David Demant

Senior Curator, Information and Communication

David Demant is a History and Technology Curator, with an interest in the history of information and communication technology. David was manager of education and visitor programs at Scienceworks and he participated in the development of Scienceworks and Melbourne Museum.

David has responsibility for the Information and Communication Collection, which covers technologies that are or have been directly involved in communication and/or the processing of information.

He has published a number of books including The First Computer Mouse, a fantasy tale for children (actually for their parents and grandparents). He has written and contributed to a number of informational books for children. He has participated in a number of amateur and professional theatrical productions, has been an extra on Neighbours, and appears regularly on a radio science programme. He is Museum Victoria’s unofficial poet laureate.

David believes that storytelling is the most effective form of communication in museums . . . and everywhere else.