2013 annual report M
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About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)...... 2 President’s Report...... 3 Treasurer’s Report...... 4 Executive Director’s Report...... 5-6 Management...... 7-8 Awards, Conference and Events...... 9-10 Communications & Digital Projects...... 11 INSITE...... 12 Membership & Fundraising...... 13 Exhibition Services...... 14 Museum Accreditation Program – MAP ...... 15 Victorian Collections ...... 16 Acknowledgments...... 17-18 Financial Reports...... 19-22
1 Museums Australia (Victoria) About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)
Mission: Enabling museums and their people to develop their capacity to inspire and engage their communities.
Statement of Purpose are relevant, accessible and strategically Awards. The Awards are peer-reviewed Museums Australia (Victoria) provides useful to the sector as a whole. and celebrate the hard work of staff and professional services to develop and volunteers in creating a vibrant sector. The sustain the roles and interests of museum The Victorian membership reflects the Awards are proudly sponsored by a range communities across Victoria. great diversity of the museum sector. of industry and cultural supporters. At the end of December 2013, it included Museums Australia (Victoria) provides: 245 organisations spanning archives, art Exhibition Services galleries, botanical gardens, historical Provides advice, professional development • Expert advice on museum practice and societies, natural and social history and grants specifically targeted to improve development. museums and specialist collections. At static and touring exhibition activity in • Grants for exhibition development. end 2013, we had 218 individual members, regional Victoria. • Accreditation and application of the most of whom are working either National Standards for Australian Museums professionally or voluntarily in museums INSITE and Galleries. and galleries. Our stimulating and informative member • Professional development. magazine, published five times a year, is • Advocacy and profile raising of Victorian Our key services include: directly sent to members with the latest museums. news on Victorian museums, events and Events topics. Values Over 70 events offered ranging from • Recognising that museums and galleries exclusive member viewings to lectures, Membership and Fundraising occupy a vital place in the community. seminars, workshops and masterclasses Dedicated resources proactively and • Recognising the contributions of our catering to beginner, mid-level and expert reactively identify the needs of existing and members to the sector. museum staff and volunteers. We cross- potential members and encourage broader • Supporting access to and the care of the reference our program with member networking within and between groups and Distributed National Collection. feedback and our matrix of museum and communities. Our fundraising activities • Recognising and celebrating diversity individual types to ensure we offer a support both museums applying for grants including Indigenous cultural heritage. balanced program to suit a variety of and fundraising for branch income and • Recognising the importance of being a needs. in-kind support for activities which benefit forum for ideas. the membership. • Upholding the highest ethical professional Victorian Collections standards. A free online cataloguing system created Digital Projects especially for community collecting The weekly e-bulletin and MA (Vic) website Background organisations and small museums in offer a range of up-to-date museum sector MA (Vic) is a state branch of Museums Victoria. Introductory workshops in information and links to external Australia, a not-for-profit national collection management, cataloguing, resources. Online training tools include membership association founded in 1993 object handling, photography, and more short training videos on museum best to bring together people concerned with are held throughout the year. practice and selected seminar the care and communication of Australia’s presentations available online. Special natural, artistic and cultural heritage. Museum Accreditation Program disaster response areas of the website are 83 museums are participating in our available for fire and flood-affected Through the direction of an elected gold-standard Museum Accreditation communities when required. Committee, the Victorian Branch provides Program, a wholistic, peer-supported support, representation and professional model of excellence developed according The MA (Vic) office is housed on the lower development services to the museum and to the National Standards for Australian ground floor of the Melbourne Museum. gallery sector throughout the State. Museums and Galleries. The Program Members enjoy easy access to services enables strong mentoring between and staff. MA (Vic) is grateful for the Membership museums and museum experts to share generous ongoing support of Museum MA (Vic) represents approximately one best-practice, upskill museum staff and Victoria in making this space available. third of Museums Australia’s total volunteers and raise the profile of membership. It represents the Victorian participating museums. members and coordinates services for them. The Victorian branch of Awards Museums Australia provides services for Each year since 1994, we have recognised museums and museum workers regardless the achievements of museum individuals of membership status, and our programs and organisations at the Victorian Museum
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 2 President’s Report
I am very pleased to report that Museums Significant activities in 2013 included our Elections to Museums Australia’s National Australia (Victoria) was able to maintain annual awards for Victorian Museums and Council saw Frank Howarth take on the and secure additional funding for its core staff, presented by the Hon. Heidi Victoria, role of National President of Museums operations and flagship programs over the Minister for the Arts, at the Australian Australia, and the elections of Victorians course of 2013. Centre for the Moving Image. The full list Peter Abbott and Padraic Fisher onto the of awardees can be found on page 9 of this National Council. Both Peter and Padraic As well as signing a new three-year report. are keen to hear the views of Victorian agreement for core operational funding members on the role and operations of through the Victorian Government and Arts In addition, we delivered our second Museums Australia. Victoria, Museums Australia (Victoria) has annual Museums & Galleries Conference received funding from the Veterans’ Affairs in regional Victoria, hosted and sponsored As well as putting on a very successful Unit and Arts Victoria, both in the by the National Wool Museum in Geelong. National Conference in Canberra, Department of Premier and Cabinet to The Conference brought together museum Museums Australia developed changes to support the Victorian Collections project. staff and volunteers at all levels to discuss the membership structure which add value We are grateful and energised by this their work and issues in the sector. to both organisational and individual support and the solid contribution it will membership, including special deals for make to this next year of Anzac We bid farewell to Dimity Mapstone who students, retired colleagues and commemorations. significantly contributed to our mobile volunteers. optimised website, online videos and As our new agreement with Arts Victoria is publications, as well as Caitlin McAtomney This is my final report as Chair of the under a new funding model, we have taken as Office Manager and co-Chair of the Victorian Branch Committee of Museums the opportunity to redevelop some of our annual conference. We welcomed Caroline Australia as I am stepping down after eight programs. In particular, the Exhibition Deighton to the Office Manager role as well years, or two full terms. I want to welcome Services program will look very different in as Monica Cronin who stepped in as MAP the incoming Committee and thank them 2014 with a more hands-on approach to Manager covering Cassie May’s maternity in advance for their support and the support of exhibitions by small to leave. commitment to the cause. medium organisations. I have enjoyed the opportunity to contribute to the organisation, and I thank MA (Vic) staff for both their enthusiasm and their professionalism as we worked through the challenges of the last two years.
Daniel Wilksch President
3 Museums Australia (Victoria) Treasurer’s Report
The twelve months ended 31 December With no movement on Members Funds for The first instalment of $207,300 in core 2013 produced a balanced result with total the year, Retained Earnings remain at funding is expected in January 2014 and income and total expenses of the same $64,254 at 31 December 2013, the same as Museums Australia (Victoria) remains in a amount. This compares with a small at 31 December 2012. strong financial position to undertake its surplus of $6,327 in the previous year. activities in 2014. Cash and Cash Equivalents stood at Total income from all sources was $99,593 at 31 December 2013 with Current Ian Scott $678,764, a slight reduction on the Liabilities amounting to $86,419. Treasurer previous year of $6,788. Total expenses for the year were also $678,764 and this was a small reduction on 2012 of $628.
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 4 1 Meredith Blake, 2 Frank Howarth, Project Manager, President, Museums Victorian Collections, Australia, Laura Miles, Executive Director’s Report demonstrating best Executive Director, MA practice in photographing (Vic), and Daniel Wilksch, objects at a Victorian President, MA (Vic), at Collections training the Afghanistan: Hidden workshop in Belgrave. Treasures from the National Museum Kabul exhibition, Melbourne Museum.
