Contents

About Museums Australia Inc. ()...... 2 Treasurer’s Report...... 3 President’s Report...... 4 Executive Director’s Report...... 5-6 Management...... 7-8 Awards, Forum and Events...... 9-10 Communications...... 11 INSITE...... 12 Green Museum Project ...... 13 Museum Accreditation Program...... 14 Exhibition Services...... 15 Victorian Collections...... 16 Acknowledgements...... 17-18 Financial Reports...... 19-21

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 regardless of membership status. At the Awards Museums Australia (Victoria) provides end of December 2017, it included 224 Since 1994, we have recognised the professional services to develop and organisations spanning archives, art achievements of museum individuals and sustain the roles and interests of museum galleries, botanic gardens, historical organisations at the annual Victorian communities across Victoria. societies, natural and social history Museum Awards. The Awards are peer- museums, and specialist collections. At reviewed and celebrate the hard work of Museums Australia (Victoria) provides: the end of 2017, we had 256 individual staff and volunteers in creating a vibrant members, most of whom are working sector. The Awards are proudly sponsored • Expert advice on museum practice and either professionally or voluntarily in by a range of industry and cultural development. museums and galleries. supporters. • The Roving Curator Program, which helps museums and galleries develop engaging Our key services include: Exhibition Services and dynamic exhibitions. Our Exhibition Services Manager delivers • Accreditation and application of the Events and On-site Training advice, professional development and the National Standards for Australian Museums We offered 138 events and on-site training Roving Curator Program, which provides and Galleries. ranging from exclusive viewings to small museums and galleries with • Victorian Collections, a central online lectures, seminars, workshops, and exhibition development assistance. portal to the cultural treasures held by masterclasses catering to beginner, museums, galleries, and other mid-level, and expert museum staff and INSITE organisations distributed across the State. volunteers. We cross-reference our Our stimulating and informative member • Professional development. program with participant feedback and our magazine, published four times a year, is • Advocacy and profile raising of the matrix of museum and individual types to sent directly to members with the latest Victorian museum sector. offer a balanced program. news on Victorian museums and galleries, sector events and topics. Excerpts from Values Victorian Collections back issues are available online: • Recognising that museums and galleries A free online cataloguing system created www.mavic.asn.au/insite/editions occupy a vital place in the community. especially for community collecting • Recognising the contributions of our organisations and small museums in Green Museum Project members to the sector. Victoria. Introductory workshops in The Green Museum Project is a • Supporting access to and the care of the collection management, cataloguing, sustainability initiative developed by Distributed National Collection. object handling, and photography are held Museums Australia (Victoria) and made • Recognising and celebrating diversity throughout the year. Browse items on possible by the generous support of Lord including Indigenous cultural heritage. Victorian Collections here: Mayor’s Charitable Foundation with • Recognising the importance of being a www.victoriancollections.net.au additional support from Creative Victoria. forum for ideas. Commencing in July 2016, the Green • Upholding the highest ethical professional Museum Accreditation Program Museum Project provided practical training standards. At the end of 2017, there were 97 on preventive conservation and museums participating in our gold- environmental sustainability practices. Background standard Museum Accreditation Program, MA (Vic) is the state branch of Museums a wholistic, peer-supported model of Communications & Resources Australia, a not-for-profit national excellence developed according to the The weekly e-bulletin and MA (Vic) website membership association founded in 1993 National Standards for Australian Museums offer a range of up-to-date museum sector to bring together people concerned with and Galleries. The Program enables strong information and resources. Online training the care and communication of Australia’s mentoring between museums and tools include training videos on museum natural, artistic, and cultural heritage. museum experts to share best practice, best practice and selected seminar Through the direction of an elected upskill museum staff and volunteers, and presentations. Special disaster response Committee, the Victorian branch provides raise the profile of participating museums. areas of the website are available for support, representation, and professional affected communities when required. development services to the museum and Conference and Forum gallery sector throughout the State. The Victorian Museums & Galleries The MA (Vic) office is housed on the lower Conference takes place every other year in ground floor of Museum. Membership regional Victoria, alternating with our Members enjoy easy access to services MA (Vic) represents approximately one Forum in Melbourne. Both are curated to and staff. MA (Vic) is grateful for this third of Museums Australia’s total appeal to a broad audience, from large generous ongoing support from Museums membership. It represents the Victorian State institutions to small volunteer-run Victoria. members and provides services for them organisations. and for the museum and gallery community

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 2 Treasurer’s Report

The twelve months ended 31 December Cash and Cash Equivalents stood at Museums Australia (Victoria) remains in a 2017 produced a modest surplus of $947. $279,495 at 31 December 2017 with strong financial position to undertake its This is on-trend with a break-even result in Current Liabilities totalling $244,668. planned activities. the previous three years. The first instalment of $238,466 in core Total expenses for the year were $788,663, funding from Creative Victoria was received Peter Abbott a 9.5% increase from the previous year. in January 2018. Treasurer

With this slight change in Members Funds, Retained Earnings were $66,900 at 31 December 2017.

