Purpose

This paper focuses on the donation in 1888 of a Sèvres Vase to the Education Department of Victoria after the International Exhibition in Melbourne. Using the vase as its focus the paper reflects on what this donation may be able to tell us about the impact, primarily on education, of a series of International Exhibitions held both in Australia and internationally between 1851 and 1900. The life of the Sèvres vase highlights the potential of the Exhibitions for the exchange of ideas internationally, the influence of the International Exhibition movement on education and the links between a 19th-century gift and the teaching of Art in 1930s Melbourne.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper examines one object in relation to education in its wider historical context through a reading of the archival records relating to the Melbourne Teacher’s Training College and Melbourne High School.

Findings

The influence of the educational exhibits of the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition held in Melbourne are shown to have had an impact on the design of the Melbourne Teachers Training College.

Originality/value

This paper provides a new and original perspective on the Melbourne Teachers Training College and its foundation through its library and museum collections.

中文翻译：

---

从塞弗尔到墨尔本：19 世纪维多利亚的艺术和教育博物馆

目的

这篇论文的重点是 1888 年在墨尔本国际展览之后向维多利亚教育部捐赠了一个塞夫勒花瓶。这篇论文以花瓶为焦点，反映了这笔捐赠可能会告诉我们关于 1851 年至 1900 年间在澳大利亚和国际上举办的一系列国际展览的影响，主要是对教育的影响。 Sèvres 花瓶的生活强调了展览在国际上交流思想的潜力、国际展览运动对教育的影响以及 19 世纪礼物与 1930 年代墨尔本艺术教学之间的联系。

设计/方法/方法

本文通过阅读与墨尔本教师培训学院和墨尔本高中有关的档案记录，在更广泛的历史背景下研究了一个与教育相关的对象。

发现

1888年在墨尔本举办的百年国际展览的教育展品的影响被证明对墨尔本师范学院的设计产生了影响。

原创性/价值

本文通过其图书馆和博物馆藏品为墨尔本教师培训学院及其基础提供了一个全新的、原创的视角。