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2013 was a year which demonstrated the Financial MA (Vic) staff were guest presenters at this great resilience of our sector in managing 2013 was the third and final year of our year’s MA conference, the Albury-Wodonga change. It has been a year focused on triennial funding agreement with Arts Regional Conference for NSW and VIC financial sustainability and broadening Victoria, and we successfully secured volunteers, and the annual RSL access to collections and resources. 2014-2016 funding from their Conference. In addition the Executive Organisations’ Funding Program as an Director undertook the Williamson Our major members – Museum Victoria, Established Organisation. Our intention is Community Leadership Programme with NGV, PROV, State Library, ACMI and the to transition into a Lead Organisation, with Leadership Victoria and self-funded a Arts Centre – care for 35m+ items worth negotiated funding, from 2017. Our presentation at the American Alliance of an estimated $5bn and our community warmest thanks to all of our members Museums Annual Conference. A senior museums care for an additional 8m who wrote in to express support for MA colleague from MoMA, New York City, in objects worth perhaps $850m. By year end, (Vic) throughout our application processes. turn presented an intensive seminar and over 21,000 digitised items and 249 talk for MA (Vic) members and Museum Collection Level Descriptions were Our operations are very lean, with 51% of Victoria staff in December. uploaded onto our Victorian Collections turnover derived from Arts Victoria’s core website, making individual items operational grant, supplemented by our Victorian Museum Awards discoverable and summarising the fundraising and advocacy efforts with a The Victorian Museum Awards 2013 were number, type, condition and significance of total request for $635,000 of which we held on Thursday 8 August at the collections. were granted $423,000, a 67% success Australian Centre for the Moving Image. rate. We continue to advocate for funding The evening was attended by a record We reserve special acknowledgments to Dr to invest in more staffing for fundraising number of guests, hosted by ABC Radio J. Patrick Greene and Museum Victoria for and membership plus software to presenter George McEncroe with the Hon. enduring support of the Victorian streamline our member and supporter Heidi Victoria MP officiating in her capacity Collections project and the Victorian database systems. as Minister for the Arts. The Museum Branch, providing leadership to the sector, Accreditation Awards, the Deakin in-kind office space, access to utilities and Programming University Roslyn Lawry Award and two IT support, meeting rooms, exclusive Our performance was over target with 74 Victorian Collections Cataloguing Awards member events and the expertise of staff events (target: 58) attended by 1,698 people were also presented during the evening. and volunteers across their four venues: (target: 1,332), an increase of 27%. Of this Melbourne Museum, Immigration we achieved a 63% / 35% split of We congratulate the Victorian museum Museum, Scienceworks and the Royal metro:regional attendance plus 1% sector on the high level of nominations Exhibition Building. interstate and 1% international. received and the amazing work of every individual and museum nominated. We extend our thanks to Arts Victoria for For our second annual Victorian Museums core operational funding, the Victorian & Galleries Conference we partnered with Exhibition Services Cultural Network/Culture Victoria for the National Wool Museum in Geelong. We Anticipating a change of direction in 2014, Victorian Collections funding, and our welcomed 180 attendees to the Conference our Exhibitions Program devolved five philanthropic, corporate and government which was supported by Regional grants totalling $40,000, with $136,344 funders acknowledged on pages 17 and 18. Development Victoria, industry sponsors, requested. We also undertook 10 site the ABC and Local Government who visits, published the revised list of venues provided seven volunteer bursaries. which can accept touring exhibitions and continued our research work to engage local governments across Victoria. Within the Program we produced two publications with 136 copies sold in 2013.
5 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Uncle David Tournier, 3 Deborah Howes, Wadda Wurrung Elder, Director of Digital welcoming delegates to Learning at the Museum Country at the 2013 of Modern Art (MoMA), Victorian Museums & New York City, addressing Galleries Conference, attendees at the special National Wool Museum, lecture: ‘From Mobile to Geelong. MOOC: How and Why Art Museums Engage Digital 2 Lunchtime networking at Publics, Melbourne the 2013 Victorian Museum. Museums & Galleries Conference, National Wool Museum, Geelong.
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Museum Accreditation Program Marketing / Access I warmly commend our extensive network We now have 83 museums (12% of the We successfully continued our suite of of highly skilled and generous members, Victorian total) in the program, of which 57 online resources with additional supporters, committee and board have achieved Accreditation, 24 are infosheets, an interactive map of members, panellists, mentors, volunteers working towards Accreditation, and eight Accredited museums (http://museums. and former and current MA (Vic) staff who enrolled this year (three volunteer-run mavic.asn.au) and best practice videos have given their time and energy to museums and five with paid staff). 15 (www.mavic.asn.au/resources/practical- support our work connecting and museums were Accredited or training and www.youtube.com/ advocating for our sector. We farewelled Reaccredited. museumsaustraliavic) which are closed Caitlin and Dimity in 2013 who moved onto captioned (subtitled) for full accessibility. other challenges after achieving great Site assessments were conducted by the things within our MA (Vic) family. MAP managers and volunteer expert We worked in partnership with the panellists at 38 museums across the State. National Year of Reading team to publish These collective contributions of our lively We are pleased to welcome back Como poetry about Victorian museums (www. and diverse sector make Victoria the House & Garden following a one year love2read.org.au/writersworking.cfm) and cultural capital of Australia and means absence and Dunkeld Museum after a ten contributed to the State Library of that the ongoing care and interpretation of year absence. Victoria’s 100 Readers project (https:// our cultural treasures is secure for www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UwtkzCqlTk). Victorians and the wider public now and Victorian Collections into the future. We received $110,000 in project funding to In 2013 we produced 12 print and 26 online further develop our online cataloguing, publications plus 107 items of collateral Laura Miles digitisation and access tool in partnership with a total circulation of 161,000. We Executive Director with the Victorian Cultural Network. This received 625,000 visits to our websites, work collectively builds towards making more than 8,000 views on YouTube, and the state-wide collections database over 1,100 ‘Likes’ and ‘Follows’ on discoverable by audiences in Victoria and Facebook and Twitter. Our full-colour beyond. magazine, INSITE, was distributed to members and supporters with selected At the end of 2013, the total number of teaser articles online (www.mavic.asn.au/ participants stood at 1,181 people and the insite). Five issues covered the topics of number of website visits at over 440,000. Hide & Seek, Fear of Technology, Large Numbers, Past Imperfect, and Social We loaned equipment including laptops, Museums. flatbed scanners, digital cameras and 3G data modems to 7 groups and as part of Media coverage remained stable with our inclusivity agenda, we developed our interviews on ABC Local Radio and Eastern work with RSL sub-branches and 55 FM on caring for shipwreck artefacts, multicultural and migrant communities digitisation, and Victorian Collections, and with the help of our Consultant, Dr Helen articles in various local newspapers about Light AM. our State Conference, Victorian Museum Awards, Victorian Collections and newly Accredited museums.
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 6 1 Trish Nilsson, 3 MA (Vic) exclusive volunteer at the Johnston viewing: Afghanistan: Collection, and Branch Hidden Treasures from Management Committee members the National Museum Lauren Ellis, Peter Kabul, Melbourne Abbott, and Daniel Museum. Wilksch at the 2013 MA (Vic) General Meeting, Johnston Collection.