3 Museums Australia (Victoria) President’s Report

Every year we reflect on how On top of that, MGA National conducted a Thank you to all our funders, including extraordinarily busy we have been – more member survey. Nationally, 294 individuals Creative Victoria, the Veterans Branch of so than the year before. We also take this and 136 organisations participated, Victoria the Victorian State Government, the Ross opportunity to celebrate our was well represented by 73 individuals and Trust, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, accomplishments and thank all those who 37 organisations. Many thanks to all who Deakin University, Archival Survival, City of have helped us achieve our goals in took the time to respond and help shape Melbourne, Museums Victoria, and many support of our members. the future of MGA National and MA (Vic). more. Without your generosity, faith and It was another year where staff, volunteers, commitment we would not be able to 2017 was a year of milestones and members and supporters once again continue to do the work we do. partnerships. It was a year of service to the demonstrated tremendous leadership, and Victorian sector and National organisation; a deep generosity of spirit. MA (Vic) relies To our members, supporters, staff, a year of dedicated staff and volunteerism, on a huge network of smart and generous volunteers and friends: all we do is made as well as the generosity and faith of our people including our INSITE contributors, possible because of our joint commitment funders. social media champions and over 50 to a common cause. On behalf of the entire committee members, panellists and Victorian Branch Committee, we look To highlight some of the Victorian Branch’s Awards judges who support our programs forward to continuing the good work done accomplishments: the team delivered over from Accreditation to Green Museums and and building even stronger partnerships in 53 development and learning programs, Roving Curator to Victorian Collections. support of our museums, galleries and Victorian Collections surpassed 100,000 collecting places in Victoria. cultural treasures accessible online Congratulations to Executive Director, worldwide and we curated stories on Laura Miles and the amazing MA (Vic) Lauren Ellis Culture Victoria as a partnership of INSITE team. Your tireless efforts and hard work in President / Co-President and Writers Victoria. 97 Victorian support of our members and the Victorian institutions are now accredited or in the museums, galleries and keeping places Padraic Fisher Museum Accreditation Program, the sector are what make our activities a Acting President / Co-President Roving Curator program supported four sustainable success. exhibitions and staff supported 18 student volunteers recording oral histories; as if On a personal note, to all the Victorian that wasn’t enough, the MA (Vic) website Branch Committee members – thank you was also revamped. for your passion and dedication. We are stronger for your insight, leadership and vision.

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 4 1 Victorian Collections 2 Networking at the 100,000 objects media Victorian Museums event with Lynley Awards 2017, ACMI. Executive Director’s Report Marshall, CEO Museums Victoria, Lauren Bourke, MA (Vic) Branch Comittee Member and The Hon Martin Foley MP, Minister for Creative industries. Photo: Ari Hunter.

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2017 was a year of consolidation and We also gratefully acknowledge the We have invested considerable time and planning for the MA (Vic) team. It was the investment from the Lord Mayor’s resources into planning for the 2018 first year of a four-year core funding model Charitable Foundation and Creative national conference, which is being under Creative Victoria’s updated Victoria for our Green Museums Project, organised by the Victorian Branch, with Organisational Investment Program. the R E Ross Trust for MAP capacity significant cash and in-kind support from a building, and the City of Melbourne for our wide range of members and supporters Within the museums and galleries sector, website accessibility initiative. 2017 was from the private sector, government, the major agencies – the Australian Centre also a year of planning for the 2018 tertiary education and philanthropy. for the Moving Image, Museums Victoria, national conference, hosted by MA (Vic) the National Gallery of Victoria, the Public and we have been inundated with generous Victorian Museum Awards Record Office Victoria and the State Library cash and in-kind support from a wide The Victorian Museum Awards 2017 were Victoria are the custodians of over 35m range of organisations and individuals. held on Wednesday 26 July at the items worth an estimated $5bn. Our MA (Vic)’s long-term industry supporters Australian Centre for the Moving Image. community museums steward an include Archival Survival, Deakin Hosted by comedian Lawrence Leung, the additional $8m items worth an estimated University, Mal Padgett Design and our evening featured our special guest Martin $850m. Staff and volunteers at community loyal INSITE advertisers. The full list of our Foley, Minister for Creative Industries, who museums and collecting organisations sponsors and supporters is shown on presented newly-Accredited museums – have digitised and uploaded over 120,000 pages 17 and 18. the Grainger Museum and the Shrine of items onto Victorian Collections, protecting Remembrance – with their certificates. the State’s cultural collections and making Financial Deakin University’s Roslyn Lawry Award them searchable and discoverable online. 2017 was the first year of our new and three Victorian Collections Awards quadrennial funding agreement under were also presented. We warmly acknowledge our major Creative Victoria’s Organisation Investment museum supporter, Museums Victoria, as Program (OIP) and our third year of We are delighted to recognise the the sponsor of our Victorian Branch office ongoing Victorian Collections funding. significant achievements of our museums and for our Victorian Collections These two Creative Victoria grants and galleries and the extensive networks partnership. Museums Victoria provides contributed 51% of turnover, with other of supporters contributing to their success. the technical expertise and hosting for income sourced from earned income and The winners are listed on page 9. Victorian Collections, alongside its fundraising. In 2017 we applied for a total leadership to the sector. We thank of $379,605 as part of our fundraising Exhibition Services Museums Victoria for providing our office, strategy and secured $353,535 thanks to a Our expert Manager provided Roving IT support, meeting spaces for events, and range of generous supporters, project Curator support to four museums seeking the expertise of their staff and volunteers funders, and income generated from to develop their exhibitions to a high at , the Immigration members which we reinvest into member standard. This much-sought-after service Museum, the Royal Exhibition Building and services. combined the experience and knowledge of . local cultural custodians with our industry Programming best-practice. Participating museums We thank Creative Victoria for core In 2017 we offered 138 events and site were the Friends of Coolart Wetlands and operational and Victorian Collections visits to museums. We achieved a metro/ Homestead, Nepean Historical Society, funding, as part of four-year funding outer metro/regional attendance of 60%, Nhill Aviation and Heritage Centre, and commitments. We thank the Veterans 6% and 32% with 2% from interstate or Wangaratta Historical Society. Branch of the Victorian State Government overseas attendees. Total attendance at Our Manager also presented and facilitated for funding Victorian Collections since 2014 group training events including site visits popular talks on exhibition planning, to commemorate stories of service and at museums and galleries was 1,647. design, production and marketing, and sacrifice in military heritage collections Highlights included our tours, curated an online story for Victorian including RSL sub-branches. masterclasses, member events and our Collections. first Great Museum Debate in November.

