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As the oldest university in Australia, University of Sydney is one of the most prestigious with its own culture and arts. Nicholson Museum which located in the Main Quadrangle is the oldest university museum in Australia and it has the largest collection of antiquities in the Southern Hemisphere.50 antiquities are exhibited in an unique way which called 50 Objects 50 Stories, each one of those 50 antiquities has its own story to tell from the original Nicholson's donation in 1860 to present day.Besides the antiquity itself, it also tells a story about its curator and donator. Moreover, there is also a new brilliant creation of LEGO Pompeii can be found in Nicholson museum, LEGO Professional Builder Ryan McNaught presented the city of ancient Pompeii by using LEGO. However, the LEGO does not only present the pompeii city at its one particular time, it displays Pompeii as it was the moment of destruction, as it was when rediscovered and as it is today. The exhibit appears to be an especially creative attempt in appealing to contemporary audiences, and especially a younger generation, including current HSC ancient history students, as Pompeii is an early part of the curriculum taught. Immediately, upon seeing the exhibit it is made apparent that a lot of professional work has gone into it (around 470 hours) and this is an appeal to authority, adding ethos to the historical accuracy of the work. The deep red glow - only noticeable from the rear of the piece - evokes pathos, as it is an ominous foreshadowing of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which is renowned for wreaking unimaginable destruction upon the town. The medium of Lego is itself a message, inviting us to invoke a connection between modern day creations, such as Lego, and artefacts from our collective history. The LEGO Pompeii has attracted new audiences to Nicholson Museum and it has brought the fun into the museum which demonstrated the importance of fun in a museum context.

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