2 Treasurer Ian Scott at the 2013 MA (Vic) General Meeting, Johnston Collection.
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Management Advisory Committees Exhibition Services Advisory Committee MA (Vic) relies on the ongoing and INSITE Advisory Committee Chair dedicated support of a range of museum, Chair Daniel Wilksch, Manager, Online Projects, arts and cultural heritage workers that Dr Jan Croggon, Senior Historian, Public Record Office Victoria voluntarily serve on committees and Sovereign Hill Museums Association Caroline Carter, Manager, Exhibition panels. We thank these volunteers for their Meredith Blake, Project Manager, Victorian Collection Management, Museum Victoria valuable insights and their time and we Collections also thank the organisations that support Georgia Cribb, Director, NETS Victoria them in their contributions to MA (Vic). Claire Muir, Assistant Curator, Gold Rhonda Diffey, Collections Archivist, Greater Museum, Ballarat City of Dandenong Branch Committee Kitty Owens, Museum Consultant and Wendy Garden, Senior Curator, Mornington Executive Committee Curator, Koorie Heritage Trust Peninsula Regional Gallery President Megan Sheehy, Curator, Public Programs, Daniel Wilksch Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Manager, Online Projects, Public Record Museum Accreditation Program Panellists Office Victoria Deborah Tout-Smith, Senior Curator, Home Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, Curator, & Community Life, Humanities Collections Team, The National Trust of Vice President Department, Museum Victoria Australia (Victoria) David Demant Senior Curator, Information and Dr Linda Young, Senior Lecturer, Cultural Meredith Blake, Project Manager, Victorian Communication, Museum Victoria Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin Collections, MA (Vic) University Secretary Sandra Bruce, Collection Manager, Bendigo Jo-Anne Cooper Art Gallery Manager, Grainger Museum Museum Accreditation Program Advisory Mathew Churchward, Senior Curator, Committee Treasurer Technology and Innovation, Museum Chair Ian Scott Victoria Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Museum Consultant Jo-Anne Cooper, Manager, Grainger Dr Megan Cardamone, Museum Consultant Museum Ordinary Committee David Demant (to November 2013), Senior Caroline Deighton, Office Coordinator, MA Peter Abbott Curator, Information and Communication, (Vic) CEO, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Museum Victoria Maria Drossos, former Museum Collection Lauren Ellis Warren Doubleday, Manager, Museum Officer, Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Programs Manager, Community Services, Ballarat Tramway Museum Anaesthetic History Engagement, Museum Victoria Sarah Edwards (to February 2013), Padraic Fisher, Director, National Wool Jim McCann Museum Consultant Museum Manager, Victoria Police Museum Samantha Hamilton, Conservation, Objects Samantha Hamilton, Conservation, Objects Martin Purslow Collections, Development and Access, Collection, Development and Access, CEO, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Museum Victoria Museum Victoria Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges Cassie May, Manager, Museum Regional Museum Accreditation Program, MA (Vic) (maternity leave, 2013) Caitlin McAtomney, former Office Coordinator, MA (Vic)
7 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Maggi Solly and Megan 3 Peta Knott Sheehy, Yarra Ranges demonstrating Regional Museum, and preservation techniques Kelly White, Victoria Police at the Caring for Museum, at the End of Year Shipwreck Artefacts Celebration, Grainger workshop, Queenscliff Museum. Maritime Museum.
2 Members catching up at the Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum Kabul exlcusive viewing, Melbourne Museum.
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Jean McAuslan, Manager, Exhibitions & Government Record Keeping, Public Finance Officers Collections, Shrine of Remembrance Record Office Victoria Meredith Windust Tammy Currie Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Georgia Melville, Heritage Consultant Katie Potter, Curator, The National Trust of Wendy Pryor, Head, Digital and Emerging Contractors and Consultants Australia (Victoria) Technology, Museum Victoria Simon Fox Georgia Rouette, Manager, Exhibition Associate Professor Robyn Sloggett, Photographer, Victorian Museum Awards Services, MA (Vic) Director, Centre for Cultural Materials and Victorian Museums & Galleries Conservation, University of Melbourne Conference Jed Smith, Manager, National Sport Museum Eleanor Whitworth, Senior Arts Officer and Icelab Design Studio Content Curator, Culture Victoria Victorian Collections website redesign Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Dorothy Wickham, President, Victorian Dr Helen Light AM Interpretive Projects Consultant to the Multicultural Miriam Troon, Senior Curator, Collections, Communities Collection Project Koorie Heritage Trust Staff Dimity Mapstone Executive Director Designer, National Standards for Victorian Collections Supporters Laura Miles Australian Museums & Galleries, and Jason Benjamin, Coordinator, Conservation Developer, museums map webpage Programs, The University of Melbourne Office Coordinator Cultural Collections Caitlin McAtomney (to May) Euan McGillivray Caroline Deighton (from May) Museum Consultant Lauren Bourke, Coordinator, Community Archives, Public Record Office Victoria Events Coordinator Eric Townsend Bridget Forbes Auditor Jonny Brownbill, Manager, Online Development, Museum Victoria Museum Accreditation Program Manager Cass Wigley Elizabeth Marsden Website Development Clare Gervasoni, Curator, Art & Historical Collections, Federation University Australia Museum Accreditation Program Manager Luke Wigley Cassie May (to February) Website Development Martin Hallett, Senior Arts Officer, Arts Monica Cronin (from February) Victoria Project Manager, Victorian Collections Tim Hart, Director, Public Engagement, Meredith Blake Museum Victoria Project Assistant, Victorian Collections Forbes Hawkins, Senior Collection Systems Belinda Ensor Developer, Museum Victoria Digital Projects & Communications Peta Knott, Archaeologist, Wessex Manager Archaeology UK Dimity Mapstone Robert Lane, Centre for Cultural Material INSITE Editor Conservation, University of Melbourne Roisin O’Dwyer Dr Marina Larsson, Manager, Exhibition Services Manager Assessments, Heritage Victoria Georgia Rouette Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Membership & Fundraising Manager Alison McNulty, Senior Manager, Raphaël Fiorese
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 8 1 The Hon. Heidi Victoria officiating at the 2013 Victorian Museum Awards, Conference and Events Awards, Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
2 Audience at the Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference 2013, National Wool Museum, Geelong.
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recipients with generous prizes as well as a “[The Conference was] a very important cash contribution to MA (Vic).
opportunity to delve deeper into individual State Conference Our second annual State conference was issues and for large and smaller organisations held at the National Wool Museum in Geelong with the theme ‘Reinventing to network and seek advice.” Museums: Collaborate, Innovate and Bernadette Fitzgerald, Creative Producer, Footscray Community Arts Transform”. Over two days, 176 delegates heard from around 40 speakers covering Centre topics of volunteering, sustainability, storytelling, collaboration, innovation, Victorian Museum Awards • The Archival Survival Award for Small public programs, new media, anniversaries, The Victorian Museum Awards 2013 were Museums (2-7 Paid Staff): accreditation, and cataloguing. The held on Thursday 8 August at the Australian Winner: Burrinja Cultural Centre, Fashion Conference dinner was held at the Pier Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). The Meets Fiction: The Darnell Collection Geelong with guest speaker Adam Ford evening was hosted by the comedian and Highly Commended: The Gallery @ BACC, from the ABC TV series Who’s Been radio host George McEncroe. The Museum Bayside City Council, Connections – Art & Sleeping in My House. The optional behind Accreditation certificates and the Deakin Dementia Program the scenes tours of the Wool Museum, University Roslyn Lawry Award were also • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Geelong Gallery and historic waterfront presented during the evening. for Medium Museums (8-50 Paid Staff): rounded off a highly successful Conference. We congratulate the Victorian museum Winner: Heide Museum of Modern Art, sector on the high level of nominations Louise Bourgeois in Australia Partnerships received this year, and were pleased to Highly Commended: Koorie Heritage We continue to highly value the access to present the following Award winners: Trust, Ganagan (Deep Water): Waterways in unique venues provided by museums and Koorie Life and Art, and Victoria Police galleries across the state. Venues were Individuals Museum, Things of Fire and Ash: generously supplied by the Australian • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award for Remembering Black Saturday Centre for the Moving Image, the National Excellence (Volunteer): Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Museum, the • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Winner: Andrew Willox, Friends of the RAAF National Wool Museum, the Johnston for Large Museums (51+ Paid Staff): Museum Collection, Grainger Museum, Queenscliff Winner: Australian Centre for the Moving Highly Commended: Mary Waters, Heide Maritime Museum, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Image, Game Masters Museum of Modern Art, and Pat Village, Post Office Gallery, the Cyril Kett Highly Commended: Museum Victoria, The Zaunbrecher, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Optometry Museum, the Henry Forman Art of Science: Remarkable natural history Atkinson Dental Museum and the Medical • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award for illustrations from Museum Victoria History Museum. Excellence (Paid Staff): • Victorian Collections Cataloguing Award Winner: Diane Gardiner, Old Treasury (Volunteer-Run Organisation) A continued partnership with the Public Building Winner: Greensborough & District Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) and Highly Commended: Russell Magee, Historical Society the National Exhibition Touring Services Convergence Associates (NETS) Victoria saw the delivery of a • Victorian Collections Cataloguing Award seminar about Developing Diverse Institutions (Paid Organisation) Audiences at the National Gallery of • The TASHCO Systems Award for Volunteer- Winner: University of Ballarat Art & Victoria. We continued to partner with the Run Museums: Historical Collection Education Network of Victoria (ENVI) with a Winner: Charlton Golden Grains Museum, special lecture and social event for our Museum Display Redevelopment We are grateful to our Gold Sponsors Afghanistan exhibition exclusive viewing and Highly Commended: Creswick Museum, Archival Survival and TASHCO Systems, the fascinating ‘Travellers’ Tales’ event. Creswick Floods who have continued to provide Award
9 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Delegates enjoying the 3 Sue Roff, Director, Arts Storyteller board game at Project Australia, the Storytelling & Oral addressing attendees at Histories session, 2013 the Developing Diverse Victorian Museums & Audiences seminar, NGV Galleries Conference, Australia. National Wool Museum, Geelong.
