ABSTRACT This article examines the particular challenges that are associated with collecting and exhibiting objects to represent immigrant narratives. Everyday objects play a crucial role in migration history and curators need to capitalise on the representational possibilities offered by these seemingly banal objects when conceiving exhibitions. This analysis concentrates on strategies used by Australian museums – from large federal institutions to state-based organisations as well as smaller community-based and council-run museums – as migration history is core to the settler history of Australia. In critically examining how objects are collected, this article discusses what it means for museums to engage with and tell stories of migration today and into the future. The study reveals the diversity of approaches at play and what lessons can be learnt from the study of how curators and institutions themselves are striving to engage with a diverse audience in their collections and exhibitions.

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手提箱、钥匙和手帕：澳大利亚博物馆如何使用物品来收集和讲述移民故事？

摘要 本文探讨了与收集和展示物品以代表移民叙事相关的特殊挑战。日常物品在移民历史中起着至关重要的作用，策展人在构思展览时需要利用这些看似平庸的物品提供的代表性可能性。该分析侧重于澳大利亚博物馆使用的策略——从大型联邦机构到州组织以及较小的社区和理事会运营的博物馆——因为移民历史是澳大利亚定居者历史的核心。在批判性地研究如何收集物品时，本文讨论了博物馆参与和讲述今天和未来的移民故事意味着什么。