Best museum ever! I heard about the Girard Collection through Josh Yeldman's sister at the opening of the Archibald, and quickly put it on the mental list of places to visit.
100,000 pieces accumulated & collected from around the globe. All folk, naïve, art that may have gone unrecognised or deposed of. This is everyday, ceremonial, handicraft to enjoy & play with: beadwork, textiles, amulets, religious, tiny towns, masks, wedding & dowry, papier mache, tinwork, weaving, pottery, games, magic, puppets, costumes.
It is bold in vision & colour, in the designed interior of its founder & creator, Alexander Girard. He has curated without definition or restriction, as objects stand & fly up high or down very low, look everywhere!! It made me feel that most of us need more colour, more celebration, more magic & more fun in our lives.
Note: the shop is fabulous, leave time to spend your pocket money!!