2 Attendees at the Caring for Shipwreck Artefacts workshop, Queenscliff Maritime Museum.
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Seminars, Member Events and Tours In October, the regional workshop ‘How to Museum of Modern Art in New York, give a Over 1,600 people attended our events in create a small exhibition’ was held at the special one-off lecture to over 160 people 2013. In February, members embarked on Post Office Gallery (POG) in Bendigo. titled ‘From Mobile to MOOC: How and Why a Medical Mystery Tour which consisted of Georgia Rouette, Exhibitions Manager at Art Museums Engage Digital Publics’. guided tours of the Cyril Kett Optometry MA (Vic), taught the audience some tricks Museum, the Henry Forman Atkinson of the trade on how to create an The End of Year celebration for 2013 was Dental Museum and the Medical History outstanding exhibition for a small space. held at the Grainger Museum, part of the Museum. The curators of these museums After lunch in the sculpture gallery at the University of Melbourne Library. Members, shared fascinating stories surrounding Bendigo Art Gallery, we were treated to a sponsors and guests enjoyed an evening of their unique collections. talk and tour of the POG by Clare laughter, live music and catching up with Needham, Curator, City History and colleagues. There were speeches from the In March, we ran two regional workshops Collections. Manager of the museum, Jo-Anne Cooper, about ‘Caring for Shipwreck Artefacts’ at and Laura Miles, Executive Director of MA Queenscliff Maritime Museum and Also in October, our largest seminar for (Vic). Our host for the evening was Patrick Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. The the year, ‘Developing Diverse Audiences’ Watt, Manager of the Burke Museum and presenter, Marine Archaeologist Peta was held at NGV Australia where Historic Precinct in Beechworth, complete Knott, gave participants an in-depth participants heard from a variety of in tails. As usual, a highlight of the evening understanding of the ethical and legal speakers about how they make their was the door prizes gratefully received by requirements of shipwreck items and also museums and galleries accessible and guests and generously donated from our how to care for those items. Our main inclusive. You can view all of the member museums and sponsors. event for April was the State Conference in presentations on our website: www.mavic. Geelong. asn.au/resources/presentations/ Acknowledgements developing-diverse-audiences I would like to sincerely thank all guest In May, we held our General Meeting at the speakers, host venues, sponsors and grand home of the Johnston Collection. Our final seminar for the year was ‘A supporters of the MA (Vic) events in 2013. After the meeting, members heard from Rough Guide to Audio Guides and Smart The program is consistently developed Director Louis Le Vaillant who spoke about Phone Apps’. Jonathan Luker, Senior Web through consultation with MA (Vic) staff, the fascinating history of Mr Johnston’s Designer, National Gallery of Victoria, member feedback, industry experts, the collecting passion and then enjoyed a spoke about the Melbourne Now app. volunteer sector and leaders in the private house tour given by knowledgeable Jayne Josem, Curator and Head of museum industry. volunteers. At the end of May, there was an Collections, Jewish Holocaust Centre, exclusive viewing of Museum Victoria’s talked us through the Centre’s Storypod A full list of our events and Conference Afghanistan exhibition where the hidden app. Johnny Brownbill, Manager of Online presenters can be found on pages 17-18. treasures from the Kabul National Development at Museum Victoria, spoke Museum were on display. about the Time Lens and Field Guide apps Bridget Forbes and new innovations such as digital labels. Events Coordinator In July, the seminar ‘Identifying Significant Stephanie Sharp, Honours Student, Collection Items’ was held at ACMI. This Federation University, spoke about her was the first of two seminars which we honours research on the use of mobile and recorded and uploaded onto our website web technologies to engage young people. thanks to funding from The City of John Rogers, President, Friends of the Melbourne. The second event for July was Cerberus, spoke about the Victorian Naval a viewing of the NGV’s winter masterpiece Relics app. And finally we heard from exhibition, Monet’s Garden, from the Martin Green, National Trust of Australia Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris. Members (Victoria) about the various apps developed heard a lecture about Monet’s life and by the National Trust. passion by Gina Panebianco, Head of Education at the NGV, and then went on to In December, we co-hosted an event with enjoy the exhibition well into the evening at Museum Victoria which saw Deborah Art after Dark. Howes, Director of Digital Learning at The Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 10 1 Screenshot of MA (Vic)’s YouTube channel. page. The channel Communications & Digital Projects includes eighteen videos which have been viewed over 8,400 times.
2 Events Coordinator Bridget Forbes with Dimity Mapstone at the Monet’s Garden exhibition viewing, National Gallery of Victoria.
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YouTube channel to eighteen. Since the “Congratulations. I love what you have done channel was launched in 2012, our videos have received over 8,400 views, with over with the online training video for creating a 5,000 of those views occurring in 2013.
small themed exhibition. I hope you don’t Communication Design Museums Australia (Victoria) continued to mind if I share the link here in Queensland.” manage all communication materials in-house in 2013. We produced Ann Baillie, Manager, Training & Professional Development, advertisements for MA (Vic) programs in Museum & Gallery Services Queensland external publications, the Annual Program, Annual Report, Conference Handbook, business cards, e-flyers for upcoming The second year of the Communications & This site lists over 50 museums that have events, event signage, INSITE Magazine, Digital Projects position saw a new series been accredited by Museums Australia MAP & Award certificates, e-newsletters of audio slide shows produced about (Victoria) and uses geo-location technology for online practical training videos and caring for shipwreck heritage, live video to provide the user with a list of museums seminar recordings. recordings of eleven individual nearest to them. presentations from two key seminars on Media significance and diverse audiences, In late 2012, Museums Australia (Victoria) Media coverage in 2013 included radio ongoing support for the Victorian obtained project funding of $7,800 from the interviews on ABC Local Radio with Peta Collections project and continued in-house Australian National Maritime Museum to Knott about the Caring for Shipwreck production of all branch marketing and produce two training sessions and audio Artefacts workshops, and on Eastern FM communication materials. slideshow presentations on caring for with Belinda Ensor talking about Victorian shipwreck artefacts. The workshops took Collections. There were articles about the Online Projects place at the Queenscliffe Maritime Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference In 2013, the Digital Projects & Museum and Flagstaff Hill Maritime in the Surf Coast Times and South Communications Manager has been Village and were documented to create two Australian Community History blog; articles pleased to have been involved in the online training audio slideshows available about Victorian Museum Award winners in Victorian Collections team driving the to view online. the Ballarat Courier, Rangers Trader Mail redesign for the Victorian Collections and Arts Victoria eNews, and about caring website. The new website, launched in In 2013 we also obtained project funding for maritime artefacts and Victorian December 2013, brings the state’s from the City of Melbourne to deliver and Collections in The Standard. collections to the fore and will promote the record two seminars on hot topics in the Victorian collecting sector to the wider museum sector: Identifying Significant Due to changes to funding for Victorian public. Collection Items and Developing Diverse Collections and special projects, the role of Audiences. The seminars were held with Communications & Digital Projects will We also had the opportunity to work with live audiences in Melbourne, and recorded change in 2014. our web developers to transfer the to increase access for regional audiences. Museums Australia (Victoria) website to a This is the first time we have published full Dimity Mapstone responsive design. This enables the site to videos from our seminars online and we Manager, Digital Projects & Communications be easily viewed on mobile devices, tablets are pleased with the positive feedback we and screens of any size. We hope that this have received to date. will make our resources more accessible for people using mobile devices at home These videos are embedded from our and in the field. In 2013 we also again YouTube channel on the Practical Online advertised in Victoria’s Cultural Guide, and Training & Past Presentations pages in the provided a link to a micro-site we’ve Resources section of our website. This created for Victoria’s Accredited Museums. brings the total number of videos on our
