Australian Jazz Museum facts for kids
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| Former name | Victorian Jazz Archive |
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| Established | 1996 |
| Location | 15 Mountain Highway, Wantirna 3152, Victoria, Australia |
| Type | Jazz music museum and archive |
The Australian Jazz Museum (AJM) is a special place in Wantirna, Victoria, Australia. It's like a treasure chest for everything about Australian jazz music! This museum collects, keeps, and shares the amazing history of jazz played by Australians. It covers music from the 1920s right up to today.
The museum started because many jazz lovers worried that Australia's rich jazz history might be forgotten. So, a meeting was held in Sydney in 1996 to talk about this. Soon after, the first meeting for the Australian Jazz Museum happened in Melbourne on 18 August 1996. Many people from different cities came to help start this important project.
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What the Museum Does
The Australian Jazz Museum works hard to collect, keep, and share Australian jazz. It gathers all kinds of items related to jazz music. This includes music performed or created by Australian jazz musicians.
The museum is officially recognized by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). This means it's an important part of Australia's national collection of audio and video materials. The AJM also helps save jazz recordings from outside Australia. These recordings are used as a helpful reference for learning more about jazz.
Awards and Recognition
The Australian Jazz Museum has been recognized for its great work. In 2007, it won an award called the Victorian Community History Awards. This award was for its special exhibit titled Jazz Spans the Decades – A History of Jazz in Victoria. This exhibit showed how jazz music has changed over many years in Victoria.
Amazing Collections
The museum has a huge collection of jazz items. You can find many different things there, such as:
- Music CDs and audio cassettes
- Old posters and photographs
- Books about jazz
- Musical instruments
- Other special items called "ephemera" (things that were not meant to last long, like tickets or flyers)
The collection includes works by famous Australian jazz musicians. Some of these include Graeme Bell, Bob Barnard, Ade Monsbourgh, Smacka Fitzgibbon, and Frank Traynor. You can also find magazines, newspapers, and articles about Australian and international jazz performers.
The museum also keeps a large collection of materials from the Australian Jazz Convention. This convention is a big event for jazz lovers in Australia.
Visiting the Museum
The Australian Jazz Museum is open to the public on Tuesdays. You can also arrange a visit by making an appointment. It's a great place to explore if you love music or want to learn more about jazz.
The museum has a large research library. This library is a fantastic resource for students and anyone interested in jazz history. You can also find a list of the Australian sound collection on the museum's database.
See also
- List of music museums