5 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Laura Miles , Executive 3 Louis Le Vaillant at the Director, MA (Vic) with MA End of Year Celebration, (Vic) Branch Committee The Johnston Collection. Lauren Ellis, President, Ian Scott, Treasurer and Jim McCann, Secretary, MA (Vic) General Meeting, Melbourne Museum.

2 Solar panels installation at the Echuca Historical Society, Green Museum Project.

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Museum Accreditation Program Participating groups can opt-in to allow including committee members, The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) their items to be searched via Trove at the Accreditation panellists, mentors, Awards boasts 73 Accredited museums and 24 National Library of Australia, and we judges and focus groups. museums working towards Accreditation. currently have 52 groups taking advantage Fifteen museums were Reaccredited in of this value-adding feature. My special thanks to staff, casual staff and 2017 as part of their ongoing commitment contractors who moved to other to the National Standards. The MAP Marketing/Access organisations this year, who contributed so managers and an assortment of panellists Our Editor and a team of contributors much to our success. Our activities provided expert pro-bono advice and produced another four full-colour editions couldn’t be done without this range of guidance. The National Library of Australia of INSITE magazine in 2017, with highly- support within and beyond the creative supported our highly-popular disaster topical articles and news on the following industries sector. preparedness training program in regional themes: Moving, Loans, Green Museums Victoria. and Can of Worms. Back-issues are This goodwill and direct support enables available to order online on our new the MA (Vic) team to provide a rich mix of 2017 was the third year of a three-year improved website. services for and with a rich and diverse major philanthropic investment by the R E network of museums and galleries across Ross Trust to build capacity in MAP. This We use a range of electronic, online and Victoria. This combined activity enriches funding enabled us to work with MAP hard copy communications to inform, and protects our cultural treasures for museums to connect hubs of best- connect and share ideas and news with today and for future generations. practice, share case studies, and launch a and about our networks. These include our mobile-optimised museum map to enable weekly e-bulletins, targeted campaigns, the public to identify museums of interest flyers, media packs and certificates of and create tourist trails around the State. achievement. Laura Miles Executive Director Green Museum Project Our reach on MA (Vic) and Victorian Our Green Museum Project works within Collections social media is increasing with MAP to promote and interpret over 4,500 followers on Twitter, YouTube environmental sustainability actions in and SlideShare, over 76,000 views on our small to medium capacity museums. We YouTube videos and over 910,000 page conducted energy audit training in a range views. of museums in 2016, and selected five regional volunteer-run museums for We strongly advocate lifecycles of intensive support in 2017. Our Manager participation, and have supported 18 worked with these museums and external student volunteer and work experience sustainability experts on long-term placements in 2017, alongside an environmental sustainability actions, interconnected mix of individuals and including thermal performance organisations informally mentoring and improvements, LED lighting, and PV solar supporting others. power installation. Our work is the result of an interconnected Victorian Collections mix of highly skilled and committed staff, Our flagship digitisation project, operated board, members and supporters, ranging in partnership with Museums Victoria, from our core membership to industry boasts nearly 500 participating sponsors, philanthropic supporters, organisations. These organisations are tertiary education providers, federal, state predominantly run by volunteer staff, who and local government colleagues, donors, collectively catalogued over 37,000 items in emerging professionals, students and a 2017, bringing the total number available diverse mix of pro-bono/volunteer support online to over 120,000.

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 6 1 Branch Committee 3 National Standards members at the 2017 MA Taskforce: Simone (Vic) General Meeting at Ewenson and Rosemary Management Melbourne Museum. Hanscombe, MA (Vic), Veronica Macno, Arts 2 Bridget Forbes MA (Vic) Tasmania, Tamara at the ICOMOS Lavrencic, M&G NSW, Networking event. Deannah Vieth M&G QLD, Amanda James, History SA, Poppy Searle, Museum and Art Gallery NT, Caroline Wall and Laura Miles, MA (Vic).

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Management Dr Nurin Veis (to December 2017) Sally McKittrick MA (Vic) relies on the ongoing and Manager, Scienceworks, Museums Victoria Frances Paterson dedicated support of a range of museum, Meredith Windust arts, and cultural heritage workers that Staff voluntarily serve on committees and Executive Director Advisory and Steering Committees panels. We thank these volunteers for their Laura Miles Museum Accreditation Program Advisory valuable insights and their time and we Committee also thank the organisations that support Communications Manager Chair them in their contributions to MA (Vic). Lana Epshteyn Maggi Solly, Museum Consultant

Branch Committee INSITE Editor Lauren Bourke, PHD Candidate & Executive Committee Roisin O’Dwyer Community Archives Coordinator, Public President Records Office of Victoria Lauren Ellis Exhibition Services Manager Jo-Anne Cooper, Special Collections and Exhibitions Manager, Immigration Museum, Kitty Owens Grainger Museum Manager, University of Museums Victoria Melbourne Events Coordinator Warren Doubleday, Manager, Ballarat Vice President Bridget Forbes Tramway Museum Padraic Fisher Samantha Hamilton, Head, Collections and Director, National Wool Museum Finance Officer Exhibitions Management, Arts Centre Tammy Currie Melbourne Secretary Elizabeth Marsden, Collections Manager, Jim McCann Green Museum Project Manager Museums Association Historical Services Manager, Victoria Police Simone Ewenson Mardi Nowak, Director, NETS Victoria Museum Linda Peacock, Collections Manager, Burke Museum Accreditation Program Managers Museum Treasurer Caroline Wall Melanie Twomey, Lawyer, Mast Lawyers Peter Abbott Rosemary Hanscombe Chief Executive Officer, Bendigo Heritage Museum Accreditation Program Panellists Attractions Office Coordinator Margaret Anderson, Manager, Old Treasury Ian Scott (to August 2017) Amelia Marra Building Museum Consultant Victoria Collections Communications & Cameron Auty, Victorian Collections Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria) Ordinary Committee Education Coordinator Lauren Bourke Brigid Moriarty Jo-Anne Cooper, Special Collections and PHD Candidate & Community Archives Grainger Museum Manager, University of Coordinator, Public Record Office Victoria Victorian Collections Operations Melbourne Coordinator Amanda Dunsmore, Senior Curator, Samantha Fabry Simone Ewenson International Decorative Arts & Antiquities, Collections Manager, Freemasons Victoria Victorian Collections Managers National Gallery Victoria Andrew Hiskens Belinda Ensor Elysheva Elsass, Marketing and Manager, Learning Services, State Library Ashley Robertson Communications Manager, Jewish Museum Victoria of Australia Former staff, casual staff and contractors Simone Ewenson, Green Museum Project Louis Le Vailant Cameron Auty Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria) Director and Curator, The Johnston Sarah Craven Collection Raphaël Fiorese Bridget Forbes, Events Coordinator, Ari Hunter Museums Australia (Victoria)