11 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Feb-Apr INSITE: Hide & Seek May-Jun INSITE: Fear of Technology Jul-Aug INSITE: Large Numbers INSITE Sep-Oct INSITE: Past Imperfect Nov-Jan INSITE: Social Museums
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Revenue “Congratulations on INSITE. I’m a INSITE enjoys the support of loyal advertisers who also provide valuable newcomer to it and enjoying my first issue services to the sector. In 2013 there were six regular advertisers: TASHCO Systems, very much.” Archival Survival, Thylacine, Designcraft Lesley Ryall, Executive Officer, VALA – Libraries, Technology and the Furniture, Information Services Technology (IST) and Maxus. Bendigo Post Office Future Inc. Gallery, Vernon Systems and VALA also advertised in INSITE in 2013. Museum Victoria and RHSV History Week supported In 2013, INSITE included articles from • Richard Harling, The Cultural Commerce the production of INSITE by placing these regional places: Yarra Ranges, Consultant: ‘Museums and Publishing’ promotional brochures with the magazine. Torquay, Ballarat, Foster, Macedon Ranges, • Dr Heather Gaunt, Ian Potter Museum of Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay, Committee Art: ‘Art and Empathy at the Ian Potter Clunes and Swan Hill. We also had articles The INSITE Editorial Committee met four Museum of Art’ from museum people in Adelaide, times this year to discuss issues in the Newcastle and Philadelphia. • Anne Kershaw, Deakin University: sector and make suggestions for articles ‘Community Participation and Museums’ and themes. The Committee has six We continued our 2012 initiative to include members (listed on page 7) including three two articles from every issue as a free PDF Contents from regional museums. All together, download on our website and have made In 2013 the INSITE themes were: Committee members represent the the following articles freely available: diversity of museum personnel. My thanks • Hide & Seek (February-April) to Jan, Deborah, Kitty, Meredith, Megan, • Megan Sheehy, Yarra Ranges Regional • Fear of Technology (May-June) Linda and Claire for their time and Museum: ‘Seeking New Roles for • Large Numbers (July-August) support. Collection Data: experiments in • Past Imperfect (September-October) augmented reality’ • Social Museums (Nov 2013-Jan 2014) INSITE continues to be a source of information and discussion for the • Anna Burkey, State Library of Victoria: Over the five issues this year, we have members of MA (Vic). We welcome articles ‘Hidden Gifts in the Library’ welcomed articles from thirty-five people from colleagues working and volunteering • Craig Baird, SurfWorld Museum Torquay: who are listed in our acknowledgments in museums and galleries in Victoria to ‘The World in a Box’ section (pages 17-18). In May 2011, we inform us about the projects, exhibitions, introduced the Museum News page to news and issues that make our magazine • Clare Gervasoni, University of Ballarat: include smaller grabs of information about a good read. ‘One Million Views! The Industrial Heritage events, resources and developments in Wiki, Ballarat’ museums in Victoria. This continues to be Roisin O’Dwyer • Robyn Till, Macedon Ranges Shire Council: a popular addition in combination with INSITE Editor ‘Tough Love: caring and sharing objects’ Branch News and a listing of job changes in the sector. With information about the • Leigh Kinrade, Public Records Office Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference Victoria: ‘Culturing Volunteers: volunteer and the Victorian Museum Awards, INSITE programs in collecting institutions’ continues to keep members informed • Samantha Hamilton, Museum Victoria: about what their membership is ‘Community Consultation and the First supporting and the issues affecting Peoples Exhibition’ collection custodians in Victoria.
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 12 1 Angela Henricksen of 2 Lloyd Fordham, Archival Survival with TASHCO, with Carolyn Ross Farnell and JD Olive, Sue Walsh and Membership & Fundraising Mittmann of the Burrinja Rose Curnow of the Cultural Centre, winner Golden Grains Museum, of the 2013 Archival winner of the 2013 Survival Award for Small TASHCO Systems Award Museums. for Volunteer-Run Museums.
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• $10,000 from the Ian Potter Foundation “We think everyone in the museum sector for international speakers at the 2014 Conference. no matter how large or small needs to be a • $12,000 from the Victorian Multicultural Commission for the Multicultural member of MA (Vic). There is a lot of useful Collections Project (auspiced by MA (Vic)). information coming through.” • $79,000 from Veterans’ Affairs for Member comment, 2012 MA (Vic) Member Survey Veterans-specific Victorian Collections training.
Membership and personal phone calls to encourage Partnerships At the end of 2013, the MA (Vic) lapsed members to renew. We are The year was particularly successful in membership comprised 463 members pleased to report that the strategy is regards to partnerships. This was our (including 34 non-financial members bearing fruit, with a 90% overall retention first attempt at seeking out sponsorship whose membership had lapsed in the rate for 2013 (83% in 2012). for the Conference and we were pleased previous three months), a non-negligible to attract two new sponsors 5.5% growth compared with end of year Other membership undertakings have (International Arts Services and 2012 (439 members), all the more included a membership drive aimed at InfoWand) as well as eight exhibitors and notable in a context where membership users of Victorian Collections as well as a number of advertisers and bursary organisations often struggle to maintain involvement in the National Membership providers. Cash sponsorship for the member engagement. Membership Review Committee ahead of planned Conference totalled $11, 560 ($21,880 income for the branch totalled $20,525. changes to MA membership structure. including in-kind support). In addition, Ongoing research and discussions with we secured two new sponsors (V/Line As in previous years, the proportion of both the MA (Vic) Communications and Deakin University) for the 2014 individual and organisational members Manager and the MA National Office edition of the Conference. remains relatively balanced, with 218 have led to a first draft strategy for individual members (72 Gold, 135 Silver implementation of a stakeholder Long-time Awards sponsors Archival and 11 Associate) and 245 organisational database which will increase our Survival and TASHCO once again members. Organisational membership capacity. provided Award recipients with generous overwhelmingly consists of small prizes as well as a cash contribution to organisations, with 202 organisations run Fundraising MA (Vic). Our partnership with TASHCO exclusively by volunteers or employing at Our fundraising activities have been was successfully renegotiated to include most 5 paid staff, 37 organisations carried out on various fronts. We lodged in-kind support for the 2014 Conference. employing between 6 and 25 staff, and 6 a number of applications to support our We were also very pleased to develop a organisations whose staffing level ranges Victoria’s Cultural Treasures book project new partnership for the Awards with the from 26 to over 100 (these include the which unfortunately did not meet with Graduate School of Humanities & Social major Victorian institutions: ACMI, NGV, success. And while we secured approval Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Museum Victoria, State Library of for matched funding (to the amount of Delatite Wines and Alan Randell-Smith Victoria, and Sovereign Hill). $16,000) from Creative Partnerships Florist again provided generous in-kind Australia to build capacity for the support. Cash sponsorship for the In 2013 our efforts have focused on Membership & Fundraising position, we Awards totalled $9,500. improving membership retention rates, a were unable to source the required perennial issue for all MA branches. This matching funds. However, we secured Due to changes in funding, the position was carried out through continued the following funding from Government will be discontinued in 2014. The implementation of the communication and philanthropic sources: Manager will be taking up the role of strategy put into place in 2012: e-blast • $5,000 from the Department of Planning Communications Manager. acknowledgement of renewals, hard copy and Community Development for the welcome packs, email renewal notices, 2013 Conference. Raphael Fiorese Manager, Membership & Fundraising
13 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Hendrik Goltzius 2 Dr Kent Wilson, (Dutch 1558-1616), The Curator, and Mardi Dragon Devouring the Nowak, Senior Curator, Exhibition Services Companions of Cadmus, Town Hall Gallery. The 1588, engraving. Baillieu Gallery was the recipient Library Print Collection, of an Exhibition Grant for University of Melbourne. Marker: 10 Years of the Town Hall Gallery Collection.
