The following memories and stories about the Maitland Hospital emerged from background research, and from being shared by artists, staff, volunteers, patients and community members.
Measuring, diagnosing, treating.
A selection of medical and surgical equipment from the Maitland Hospital Collection.
An archaeology of care.
Anita Johnson uses found objects to create artworks that talk to the care needed and offered in the hospital. Her installation was part of the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Hospital blue.
Portraits of medical and surgical instruments from the Maitland Hospital Collection created by artist Linda Greedy for the exhibition A Conspicuous Object at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Take what you want.
Steve Bone describes items from the Maitland Hospital in the safekeeping of the Maitland and District Historical Society.
A kind of historical museum.
Reflections on past attempts to establish a hospital museum and a sample of items from the Maitland Hospital Collection.