NEW CURATOR DIVES INTO NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY WEEK

The Museum of Tropical Queensland is proud to announce Dr Maddy McAllister has recently taken up the position of the new Senior Curator, Maritime Archaeology to expand on their first class team of researchers.

Preferrably known as an 'underwater archaeologist' Dr McAllister's research focuses on the visualisation of shipwrecks and the way that new technology enhances the information that we can learn from sites, without disturbing them from their original resting place.

A co-oppointed role with the College of Arts, Society and Education at James Cook University, Maddy has worked on numerous projects including, the American whaleship excavations in Bunbury, the Maritime Archaeological Survey of Oman, the Shipwrecks of the Roaring Forties ARC Linkage-Project and a partnership with the Australian National Maritime Museum and CSIRO to locate and record shipwrecks in deep waters off the Australian coast

This week celebrate National Archaeology Week, Maddy will be taking people on virtual Instagram tours inside the Pandora Gallery and the enormous collection stores at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, home to over 6 000 maritime object records.

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