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acute internationally as individuals, “Funding from MA (Vic) has enabled the businesses and governments are increasingly adopting privacy-invasive Library to share its incredible works of art, technologies. The exhibition aims to explore various aspects of privacy during creating opportunities for the University the Holocaust and draw lessons for community and wider regional audiences.” contemporary society. • Local History Network: Mornington Kerrianne Stone, Special Collections Curatorial Assistant (Prints), Peninsula Shire University of Melbourne Library Postcards from the Mornington Peninsula $8,000 Touring The aim of Exhibition Services is to assist striking imagery of these works is captured This travelling exhibition will be collecting institutions with the by seminal artists including Dürer, Goya showcasing aspects of the unique history development of museum standard and Rembrandt. The exhibition will of the Mornington Peninsula through exhibitions and to promote links between showcase controversial figures from postcards held in the collections of museums and other community groups. history that have challenged the status-quo participating historical organisations. The program provides advisory and and helped shape our world. funding assistance for the development of New Roving Curator – Exhibitions exhibitions that demonstrate strong • Creswick Museum Program audience focus, use of non-traditional Spirit of China in Creswick After 14 years, Exhibition Services venues, new interpretations of collections $5,000 Design and Production (formerly RETI), which provided museums and collaborations across the sector. with an annual grants program, ended in The history of the Chinese in Australia is a December 2013. After extensive research somewhat troubled one, involving The program aims to develop the into the sector, the 2010 Review of discrimination from both government and awareness and value of Victoria’s Exhibition Capacity of Victoria’s Community individuals, and this story is one that is not museums and galleries by encouraging Museums has shown that museums are often told. The exhibition explores the these organisations to develop exhibitions better serviced through a hands-on history of the Chinese in Creswick. that will promote the stories of rich and approach. Museums Australia (Victoria) diverse collections across Victoria to a put forth a submission to Arts Victoria for a • Town Hall Gallery broad audience. Through site visits, Roving Curator model for exhibition Marker: 10 Years of the Town Hall Gallery on-call advice and facilitation, Exhibition development to assist museums at a Collection Services has provided assistance to those grass-root level. The proposal was $10,000 Exhibition Furniture and Exhibition organisations wishing to upgrade their accepted and the new program will be Catalogue exhibition spaces, tell interesting and launching in 2014. diverse stories and develop touring Featuring the works of many influential exhibitions. artists, such as John Brack, Fred Williams Exhibition Services Subcommittee and Eric Thake, Marker will launch the new The Exhibition Services subcommittee has Grant Recipients gallery spaces that have been under the responsibility of offering advice and Five museums received Exhibition Grants redevelopment since late 2011, initiating a support to the program, particularly in in 2013: new era for the Town Hall Gallery within assessing the grant applications. The the new Hawthorn Arts precinct. work, support and energy that are given so • Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne freely by the committee members are duly Radicals, Slayers and Villains: The Baillieu • Jewish Holocaust Centre acknowledged. See page 7 for a list of Library Collection Private Lives, Public Identities: Lessons from committee members. $7,000 Exhibition Catalogue – Touring the Holocaust Museum $10,000 Development Georgia Rouette Radicals, Slayers and Villains focuses on Manager, Exhibition Services the medium of printmaking and includes The need for ensuring an awareness of the etchings, engravings and woodcuts. The protection of privacy is becoming more
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 14 1 Re-accreditation site visit: in the Museum Museum Accreditation Program – MAP Victoria store.
2 MAP site visit: collection items at the Cohuna & District Historical Society.
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a ten year absence, enrolling in the “Being able to promote our museum as MAP volunteer stream which had not previously accredited has had a huge impact on the been available to them. Advisory Visits perception of who we are and what we do.” • Brambuk Cultural Centre Craig Baird, Curator, Surf World Museum,Torquay • Chinese Museum • Clunes Museum • Cohuna Historical Society The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) • Dunkeld Museum (Vol) • Foster Historical Society is a peer review program that assesses all • Running Rabbits Military Museum (Vol) • Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic areas of museum operations against the • Warracknabeal & District Historical Society History National Standards for Museums and (including Wheatlands Museum) (Vol) • Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre Galleries. The MAP program is a state- • Grainger Museum (Paid) • Hamilton Art Gallery wide initiative which continues to assist • Mildura Arts Centre (Paid) • Hellenic Museum museums to grow and to improve. At the • Shrine of Remembrance (Paid) • J-Ward end of 2013 there were 83 Victorian • Vietnam Veterans Museums (Paid) • Maritime Discovery Centre, Portland museums participating in the program. • Warrnambool Art Gallery (Paid) • Mary McKillop Museum 60 have achieved Accreditation and 23 are • Museum Victoria working towards Accreditation, with eight Accreditations • Queenscliffe Historical Museum new groups enrolled for the year. • College of Surgeons (Vol) • Shrine of Remembrance • Schramm’s Cottage (Doncaster / 2013 Highlights Templestowe Historical Society) (Vol) The MAP Advisory Committee & Peer • 4,805 kilometres travelled visiting • Burrinja Cultural Centre (Paid) Review Panellists museums across the State of Victoria. • Museum of Australian Chinese History The Committee meets quarterly to • Record number of expression of interest (Paid) contribute advice and support to the MAP applications into the program (eight) and • Royal Historical Society of Victoria (Paid) Managers. David Demant retired from the Accreditations (six) in one year. • Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery (Paid) Committee in March after five years of • Monthly MAP e-blast keeping MAP support. MAP Peer Review Panellists are museums and networks up to date with Re-Accreditations a key component to the peer review museum news and developments. • Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum process. MAP panellists conduct site • Buda Historic Home & Garden visits, provide mentoring and expert advice The core activity of the MAP program is to • Churchill Island and gain professional development from assist museums to work toward improving • Immigration Museum the program. We would like to thank the museum standards and to facilitate the • Museum Victoria MAP Advisory Committee and Peer Review peer review processes. In 2013, the • Nepean Historical Society Panellists for their time and contribution following museums achieved recognition • Old Melbourne Gaol throughout 2013. See pages 7 and 8 for in various stages of the program. • Port Fairy Historical Society details. • Rippon Lea Enrolments • Scienceworks Monica Cronin There was an ongoing demand for • Yarra Ranges Regional Museum Manager, Museum Accreditation Program enrolment in the MAP program. Museums Elizabeth Marsden that expressed an interest in committing Museums Re-Entering the Program Manager, Museum Accreditation Program to the program and were deemed able to In 2013, previously Accredited Museum meet the standards in the required Como House & Garden, National Trust of timeframe were accepted. Eight museums Australia (Victoria), re-entered the Program were enrolled, three in the ‘Volunteer’ following a one year absence. Dunkeld stream and five in the ‘Paid’ stream: Museum also re-entered the program after
15 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 VC staff and 2 Tim Hart (Director, supporters with winners Public Engagement, Victorian Collections and runners up of the VC Museum Victoria), Hon. Cataloguing Awards. Denis Napthine (Premier Back row: Roy Arnott, of Victoria), Lindley Meredith Blake, Belinda Renwick (Flagstaff Hill Ensor, Martin Hallett, volunteer), Cr. Michael Frank Thatcher, Jim Neoh (Mayor of City of Dale, Andre Switzer, Warrnambool), and Clare Gervasoni. Front Laura Miles (Executive row: Ann Rizio, Helen Director, MA (Vic)) at the Moore, Joan Moore, Flagstaff Hill bulk upload Daniela Rodrigues. celebration.