7 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Masterclass, 101 Legal 3 Opening of the Things Every Museum Wangaratta Stories Needs To Know presented exhibition at the by Ian McDonald at Heide Wangaratta Visitor Museum of Modern Art. Information Centre. Photo courtesy 2 Works on Paper Wangaratta Art Gallery. Preparation Techniques workshop at Neospace.

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Claire Gervasoni, Curator Art & Historical Green Museum Project Advisory Contractors and Consultants Collections, Federation University Australia Committee Simon Fox: Photographer, Victorian Chair Museum Awards Samantha Hamilton, Head, Collections and Elizabeth Marsden, Collection Manager, Exhibitions Management, Arts Centre Sovereign Hill Museums Association Madman Printing: Print publications and Melbourne flyers Adrienne Leith, Senior Programs Officer, Carole Hammond, Team Leader Sustainable Melbourne Museum Development, Strathbogie Shire Council Dimity Mapstone: Designer, MAP geolocation website and mobile application Amelia Marra (Student Observer) Deakin Ruth Redden, Conservation Architect & University Heritage Consultant Euan McGillivray: Museum Consultant Natalie Mastoris, (Student Observer) Deakin University Dr Nicole Tse, Research, Projects and Mecca Medialight: MA (Vic) website International Programs Conservator, development Elizabeth Marsden, Collections Manager, Sovereign Hill Museums Association Eric Townsend: Auditor Jim McCann, Historical Services Manager, Amanda Wild, Senior Conservator Exhibitions & Loans, Linda Peacock, Collection Manager, Burke Museum Exhibition Services Advisory Committee Kitty Owens, Exhibition Services Manager, Chair Museums Australia (Victoria) Lauren Bourke, PHD Candidate & Community Archives Coordinator, Public Maggi Solly, Museum Consultant Record Office Victoria (Chair, on leave) Melanie Twomey, Lawyer, Mast Lawyers Caroline Carter, Exhibition Collection Patrick Watt, Programs Director, Yarra Manager, Museum Victoria Ranges Regional Museum Linda Young, Lecturer & Author, Deakin Rhonda Diffey, Collections Archivist, Greater University City of Dandenong Noni Zachri, Paper & Photographs Cassie May, Consultant Curator Conservator, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation Angie Taylor, Exhibitions Coordinator, Speakers National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria Noni Zachri, Paper & Photographs Conservator, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Victorian Collections Advisory Group Materials Conservation Monica Cronin, Curator, Geoffrey Kaye MAP Advisors Museum Ria Green, Assistant Coordinator, Object Julie Hart, Senior Director, Museum Based Learning & Collections, Standards and Excellence, American Management, Faculty of Arts, The Alliance of Museums University of Melbourne Monica Cronin, Curator, Geoffrey Kaye Euan McGillivray, Former Collections Museum of Anaesthetic History Manager, Melbourne Cricket Club Elizabeth Triarico, Heritage Consultant

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 8 1 Lawrence Leung 2 Members making hosting the 2017 movies at the Digital Victorian Museum Storytelling workshop at Awards, Forum and Events Awards at ACMI. The Channel, part of the Photo: Simon Fox. Arts Centres digital learning hub. Photo: Bridget Forbes.

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player which uses still or moving content “The workshop made us realise that we can to create a video. Many thanks also go to our other sponsors; ACMI and Deakin achieve something which we previously felt University.

