Mbantua恩邦吐瓦原住民博物館的使命在持續促進原住民的藝術與文化,盡可能與中澳洲傳統原住民族合作,去學習、去幫助和協調,使他們的文化得以延續。美術館內收藏著超過四百多幅的藝術畫作,包括傳統沙畫、當代原住民藝術畫和傳統藝術畫,這些作品都是出自中澳洲烏托邦(Utopia)地區兩百多位原住民藝術家之手。在兩千零五年開幕的文化博物館則有著大量原住民藝術家新與舊的景觀畫作,在原始野生食物展示區有著真正的原始野生食物樣品,藉此重點教育這些植物在傳統醫藥、慶典儀式、飲食習性與神話時代的重要性。原住民文化博物館還大量收藏用過的傳統文物,包括: 長茅、沾有血跡的woomeras、盾牌、碗、髮帶和kadaicha鞋子以及因害怕被責罰而穿過的羽毛靴子。
The mission of Mbantua Aboriginal Art Gallery and Cultural Museum is to continue to promote Aboriginal art and culture, to learn as much as possible, to assist where possible and to work in harmony with the traditional aboriginal people in Central Australia to keep their culture alive. The Aboriginal Art Gallery represents over 200 aboriginal artists from the Utopia region of Central Australia. In the Gallery there are over 400 paintings including dot paintings, contemporary aboriginal art as well as the more traditional aboriginal art. The Aboriginal Cultural Museum which opened in 2005 has a vast collection of old and new landscape paintings by Aboriginal artists. The bush tucker display, with real bush food samples, is a highlight educating the importance of these plants in traditional medicine, ceremony, diet and Dreamtime. The Aboriginal Cultural Museum also has the vast collection of old traditionally used artifacts include spears, blood stained woomeras, shields, bowls, hair belts and kadaicha shoes, feather boots worn by those who are feared for carrying out punishment. |