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Almost 500 items have been catalogued to “For over ten years I have been hoping for a date. MA (Vic) together with PROV and Archival Survival delivered a free workshop system like Victorian Collections to in preventative conservation attended by eventuate. We did not have the funds to run representatives of 11 groups. Change in Staff large cataloguing programs. [...] Victorian Digital Projects & Communications Manager Dimity Mapstone left MA (Vic) at Collections is made for us.” the end of 2013 after six years of service. Clare Gervasoni, Art & Historical Collections, Federation University Dimity has been vital to the success of VC since its inception, and is thanked for her Victorian Collections (VC) is developed and data to VC from out-of-date cataloguing continued dedication to the project. MA (Vic) maintained in partnership by MA (Vic) and systems, or catalogues which lack an Office Coordinator Caroline Deighton now Museum Victoria (MV). In 2013, the project online component. provides cataloguing support one day a was funded by the Victorian Cultural week. Network (Culture Victoria) through Arts Victorian Museums Awards Victoria. The VC team and MV staff Forbes New Award categories were announced Scope of the Project Hawkins (developer of VC) and Jonny this year for the most active VC 306 groups participated in the program in Brownbill (Manager, Online Development) cataloguers. The winners and runners up 2013, uploading 19,560 items to the worked with design studio Icelab to were: catalogue. redevelop the Victorian Collections • Victorian Collections Cataloguing Award website. Released in early 2014, the new (Volunteer-Run Organisation) State-Wide Reach website provides a greatly improved user Winner: Greensborough & District The VC team travelled 4,204 kms in 2013, experience. Historical Society presenting 26 cataloguing workshops in: Runners Up: Box Cottage Museum, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Frankston, VC Gathering at the Victorian Museums & 4th/19th Prince of Wales Regiment, Horsham, Melbourne, Phillip Island, Galleries Conference 2013 Frankston RSL Sub-Branch, Orbost Shepparton, Sunshine, Warrnambool and VC held a Community Gathering at the Historical Society the Yarra Ranges. Staff made 14 advisory Conference, providing opportunity for VC visits to VC organisations across the state. • Victorian Collections Cataloguing Award users to come together, learn from each ICT field kits (donated by Dell) including (Paid Organisation) other’s experience and meet the people scanners, digital cameras, laptops and Winner: University of Ballarat Art & who work behind the scenes. internet dongles, were loaned out to Historical Collection organisations across the state. Runners Up: Northern Metropolitan Improving Our Knowledge of the Scope of Institute of TAFE, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Victoria’s Collections International Exposure Museum, Ballarat and Queens Anglican In 2013, VC’s campaign to gather updated In May, MA (Vic) Executive Director Laura Grammar School, Mission to Seafarers information from Victoria’s 700+ cultural Miles presented a paper on VC to the collections was launched. Organisations American Alliance of Museums Annual Multicultural Communities’ Collection were asked to describe their collection, its Forum in Baltimore, USA. In December, Project (MCCP) significance, themes, key stories and Forbes Hawkins presented a paper co- MCCP was initiated to provide professional items. Over 255 organisations answered written with Project Manager Meredith assistance to ethnic community the call, providing a much more accurate Blake at the Museum and the Web Asia organisations to preserve items relating to view of the collections throughout Victoria. 2013 Conference in Hong Kong. their country of origin, migration and settlement in Australia. In the year Flagstaff Hill Collection Load Meredith Blake 2012-2013, 21 ethnic organisations were In September, MV staff uploaded over 7,000 Project Manager, Victorian Collections visited by project consultant Helen Light Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum records and volunteers and 40 people from 20 Belinda Ensor into VC. This bulk upload facility paves the organisations undertook training in VC. Project Assistant, Victorian Collections way for other organisations to transfer
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 16 1 Opthalmoscopes at the 3 Frank Kings’ diving Cyril Kett Optometry helmet and compressor, Museum, Medical from the collection of Acknowledgments Mystery Tour, February Flagstaff Hill Maritime 2013. Village.
2 How to Create a Small Exhibition workshop: tour of the Post Office Gallery, Bendigo, October 2013.
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We warmly acknowledge and greatly · Erica Sanders, Senior Policy Officer · Veronica Pardo, Arts Access appreciate the generosity of our many · Eleanor Whitworth, Senior Project Officer · Anne Robertson, PGAV wonderful supporters in 2013. · Sue Roff, Arts Project Australia Department of Veterans’ Affairs · John Rogers, Friends of the Cerberus Thank you to… · Patricia Pollard, Senior Policy Officer · Georgia Rouette, MA (Vic) · Joshua Puls, Director · Stephanie Sharp, Federation University The Victorian Government through Arts · Julie Skate and Elle Credlin, The Gallery @ Victoria, Department of Premier and Presenters for Workshops, Seminars and BACC Cabinet, for support for core activities, and Member Events · Maggi Solly and Megan Sheehy, Yarra in particular to: · Michael Aitken, Cyril Kett Optometry Ranges Museum · The Hon. Denis Naphtine Museum · Liz Suda, Museum Victoria · The Hon. Heidi Victoria · Professor Atkinson, Henry Forman · Pamela Sutton, Cyril Kett Optometry · The Hon. Ted Baillieu Atkinson Dental Museum Museum · Judy Lachele · Meredith Blake, MA (Vic) · Patrick Watt, Burke Museum and · Clementine Walker · Jonny Brownbill, Museum Victoria Historic Precinct · Eddie Butler-Bowdon, City of Melbourne Museum Victoria for ongoing in-kind office · Professor Barry Cole, University of Conference Presenters space, operational and IT support at Melbourne · Rowena Ashley, Coal Creek Community Melbourne Museum, for partnering on the · Jo-Anne Cooper, Grainger Museum Park & Museum Victorian Collections project and for · Lorinda Cramer, Australian Racing · Denis Baguley, Shrine of Remembrance managers’ and directors’ contributions to Museum · Craig Baird, SurfWorld Museum MA (Vic) committees, programs and · Simon Dargaville, ACMI · Yvonne Church, Cohuna Historical Society services. · Belinda Ensor, MA (Vic) · David Demant, Museum Victoria · Priscilla Gaff, Museum Victoria · Rhana Devenport, Govett Brewster The National Standards for Australian · Martin Green, National Trust of Australia Gallery, New Zealand Museums and Galleries’ Taskforce, (Victoria) · Sharron Dickman, Geelong Football Club comprising representatives of each State · Jacqueline Healy, Medical History Museum Collection and Territory. · Angela Henricksen, Archival Survival · Geoffrey Edwards, Geelong Gallery · Deborah Howes, Museum of Modern Art in · Lauren Ellis, Museum Victoria Arts Victoria New York · Tony Ellwood, National Gallery of Victoria · Andrew Abbott, Acting Director · Jayne Josem, Jewish Holocaust Centre · Cr Keith Fagg, Mayor of Geelong · Greg Andrews, Deputy Director · Andrew Kilsby, National Vietnam Veterans’ · Padraic Fisher, National Wool Museum · Fiona Beckwith, Senior Arts Officer Museum · Adam Ford, DIG International · Cath Colvin, VBRRA · Peta Knott, Marine Heritage Consultant · Rebecca Forgasz, Jewish Museum of · Marg Dobson, Arts Officer · Adrienne Leith, Museum Victoria Australia · Martin Hallett, Senior Project Officer · Louis Le Vaillant, Johnston Collection · Martin Green, National Trust of Australia · Debra Jefferies, General Manager, · Dr Helen Light AM, Consultant (Victoria) Market & Community Development · Jonathan Luker, National Gallery of · Bridget Guthrie, Albury Library Museum · Victoria Jones, VBRRA Victoria · Warwick Hadfield, ABC Radio National · Christopher McDermott, Manager, · Dimity Mapstone, Consultant and formerly · Graeme Hairsine, Public Record Office Policy & Research MA (Vic) Victoria · Andy Miller, formerly Senior Program · Georgie Meyer and Carolyn Meehan, · Robert Heather, State Library of Victoria Manager Museum Victoria · Don Heron, National Gallery of Victoria · Michael Nation, Manager, Executive · Lisetta Moscardo, ACMI · Eric Holowacz, formerly of Mildura Arts Office & Government Relations · Louise Murray, Henry Forman Atkinson Centre · Daniel O’Farrell, Senior Communications Dental Museum · Penny Hutchinson, Arts Victoria Officer · Fil Natarelli, Johnston Collection · Dr Marina Larsson, Veterans Unit, DPCD · Michael O’Leary, Deputy Director · Kirsten Paisley, Shepparton Art Museum · Elizabeth Marsden, MA (Vic) · Ian Rogers, Manager, Local Partnerships · Gina Panebianco, National Gallery of · Michael McKernan, Consultant Historian Victoria 17 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Ceramic artefact handling at the Caring For Shipwreck Artefacts workshop, Queenscliff Maritime Museum.