was quite difficult”. Partnerships Judy Files, Daylesford and District Historical Society. We continue to highly value the access to unique venues provided by museums and galleries across the state. Venues for seminars and workshops, tours and talks, were generously supplied by ACMI, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, Awards, Conference and Events Institutions Bundoora Homestead, Daylesford Victorian Museum Awards • The Archival Survival Award for Volunteer Historical Society, Flagstaff Hill Maritime The 2017 Awards were held at ACMI. The Run Museums Village, Johnston Collection, Kathleen evening was hosted by comedian Winner: Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Syme Library and Community Centre, Lawrence Leung and featured special Anaesthetic History Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place, guests Martin Foley MP, Minister for Heide Museum of Modern Art, Museums Creative Industries and Katrina Sedgwick, • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, CEO of ACMI. The Victorian Museum for Small Museums (2-7 Paid Staff) National Sports Museum, Neospace, Awards celebrate the wonderful Winner: Burrinja Cultural Centre Public Record Office Victoria, State achievements of the museum and gallery Library of Victoria, Studio One Community sector. My thanks go to the expert panel • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Hub and the Wheeler Centre. We also of judges for 2017; Neil Sharkey, Shrine of for Medium Museums (8-50 Paid Staff) continued to partner with the Education Remembrance, Emily McCulloch Childs, Winner: Bendigo Tramways Network of Victoria (ENVI). McCulloch and McCulloch and Michelle Smith, Gold Museum. • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Seminars, Training, Member Events and for Large Museums (51+ Paid Staff) Tours We congratulate the Victorian museum Winner: Melbourne Museum A total of 1031 people attended our sector on the many high level nomina- events in 2017. tions received this year. We were pleased Victorian Collections Awards to present the following Awards: For the sixth year, the Awards Ceremony In February we held a member’s tour of also comprised the Victorian Collections Individuals three of East Melbourne’s museums and Cataloguing Awards. For a full list of • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award historic buildings; the Fire Services winners see page 16. for Excellence (Volunteer) Museum, the Mary McKillop Heritage Winner: Gary Lawrence, Daylesford and Centre and the National Trust Victoria Award Sponsors District Historical Society headquarters; Tasma Terrace. Thank you We are very grateful to our main Award to the staff and volunteers who give up Sponsors. Firstly Archival Survival who • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award their valuable time providing us with have continued to provide Award for Excellence (Paid Staff) informative guided tours. It’s always a recipients with the generous prize of Winner: Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, privilege to hear the hidden stories $1000 of archival products in two award National Trust (Victoria) behind these collections and buildings. categories, as well as a cash contribution to MA (Vic). Secondly, Mal Padgett Design, • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Later in February we held the first of two also gave a cash contribution to MA (Vic) Individual Award for Lifetime sessions on Digital Storytelling (the and supplied the winner of the Victorian Achievement second was in August) which was Collections Cataloguing Award (volunteer Winner: Dr Linda Young generously held in partnership with The run museums) with a Brightsign media Channel (the Arts Centre’s high-tech

9 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Participants taking part 3 On the left, the negative in a practical exercise team and on the right the during the Disaster affirmative team go head Preparedness workshop to head on the ‘Museums at the Krowathunkoo- Are Boring’ topic for the loong Keeping Place. Great Museum Debate. Photo: Caroline Wall. Photo: Ari Hunter.

2 Guests celebrate the End of the Year at the Johnston Collection. Photo: Bridget Forbes.

1 2 3 learning lab). Attendees created a digital collections, and the very popular seminar Acknowledgments photo story using the Sony Movie Maker held at ANZCA on this topic heard from I would like to sincerely thank all guest software. excellent speakers who clearly laid out the speakers, host venues, sponsors and laws and regulations surrounding specific supporters of the suite of MA (Vic) events In March the first of a series of three collections such as firearms, shipwrecks, in 2017. The program is consistently regional workshops on Disaster pharmaceutical items and indigenous developed through consultation with MA Preparedness, supported by a NLA artefacts. (Vic) staff, member’s feedback, industry Community Heritage Grant, was held in experts, the volunteer sector, and leaders Warrnambool at Flagstaff Hill, with the In October Cassie May, Director of in the museum industry. others later in the year in Daylesford and Contemporary Art Space, Neospace, Bairnsdale. A seminar on storage was presented a masterclass on preparation Bridget Forbes held at Bundoora Homestead and techniques for works on paper. Held in Events Coordinator focused on new and emerging their exhibition space and next door at Neo approaches to planning, designing and Frames, their archival picture framing utilising museum stores. In April workshop, attendees got to see firsthand historian Sarah Rood presented a great the processes involved for framing works workshop on how to get the most out of on paper and the dry mounting process for your pre-recorded oral histories. digital and photographic prints.

During May the General Meeting was November saw the inaugural Great held in the Pauline Gandel Children’s Museum Debate come to life at the Gallery at Melbourne Museum which Wheeler Centre where the teams debated included an insightful talk by the the resolution that ‘Museums Are Boring.’ exhibition producer about the research A mix of museum professionals and done pre and post the exhibition build. comedians deliberated their own existence, Later in May we held a short seminar for and exposed fabulous and ridiculous local government public art managers museum experiences much to the who heard from colleagues about recent amusement of the audience. It was a close trends, tips and issues facing public art call but I’m happy to report that the today. The June Masterclass on the topic opposing team won this debate. of 101 Legal Things Every Museum Worker Needs To Know was given by Ian End of Year Event McDonald. The cooler weather saw us The End of Year celebration for 2017 was organise a tour of the Public Record held at the spectacular Johnston Office Victoria and an evening exhibition Collection. Members, sponsors and guests viewing of the NGV’s Van Gogh and the enjoyed an opulent evening surrounded by Seasons. A warming drink and drawing the annual Christmas exhibition, lots of activity really made this night a special prizes and catching up with colleagues. occasion. Louis Le Vaillant, Director and Curator, welcomed guests and Laura Miles, After the busy month surrounding the Executive Director of MA (Vic) spoke of the Awards in July, in August we held a highlights of the year for the association. seminar on the importance of Our host for the evening was Kenneth understanding significance and the Park. As usual a highlight of the event was processes involved in a significance the door prizes gratefully received by assessment at the National Sports guests and generously donated from our Museum in the MCC. September was all member museums and sponsors. about the legal requirements for

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 10 1 MA (Vic) e-blasts promoting Membership Renewal, the Roving Communications Curator Program, the Victorian Museum Awards and End of Year Celebration.

