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New Norcia Museum, Art Gallery & Information Centre, WA Australia
| Address | Great Northern Highway,
New Norcia
Western Australia, 6509, Australia | | Enquiries : | Send an enquiry to New Norcia Museum, Art Gallery & Information Centre | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-9654 8056 |
"In thirty years of almost constantly travelling around the world, I have seldom met a place so clarifying and calm as New Norcia. It makes you think again about what matters; it returns you to a sense of stillness and community that's hard to find in the modern world; it refreshes the soul better than any holiday. The only hardship of coming here is leaving." Pico Iyer, Travel Writer for 'The New Yorker' magazine.
Just 132 kilometres north of Perth lies one of Australia's most important heritage sites. Founded by Dom Rosendo Salvado in 1846, New Norcia is centred around a community of 10 Benedictine monks. The architecture, with its strong Spanish flavour, dominates the Australian bush setting. 27 buildings are classified by the National Trust and the town as a whole is registered on the National Estate. The buildings house richly decorated interiors, furnishings and post Renaissance art.
The Museum and Art Gallery contains one of the finest collections of art in Australia. Paintings by Spanish and Italian masters and contemporary Australian artists, gifts from the Queen of Spain and a fascinating array of artefacts which tell the story of New Norcia's time as an Aboriginal mission, a centre of the monk's extensive farming activities and as a place of education and culture.
Reincarnations Exhibition 7 May 2007 to Easter 2008.
In this exhibition, drawn exclusively from the holdings of the New Norcia Art Gallery, traditional European representations of the Annunciation, Birth and Death of Jesus hang alongside interpretations by contemporary Australian artists.
The Museum and Art Gallery is the starting point for the New Norcia Daily Town Walking Tour. For further information please go to our website.
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| Accreditation | Register of National Estate. | | Activity | Lessons/Tutorials, Self-Guided. | | Entity Facility | Cafe, Car park, Coach Parking, Guide, Picnic Area, Public Telephone, Restaurant - Licensed, Sheltered Area, Shop, Tour Desk, Visitor Information Centre. | | Experience | Historic/Heritage. |
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