The Identity: Yours, mine, ours exhibition explores how our cultural heritage, languages, beliefs, and family connections influence our perception ourselves and of other people – perceptions that can lead to discovery, confusion, prejudice and understanding.
First impressions
What contributes to our first impression of a person? Are they always correct?
People like me
Why do we need to belong? Explore the many ways people seek out a place to belong in Australia.
People like them
Who fits in? And who gets to decide? These tensions are played out in the playground, on television, in parliament and on the street. What's your point of view?
Exhibition research project
An Australian Research Council study was undertaken from 2012-15 by Museums Victoria in partnership with Deakin University, University of Melbourne and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation.