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YouTube (47.22%), Instagram (42.59%) and “The Victorian branch is very active in Twitter (34.26%) being the most popular ones. Social media channels that organising their own program of members mainly use to engage with us are professional development as well as offering Facebook (61.54%) and Twitter (23.08%). Website great support when needed.” In 2017, stage two of the website upgrade MGA National Survey respondent. was completed with a full visual redesign including mobile optimisation, improved navigation, accessibility and security features. Visits to the website increased by The Communications Manager, together Other Communication Materials and 66% compared to 2016 and totalled 910, with the support of the INSITE Editor and Collateral 324 page views. Victorian Collections Office Coordinator, oversees all MA (Vic) Other materials produced this year public facing website included 624,664 communications, both print and digital, include: page views. There were 116, 213 with the aim of raising the profile of the • Slideshows and signage for our publication and collateral downloads. The organisation and of the Victorian museum workshops, Awards, and Conference Print MAP geolocation website (www. and gallery sector. flyers for MAP (A6; x5,000) and Victorian victorianmuseums.com.au) received 6,361 Collections (A5; x1,500). page views. Print Publications • Media packs (photos, a media release, and In 2017, we produced two main print an e-banner) for all Award winners. Media Coverage publications: • MAP and Awards certificates, e-flyers, Media coverage of our programs and • The 2017 MA (Vic) Annual Program (A3 advertisements for INSITE Magazine, new participating museums and galleries was folded to DL; distribution: 1,200). member ‘welcome packs’ and our widespread in 2017 and included coverage • The 2016 MA (Vic) Annual Report (A4; 24 traditional Seasons Greetings e-card. of the Green Museum Project as a feature pages; distribution: 100). case study at www Social Media and Online Videos coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice. E-Bulletins and E-Blasts Our social media audience keeps growing wordpress.com and Museums Galleries Our weekly member e-bulletin contains steadily. Victorian Collections launched Australia Magazine, Vol. 26 (1). The Victorian information about our programs and their own Facebook page and at year end, Collections 100,000 objects media event upcoming events, sector news, grants, and we had 1,458 Facebook likes’ and 4,090 with interviews on ABC Radio Melbourne other opportunities. The e-bulletin Twitter followers (for both the MA (Vic) and and ABC Radio , with stories in continues to be popular with an average Victorian Collections accounts), and 426 The Snowy River Mail and The Indy. open rate of 51.7% (50.3% in 2016). We subscribers on YouTube and SlideShare. The Awards were covered by The Hepburn produced a total of 62 campaigns in 2017 Our online videos continue to be popular, Advocate, Arthub, the South Gippsland including special e-blasts to promote the with 76,910 total views (50,864 on YouTube Sentinel Times, The Warrnambool Standard, Awards, the Conference, the Green and 26,046 on Culture Victoria). Also, we 774 ABC Radio, Timeout and a number of Museum Project, the Roving Curator continued to offer Facebook ticket online and specialised publications. Program, and the End of Year Celebration. giveaways – a great way to increase Victorian Collections programs send their exposure of our brand, audience Lana Epshteyn own newsletters (eight issues in 2017). engagement, and page ‘likes’. Manager, Communications Other regular electronic communications This year we also conducted a digital include membership renewal reminders communications survey of our members. and membership renewal thank you The social media platforms that our notices. members use is fairly broad with Facebook, (75.93%), LinkedIn (50%),

11 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Feb-Apr INSITE: Moving May-Jul INSITE: Loans Aug-Oct INSITE: Green Museums INSITE Nov-Jan INSITE: Can of Worms

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This year 31 individuals wrote articles for “I find that INSITE always provides an incisive INSITE and are listed on page 17 and 18. Articles came from a range of and inspiring snapshot of what is current in organisations including: Department of Premier and Cabinet, Glen Eira City our sector. I was therefor delighted to Council Gallery, Shrine of Remembrance, ACMI, Museums Victoria, Shepparton Art contribute an article in 2017, which I found Museum, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, NETS Victoria, Bendigo Art Gallery, Blue to be a very positive and respectful process.” Shield Australia, B-24 Liberator Memorial Collection, Strathbogie Shire Council, Juliette Hanson, Special Projects Curator, Jewish Museum of Australia. Jewish Museum of Australia, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Melbourne Zoo, Simpsons Solicitors, Australian Museum, Trove, Countess Report, Gold Museum, INSITE is the hard copy membership INSITE and Communications Shepparton Art Museum, and the National publication developed by Museums INSITE is part of a range of Gallery Victoria. Australia (Victoria) and distributed to communications at Museums Australia individual and institutional members of the (Victoria) that includes social media Production and Revenue association four times a year. The platforms, a weekly bulletin and website. The production costs of INSITE are funded magazine is produced in-house with As INSITE is an exclusive resource for from advertising revenue from loyal content sourced through consultation with members it is not published online but advertisers that have supported the staff and colleagues in the sector. It is contents from each issue are listed along magazine over many years. Our 2017 printed on recycled paper by Madman with links referenced in each article and advertisers are: TASHCO Systems (23 Printing (a certified Green Printer) and the full list of links from the Apps & Online years), Maxus (18 years), Information distributed by post through the Mail Action column. In 2017 the redevelopment of the Services and Technology (16 years), mailhouse in a bio-degradable plastic website gave INSITE greater prominence Thylacine (15 years), Designcraft Furniture sleeve. on the landing page and allowed the (14 years), and Archival Survival (11 years). inclusion of an image and synopsis for This year the Royal Historical Society of INSITE Content three of the current issue’s articles. The Victoria continued its promotion of History INSITE’s primary aim is to inform the contents of issues going back to 2011 are Week by including a postcard with the sector about the activities of collecting searchable online. magazine. All of our advertisers supply organisations and their networks. The vital products and services to the sector magazine provides an opportunity for The August-October issue included and some engage with MA (Vic) in program individuals to share stories about their coverage of the Victorian Museum Awards. sponsorships such as the Victorian professional practice that is informative As part of our Awards communications we Museums and Galleries conference and and promotes dialogue in the sector. Each produced media packs for recipients so the Victorian Museum Awards. issue of INSITE is organised around a they could promote their good news to theme and contains approximately six their own communities and networks. The The Members articles on that subject with additional Awards media release was made available INSITE welcomes articles and news from stories about the sector and MA (Vic) on the MA (Vic) website to further promote colleagues working in museums and programs. Every issue contains Branch recipient’s achievements. galleries across Victoria to inform us about News written by our Executive Officer the projects, exhibitions and issues that Laura Miles, an Editorial, a column with The 2017 INSITE themes were: keep the magazine current and links to museum related Apps & Online • Moving (February-April) informative. Enquiries can be directed to projects, a selection of Museum News, an • Loans (May-July) the Editor at: [email protected] On the Move listing of personnel changes, • Green Museums (August-October) and a list of upcoming events. • Can of Worms (November 2017-January Roisin O’Dwyer 2018) INSITE Editor

