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Category: All of the Arts

Watching the ‘Back to the Future’ Commentary
All of the Arts

Watching the ‘Back to the Future’ Commentary

museumoflostby museumoflostApril 15, 2021January 15, 20220

I watched the DVD ‘Back to the Future’ commentary, featuring co-writer Bob Gale. Here are 11 things I learned.

The Age of the Cyclorama
All of the Arts

The Age of the Cyclorama

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 27, 2020July 9, 20211

Before movies and television, and even radio, people turned to different mediums for entertainment. Welcome, to the ‘Cyclorama’.

The Penrose Triangle and Other Impossible Objects
All of the Arts

The Penrose Triangle and Other Impossible Objects

museumoflostby museumoflostApril 8, 2019October 7, 20222

They cannot be constructed, they serve no practical purpose, they are mysterious and baffling. They are, Impossible Objects.

Surprising Backstories of 1970s Hit Songs
All of the Arts

Surprising Backstories of 1970s Hit Songs

museumoflostby museumoflostSeptember 26, 2018August 13, 20241

Disco, punk, hard rock and funk; the 1970’s were a great decade for music. These are the strange backstories of 1970s hit songs.

The 8 Greatest Animal Actors
All of the Arts

The 8 Greatest Animal Actors

museumoflostby museumoflostAugust 16, 2018February 24, 20220

The greatest animal actors were stars of films and TV, often upstaging their human counterparts. Here are 8 of the best.

Monet’s ‘The Magpie
All of the Arts

Monet’s ‘The Magpie

museumoflostby museumoflostJune 28, 2018May 26, 20210

Monet’s ‘The Magpie’ is a striking early painting by one of history’s most famous artists. Its creation was difficult and unlikely.

9 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Stardust’
All of the Arts

9 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Stardust’

museumoflostby museumoflostJune 12, 20180

Neil Gaiman’s ‘Stardust’ is a brilliant piece of fantasy writing; a simultaneously modern, and old-fashioned, fairy tale about a fallen star in human form, and …

Adelaide’s Matchbox Car Wall
All of the Arts

Adelaide’s Matchbox Car Wall

museumoflostby museumoflostJune 1, 2018January 23, 20220

On a back street in Adelaide’s CBD is an unlikely piece of public art; The Matchbox Car Wall. The creator? An eccentric Slovenian artist, who likes to go big.

10 Films Nearly Directed by Steven Spielberg
All of the Arts

10 Films Nearly Directed by Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg is cinema’s most successful director. He is also well known for attaching himself to projects, and then pulling out during pre-production. Here are …

The Abbey Road Bystander
All of the Arts

The Abbey Road Bystander

museumoflostby museumoflostAugust 21, 2017May 3, 20241

The Abbey Road bystander is in the background of the world’s most famous album cover, watching the world’s most famous band cross the street. Who is he?

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Coles Book Arcade

Cole’s Book Arcade

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Who Was Saint Kilda?

November 4, 2017February 3, 2022
The Virgin Mary at Coogee Beach

The Virgin Mary at Coogee Beach

December 29, 2017March 31, 2024
The Degraves Street Subway

Underground History: The Degraves Street Subway

June 14, 2021July 25, 2024
Melbourne Fish Market

Melbourne’s Lost Buildings

October 7, 2018April 24, 2024
The Westall UFO, Melbourne Australia

The Westall UFO

June 26, 2017October 3, 2025
The Stand By Me bridge

The Real ‘Stand By Me’ Bridge

July 17, 2017March 3, 2024
Origins of Christmas Tree decorations

The Origins of Christmas Tree Decorations

December 20, 2025
Blue Lake of Melbourne

The Lost Blue Lake of Melbourne

December 14, 2025
Ruth Hollick

Ruth Hollick: Intuitive Pictorialist

December 9, 2025
The world's largest flower

The World’s Largest Flower (and the World’s Smallest Bear)

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025
The birthplace of The Ashes

The Birthplace of the Ashes: Sunbury

November 21, 2025
The Field Collection

The Field Collection

November 16, 2025
The Ta Prohm Stegosaur

The Ta Prohm Stegosaur

November 10, 2025
Zandra - Marshalite Clocks and the First Melbourne Traffic Lights

I remember the Marshalite clocks at various intersection. PS, the photo of ‘corner of Brunswick st and Johnson st’ is…

The Origins of Christmas Tree Decorations - The Museum of Lost Things - The Origins of Christmas

[…] It’s really a history of humanity, over the same period (read my post about the history of Christmas, here).…

The Lost Blue Lake of Melbourne - The Museum of Lost Things - The Yarra Waterfall

[…] The Yarra River, as it came to be known, originally followed a long, looping curve inland, before running into…

The Disappearance of Willi Koeppen - The Waiter’s Restaurant Siege

[…] Chopper is known as an unreliable narrator. His popular ‘true crime’ books are riddled with exaggerations and furphies, it…

E.M.Wilson - The Legend of the Queenscliff Treasure

By all means then spill the beans. Inquiring minds want to know.

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