Red Box GalleryHistoryThe Red Box Gallery, established in 2003, is located on Level 2 of the National Herbarium of NSW at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The gallery is accessed from the Botanic Gardens Trust Reception on Mrs Macquaries Road. The Red Box Gallery is a professional exhibition space with a climate controlled environment and lighting to museum standards. All exhibitions mounted within the space have specific relevance to the botanical sciences, horticulture or the history of the Gardens’ site as the home of the Cadigal people and of first European settlement on the shores of Sydney Harbour. The Red Box Gallery is a central and unifying space within the Brown Building. Linking Reception, the Botanical Information Service and the Herbarium through to Administration and Community Education in the Anderson Building, it forms a natural meeting point for staff and visitors. All official guests pass through gallery from Reception to the office of the Executive Director of the Gardens, Dr Tim Entwisle. The establishment of the gallery was made possible with the generous bequest from the estate of former volunteer Nell Glenora Mackie. Nell, a member of the Friends of The Gardens since 1983, commenced her volunteer work in the National Herbarium of NSW on 17 October 1989. She carried out volunteer specimen mounting for 12 years until ill health forced her to retire in late 2001. She was the only daughter of well known Alexander Douglas Mackie and his wife Mary Eleanor Hall. Gallery aimsThe main aims of the gallery are to
ExhibitionsFrom its inception in 2003 to February 2009, the gallery has mounted 34 exhibitions and has reached an audience of greater than 20,000 people. The exhibition program from November 2003 until December 2009 is listed below. |
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Exhibition |
From | To |
| Four Centuries Five Artists | 19/11/03 | 27/02/04 |
| 2004 Margaret Flockton Award | 15/03/04 | 02/07/04 |
| Museums Light up Sydney | 17/04/04 | 17/04/04 |
| Discovering Explorers | 09/08/04 | 29/10/04 |
| Etienne Cohen* | 07/11/04 | 21/11/04 |
| Trust Staff Exhibition | 05/12/04 | 24/12/04 |
| Orchid Odyssey* | 26/12/04 | 22/02/05 |
| Panoramas Plants and People | 07/02/05 | 29/05/05 |
| Discovery after Dark | 02/04/05 | 02/04/05 |
| 2005 Margaret Flockton Award | 07/05/05 | 15/06/05 |
| plant + paper (Artist in Residence - Christopher Gentle) | 18/07/05 | 12/08/05 |
| Beijing Botanicals* | 15/08/05 | 07/09/05 |
| Margaret Preston | 10/09/05 | 09/10/05 |
| Woodbine Art* | 11/10/05 | 17/10/09 |
| Domain Trees* | 19/10/05 | 08/11/05 |
| Flora Tasmanica* | 14/11/05 | 03/12/05 |
| Our Hidden Talents - Trust Staff exhibition | 05/12/05 | 21/12/05 |
| Botanic Gardens Treasures | 09/01/06 | 30/06/06 |
| 2006 Margaret Flockton Award | 06/07/06 | 29/09/06 |
| Botanic Gardens Treasures | 09/09/06 | 24/11/06 |
| Our Hidden Talents – Trust Staff exhibition | 01/12/06 | 21/12/06 |
| botanomancy - the secret garden (Artist in Residence - Gaye Chapman) | 29/01/07 | 23/02/07 |
| Heritage Week | 03/03/07 | 11/03/07 |
| 2007 Margaret Flockton Award | 15/03/07 | 15/06/07 |
| Discovery after Dark | 28/04/07 | 28/04/07 |
| Carl Linnaeus 18th Century Scientist, 21st Century Legacy | 25/06/07 | 31/08/07 |
| Botanic Gardens Treasures | 10/09/07 | 23/11/07 |
| Our Hidden Talents – Trust Staff exhibition | 03/12/07 | 21/12/07 |
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photo-synthesis (aranzeria) (Artist in Residence - AnA Wojak) |
11/02/08 |
26/03/08 |
| 2008 Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition | 03/04/08 | 20/06/08 |
| Replant | 05/07/08 | 15/08/08 |
| Florilegium - The Inaugural Exhibition | September | November |
| Our Hidden Collections - Trust Staff exhibition | 01/12/08 | 19/12/08 |
| Ascendant and Descendant (Artist in Residence - Emma Robertson) | 19/02/09 | 27/03/09 |
| Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition | 10/04/09 | 17/07/09 |
| Darwin | 01/08/09 | 24/11/09 |
| Staff exhibition | 30/11/09 | 18/12/09 |
*Denotes non Botanic Gardens Trust exhibition
Botanic Gardens Treasures - a changeable exhibition displaying items from the Trust’s collections.
Museums Light Up Sydney/Discovery after Dark - Annual opening of Sydney’s cultural institutions, promoted by the NSW Premiers Department.