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 12 1 Longs Electrical 2 Electrician Gary Miles installing solar panels at discussing old lighting Echuca Museum. fixtures with Margaret Green Museum Project Fullwood from Creswick Museum and Liz Marsden, GMP Advisory Committee.

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building works to address hot and cold air “Working on this project was enlightening. It ingresses improving temperature stability throughout. Museum staff have also showed the Society new ways of looking at modified their use of heating, leading to an expected reduction in the use of gas by day-to-day operations, identifying savings in 33% annually. Lighting throughout the museum was changed to LED’s reducing both energy and finances culminating in the energy used on lighting by 10% annually.

Society embracing solar power.” Echuca Historical Society Museum and Echuca Historical Society. Archive received a 5000w Photo Voltaic Grid Connected Solar Power System which Five regional, volunteer museums that The project moved through four phases is expected to cover 75% of their energy attended workshops in 2016 were selected over the course of 10 months: use, and cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by to participate and work alongside the • Seeking solutions and investigating 5400 kg CO2 per year. View installation at: Green Museums Manager, Green Museum products. mavic.asn.au/museum_accreditation_ Project Advisory Committee (GMPAC) and • Rollout of product Installation and/or program/green-museum-project Museums Accreditation Program (MAP) in services. collaboration with external sustainability • Writing a Sustainability Plan. Mansfield Historical Society changed over experts on implementing change and • Delivery of Education Kit. to LED’s throughout it operational areas finding long term solutions for their reducing current energy used on lighting sustainability needs. These participating Outcomes by 20%. The society is also undertaking museums were eligible to receive goods Benalla Kelly and Costume Museum building works to address hot and cold air and services to the value of $5000 to assist undertook a combination of building ingresses improving temperature stability them in reducing their energy use and improvements to address hot and cold air throughout. carbon emissions by 20-40%. ingresses and the installation of ceiling fans to improve air circulation in three Program Benefits 2017 Program Recipients large gallery spaces. It is projected to • Provide small, regional community-run • Benalla Costume and Kelly Museum prevent 8000kwh of electricity use and museums with access to sustainability and • Creswick Museum avoided contributing 9360 kg CO2 to conservation specialists, skills and • Daylesford and District Historical Society Greenhouse Gas Emissions annually. knowledge. and Museum Lighting throughout the museum was also • Decreased greenhouse gas emissions and • Echuca Historical Society Museum and changed to LED’s reducing energy used on decreased museum operational costs. Archive lighting by 2000kwh and cutting 2340 kg • Increased organisational sustainability • Mansfield Historical Society CO2 from current Greenhouse Gas performance and resilience against Each of these collecting and research Emissions annually. climate change. places are situated in 100+ year old • Improved museum facilities and enhanced buildings, which presented a variety of Creswick Museum changed over lighting visitor experiences to museums. challenging issues for the Green Museum throughout its gallery spaces from halogen • Establishment of short and long-term Project. to LED, reducing current energy used on goals to incorporate environmental lighting by 20%. The Museum is currently sustainability into the museums Program Scope working towards grants for window tinting organisational structure. The Green Museum Project spent around and rooftop solar panel installation. • Provide small, regional, communities with 50 hours at each museum working closely a local example of sustainability best- with volunteers to identify long term Daylesford and District Museum and practice. sustainability solutions based on individual Historical Society have benefitted from a needs and the demands of collection care commissioned report detailing the Green Museum Project Managers best practice. building’s thermal performance. As a Ren Gregoric 2016 result the museum have undertaken Simone Ewenson 2017

13 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Disaster Preparedness Yarra Ranges Regional workshop at the Museum, Margaret Krowathunkooloong Anderson, Old Treasury Museum Accreditation Program Keeping Place in Building, Rosemary Bairnsdale. Hanscombe, MA (Vic), Melanie Twomey, MAP 2. National Wool Advisory Committee & Museum Accreditation Mast Lawyers, Jo Willey visit with Caroline Wall, and Padraic Fisher, MA (Vic), Patrick Watt, National Wool Museum.

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• Nagambie Historical Museum “The process of obtaining Accreditation was • Shepparton Art Museum • Stawell Historical Society rigorous and most rewarding for the Shrine, • Wangaratta Historical Society • Yackandandah Museum engaging all of our staff in a significant shift • Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

