Grainger's Display Legends
During Grainger's last visit to Melbourne in the 1950s, he decided that his museum needed panel displays or Legends that would help place his life and that of his colleagues in their proper context. Each of the thirty-four in the collection are on a separate topic and has a title (the lettering of Grainger's own design) at the top of the display, such as Cyril Scott, Musical Originator or A.E. Aldis, Painter & Linguist. The actual content consists of short, typewritten essays or commentaries by Grainger, as well as a variety of visual material - often a combination of drawings, photographs and copies of manuscripts.
Grainger adhered the documentary and visual material to each display with pins or glue, which was then covered with a sheet of glass, cut to size and surrounded by a frame attached with nails. The frames were either left unpainted or were painted in what Grainger considered to be 'Saxon and Scandinavian' colours - sky blue, scarlet, yellow or bright green.