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The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856.〔'A Brief History of the South Australian Museum,' http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/about/history, Accessed 21 May 2012.〕 It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands. ==History== The South Australian Institute, incorporating a public library and a museum, was established in 1847〔(South Australian Institute ) ''South Australian Advertiser'' 27 October 1863 p.4. Accessed 5 March 2011.〕 in the rented premises of the Library and Mechanics' Institute in King William Street whilst waiting construction of the Institute building on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue.〔The Institute building was officially opened on 29 January 1861 and is still in use as part of the State Library of South Australia.〕 Frederick George Waterhouse offered his services as curator of the South Australian Institute Museum in June 1859 in an honorary capacity. When the Institute building was completed, the Board appointed him as the first curator, a position he held until his retirement in February 1882. He was succeeded by Wilhelm Haacke, who in January 1883 recommended the South Australian Institute Museum be renamed the South Australian Museum, and the position of Curator be changed to Director. Wilhelm was appointed the first of eleven Directors of the South Australian Institute Museum.〔(A Potted History ), South Australian Museum, 2004. Accessed 3 March 2009.〕 In 1939, Haacke’s recommendation was finally realised; legislation was passed that gave the South Australian Museum autonomy from the Art Gallery and Library, and the South Australian Institute Museum was officially renamed the South Australian Museum.〔 In the late 1990s, championed by Liberal Government Arts Minister, Diana Laidlaw, the SA Museum was funded to develop its ground floor Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery. The following decade Premier and Arts Minister, Mike Rann, funded the redevelopment of the Pacific Cultures Gallery and the development of the South Australian Biodiversity Gallery.〔(''Annual Report of the South Australian Museum Board, 2008-2009'' ) Accessed 10 September 2014.〕 In 2011 Mr Rann appointed former Adelaide Lord Mayor and Education Minister The Hon Dr Jane Lomax-Smith AM as Chair of the Museum board.〔(Former Rann Cabinet minister Jane Lomax-Smith to chair South Australian Museum ) ''The Advertiser'', 19 August 2011. Accessed 10 September 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Australian Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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