2 Museum Administration, HMAS Cerberus Museum
3 Victorian Collections training at the Frankston RSL sub-branch.
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· JD Mittmann, Burrinja Cultural Centre Consultant · Gordon Darling Foundation · Terry Norman, Victorian Jazz Archive · Jennifer Jones, Foster & District Historical · Graduate School of Humanities and Social · Gary Parker, National Vietnam Veterans Society Sciences, University of Melbourne Museum · Sean Kelley, Eastern State Penitentiary · Heritage Victoria · Kaz Paton, Arts & Culture, City of Greater Historic Site, USA · Informations Services Technology (IST) Geelong · Anne Kershaw, Deakin University · InfoWand · Kate Phillips, Museum Victoria · Leigh Kinrade, Public Record Office · International Arts Services · Karen Quinlan, Bendigo Art Gallery & Post Victoria · Koorie Heritage Trust Office Gallery · Dr Donna Leslie, Ian Potter Museum of Art · Leadership Victoria Foundation · Sue Roberts, State Library of Victoria · Dimity Mapstone, Consultant and formerly · Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation · Tim Rolfe, Museum Victoria MA (Vic) · Macedon Ranges Shire Council · Andrew Sayers AM, National Museum of · Elizabeth Marsden, MA (Vic) · Maxus Australia · Jhana Pfeiffer Hunt, The Duldig Studio · Monash University Museum of Art · Padmini Sebastian, Immigration Museum · Kate Phillips, Museum Victoria · Museum of Art & Design, New York City · Glenn Shea, The Storyteller Educational · Marion Piper, Town Hall Gallery · Museum of Modern Art, New York City Resource · John Rogers, Friends of Cerberus · Museum Victoria · Helen Sheedy, Flagstaff Hill Maritime · Georgia Rouette, MA (Vic) · National Gallery of Victoria Village · Barbara Sacks, Jewish Holocaust Museum · National Maritime Museum · Michelle Stevenson, National Alpine · Megan Sheehy, Yarra Ranges Regional · National Wool Museum Museum of Australia Museum · National Sports Museum · Kevin Tanner, Zoos Victoria · Lisa Smith, Museum Victoria · Nillumbik Shire Council · Robyn Till, Macedon Ranges Shire Council · Robyn Till, Macedon Ranges Shire Council · Office for the Arts, Australian Government · Uncle David Tournier, Wadda Wurrung · Deborah Tout-Smith, Museum Victoria · Office of Multicultural Affairs & Elder · Ian Tully, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Citizenship · Patrick Watt, Burke Museum · Dr Gerard Vaughan, Australian Institute · Old Melbourne Gaol · Chris Winter, formerly ABC Innovation of Art History. · Pratt Foundation · Regional Development Victoria Contributors to Print Media Sponsors & Supporters · RMIT Gallery · Craig Baird, Surf World Museum Torquay · 107.9 ABC Ballarat · RHSV, History Week · Jody Bowman, Australian Communication · Alan Randell-Smith Florist · Shire of Buloke Exchange · American Alliance of Museums · Showfront · Ian Buckland, University of Adelaide · Anzac House · Smithsonian, Washington · Kristal Buckley, Deakin University · Archival Survival · The Australian Hardware and Showcase · Anna Burkey, State Library of Victoria · Arts Victoria Company (TASHCO) · Patricia Cook, Clunes Museum · Australian Centre for the Moving Image · The Centre for Cultural Materials · Elle Credlin, Bayside City Council · Australian National Maritime Museum Conservation, University of Melbourne · David Demant, Museum Victoria · Bendigo Post Office Gallery · The Shrine of Remembrance · Maria Drossos, Museum of Anaesthic · Brimbank City Council · Thylacine History · City of Greater Geelong · University of Ballarat · Belinda Ensor, MA (Vic) · City of Melbourne · VALA · Wendy Garden, Mornington Peninsula · Cultural Treasures, University of · Vernon Systems Regional Gallery Melbourne · Victoria Police Museum · Dr Heather Gaunt, Ian Potter Museum of · Deakin University · Victorian Cultural Network Art · Delatite Wines · Victorian Multicultural Commission · Clare Gervasoni, University of Ballarat · Dell · Yarra Ranges Shire Council · Martin Green, National Trust of Australia · Designcraft Furniture (Victoria) · Drexel University/Academy of Natural · Samantha Hamilton, Museum Victoria Sciences, Philadelphia · Richard Harling, The Cultural Commerce · Exploratorium, San Francisco
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 18 Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2013
REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2013 2012 $ $ Grants 518,542 509,245 Other Income 155,427 169,640 Interest 4,795 6,834 Total revenues from ordinary activities 678,764 685,719 Depreciation expense 4,543 (4,943) Publications 13,706 14,093 Project and Program Expenses 79,012 81,337 Workshops, Seminars & Events 91,907 69,373 Employee 416,490 432,700 Administration & Marketing 73,106 76,946 Total Expenditure 678,764 679,392 Surplus/[deficit] before income tax attributable to members of the entity – 6,327 Income Tax – – Total comprehensive income/[loss] for the year attributable to members of the entity – 6,327
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2013
2013 2012 $ $ Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents 82,693 180,638 Trade & Other Receivables 15,584 13,364 Prepayments 1,316 3,881 Total Current Assets 99,593 197,883
Non Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment 57,179 61,722 Total Non Current Assets 57,179 61,722
TOTAL ASSETS 156,772 259,605
Current Liabilities Trade & Other Payables 33,483 26,650 Income in Advance 4,618 6,563 Grants in Advance 27,078 103,330 Provisions 21,240 53,700 Total Current Liabilities 86,419 190,243
Non Current Liabilities Long-Term Provisions Payable 6,099 5,108
TOTAL LIABILITIES 92,518 195,351
NET ASSETS 64,254 64,254
MEMBERS’ FUNDS Retained Earnings 64,254 64,254
TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 64,254 64,254
19 Museums Australia (Victoria) Cash Flow Statement as at 31 December 2013
2013 2012 $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 570,396 509,245 Other revenue 168,528 168,246 Payments to suppliers and employees (645,774) (630,281) Interest received 4,795 6,834 Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 97,945 54,044
Cash flows from Investing Activities Payments for property plant & equipment – (901) Net cash provided (used) by investing activities – (901)
Net increase (decrease) in cash held 97,945 53,143 Cash at beginning of financial year 180,638 127,495 Cash at end of financial year 82,693 180,638
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit Operating profit / (Loss) 0 6,327 Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 4,543 4,943 Increase (Decrease) in provisions (31,469) (15,592)
(Increase) Reduction in Prepayments 2,565 (2,727) (Increase) Reduction in Trade & Other Receivables (2,220) (1,394) Increase (Reduction) in Payables & Accruals 6,833 (7,620) Increase (Reduction) in Income in Advance (1,945) (14,767) Increase (Reduction) in Grants Unspent 0 0 Increase (Reduction) in Grants in Advance (76,252) 53,330 Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities 97,945 54,044
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2013
Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ 2011 Profit (Loss) attributable to members (52,323) (52,323) Balance at end of financial year 57,927 57,927
2012 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 6,327 6,327 Balance at end of financial year 64,254 64,254
2013 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 0 0 Balance at end of financial year 64,254 64,254
Annual Report 2013 / www.mavic.asn.au 20 Key Statistics
Expenses
Core Operations (AV) 61% Community Grants and Projects 27%
Program Admin 10%
Marketing 2%
Income
Core Operations (AV) 51% Other State Government Projects* 16.5%
Participant Fees 8%
Earned Income 10%
Sponsorship/Philanthropic/ Local Government 14.5%
*Victorian Collections
Participation Profile
Metropolitan 63%
Regional 35%
Interstate 1%
International 1%
21 Museums Australia (Victoria) M
MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED (VICTORIAN BRANCH) ABN: 83 048 139 955
STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity and that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in the financial statements.
In the opinion of the committee, the financial report:
1. Presents a true and fair view of the financial position of Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) as at 31st December 2013 and its performance for the year ended on that date.
2. At the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the committee and is signed for on behalf of the committee by:
President:
Treasurer:
Dated this the 26th day of March 2014
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