SKINT! Making do in the Great Depression Exhibition

May 3rd, 2010 by ssinton in events

Historic Houses Trust exhibition at the Museum of Sydney from 27 March until 25 July 2010.

This exhibition is an opportunity for the community to experience and/or recollect childhood memories of the depression times. Times were difficult with many people living on the breadline needing to eat bread and dripping to survive.

This was a time of incredible resourcefulness, resilience and a culture of “making do’ reusing and recycling and playing with makeshift toys.

The exhibition includes a film with interviews from Great Depression “survivors” speaking of their tough times recalling both heartbreak and humour.

The Museum of Sydney    www.hht.net.au

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