher, I will express my thoughts and on-site feelings on the overall sense of the
experience of the site visit. Moreover, the discussion will also demonstrate the relevant
research and background reading so that readers of this journal can leverage the research of
my site visit to the maximum extent. The Immigration Museum narrates the moving stories of
the people who have journeyed from all around the world to make the Australia their home in
the last 200 years (Schorchh, 2014).
Background
Melbourne’s IM showcases the social history, indigenous cultures, science and environment
of the Australians. It is located at IMAX Melbourne which is adjacent to the World Heritage
which is a listed Royal Exhibition Building as well as Carlton Gardens. The Immigration
Museum which is situated on 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne is daily opens during 10am–
5pm for the tourists, anthropologists, journalists, social history researchers and visitors
(Smith, 2013). The IM is a kind of celebration of immigration to Victoria, while providing
cultural involvements of the modern Melbourne from exhibitions, dynamic stories and
festivals (Schorchh, 2014).
The IM explore the reason behind Melbourne’s newcomers’ port from their former homes.
IM also describes how those immigrants got into Melbourne and what they have received
from Australia. In this way, IM innovatively re-created the migrant experience through
displaying featuring film, audio, stories and memorabilia. As a result I had a thought- moving
and provoking experience (Service Skills Australia, 2011). Moreover, this museum is
accommodated in the grand custom house building that firstly looked out on ships knotted up
at the contiguous Queen's Wharf. Hence, the inspiring former long room is now the IM's
central area, which is featuring giant Ionic colonnades. The IM’s shop provides a broad range
of gifts, souvenirs and books for the friends, relatives and family. There is a museum café
which is also located in the museum shop, and it offers soft drinks, coffee, snacks,