in focus.” Advisory Visits • Dunkeld Museum Jean McAuslan, Director Exhibitions and Collections, Shrine of • East Gippsland Historical Society Remembrance. • Fire Services Museum • Islamic Museum of Australia • Krowathunkoolong Keeping Place The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) individuals from 19 different organisations • Mansfield Historical Society is a peer review program that assesses all in a core area of the Museum Accreditation • The Salvation Army Heritage Centre areas of museum operations against the Program to better assist museums to work • Tatura Irrigation and War Camps Museum National Standards for Australian Museums towards Accreditation. 32 of 41 attendees • Wangaratta Art Gallery and Galleries and is an initiative which were from regional areas and 30 of 41 were builds capacity and best practice in volunteers from community museums. The MAP Advisory Committee & Peer Museums and Galleries across Victoria. Participants gained a better understanding Review Panellists Our core Program activity is to assist of the need to perform risk assessments, The MAP Advisory Committee meet museums to work toward improving gained advice for updating their Disaster quarterly to discuss the program and museum standards and to facilitate the Plans and gained an understanding and contribute advice and support to the MAP peer review processes. By the end of 2017, skills in prioritising and salvaging of Managers. MAP panellists and Committee 97 Victorian museums were participating objects. Feedback received was excellent, members conduct site visits, provide in the program, with 73 having achieved with the overall assessment of the mentoring and expert advice and gain Accreditation and 24 working towards workshops averaging at 4.8 out of 5. The professional development from the Accreditation. MAP Managers would like to thank program as peer reviewers. In 2017 Mardi National Library Australia for funding the Nowak joined the MAP Advisory Committee 2017 Highlights training and Grimwade Centre for Cultural and Maggi Solly commenced as the Chair • A record number of Re-Accreditation site Materials Conservation for presenting the of the Committee. We would like to thank visits and peer review reports were made. workshops. • 5300 kilometres travelled visiting the MAP Advisory Committee and Peer Review Panellists for their time and museums across the State of Victoria. Gained Accreditation at the Victorian contribution throughout 2017. • Delivered three Disaster Preparedness Museum Awards Workshops for community museums, • Grainger Museum The Museum Accreditation Program is funded by the National Library of Australia. • Shrine of Remembrance • Continued progress on updating the funded by Creative Victoria with additional funding from the R E Ross Trust for the National Standards for Australian Museums Re-Accreditations first half of 2017. and Galleries with the National Taskforce. • Australian National Surfing Museum • Ballarat Tramway Museum Caroline Deighton Disaster Preparedness Workshops • Beleura House & Garden Co-Manager, MAP MAP gained funding from the NLA • Bundoora Homestead Community Heritage Program to hold • Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Rosemary Hanscombe three workshops on Disaster Preparedness • Hawks Museum (Hawthorn Football Club Co-Manager, MAP for regional community museums in 2017. • Kyneton Museum Presented by Noni Zachri, from the • Worsley Cottage Complex, Maryborough Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Midlands Historical Society Conservation we were able to train 41 • Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 14 1 Joy Kitch, Nepean 2 Helen Al Hawani, Historical Society, with Wangaratta Historical Kitty Owens, Roving Society, at the opening of Exhibition Services Curator. Photo: Murray the Wangaratta Stories Adams. exhibition. Photo: courtesy Wangaratta Art Gallery.

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“The Roving Curator has given us so many practical ideas on how to improve the interpretation of the key stories in our crowded museum.” Joy Kitch, Nepean Historical Society.

The 2017 Roving Curator Program worked Nhill including the WWII Air School, for bus Thank You with four intriguing collections, travelling tours and the local community, particularly Thanks to all the great participants in the to suburban Melbourne, the Mornington theming the exhibition. Training on label 2017 Roving Curator round, all very Peninsula and the Wimmera/Mallee area writing and setting out displays. capable and good company, with a special of Victoria, viewing shipwreck artefacts and call out to Wangaratta Art Gallery staff vaudeville photographs, and spending time • Wangaratta Historical Society Bridie Littlechild, Susan Murphy and in a woolshed and aircraft hangar. The Wangaratta History Exhibition in the Simone Nolan for their wonderful support Roving Curator Program is tailored to the Wangaratta Visitor Information Centre for the Wangaratta Historical Society’s needs of each project, and in 2017 provided Gallery Space exhibition. Thanks also to Lizzie Anya- feedback on existing exhibitions and Assisted with exhibition planning, layout, Petrivna, Georgia Melville, and Claire support developing new exhibitions and image selection, wording of thematic text Needham for informal curatorial site interpretation. panels, and suggestions for rotating items. professional development chats. In partnership with Wangaratta Art Gallery. Roving Curator Program Recipients 2017 The exhibition is open seven days per Kitty Owens • Friends of Coolart Wetlands and week. Manager, Exhibition Services Homestead: The Story of Wool at Coolart Assistance with creative story telling inside Advice the existing working woolshed, for an In 2017, the Exhibition Services Manager audience including school groups. Advice provided telephone/email advice for 23 on utilising existing material, writing and organisations and individuals. Advice placement of signage, and use of images. included suggestions on display cases and Supported a successful grant application. temporary walls which was one of the most popular question by far, exhibition • Nepean Historical Society, Sorrento funding, input into sector research Museum: Less is More projects, and connecting museums with Collaboratively reviewed existing displays appropriate experts. to prioritise items for future exhibition enhancement, when more storage is Exhibition Services Subcommittee available, also advised on interim steps to The Exhibition Services Subcommittee strengthen theming and storytelling. provide advice and support to the Supported a successful grant application. Exhibition Services program, particularly with the assessment of the Roving Curator • Nhill Aviation and Heritage Centre: Nhill applications. The expertise of the Aviation Heritage Centre Display Subcommittee members contributes to the Development Project vibrancy of Victorian cultural exhibitions. Advice on enhancing the permanent The committee members are listed on exhibition telling the story of aviation in page 8.

15 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Belinda Ensor 2 Victorian Collections preparing for the staff assisting Jim exhibition at Melbourne Cozens, Wangaratta RSL Victorian Collections Museum celebrating Sub-Branch memorabilia 100,000 public records on committee member, to the Victorian Collections rehouse an Italian flag website. Photo: Ari captured during WWII. Hunter. Photo: courtesy of the Wangaratta Chronicle.

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• VC Award – Volunteer-run “Since the introduction of VC, visitation and Winner: Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc. volunteer numbers have increased. VC may • War Heritage Award Winner: Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch well have contributed to the museum’s long Highly Commended: Dandenong/ term survival.” Cranbourne RSL Sub-Branch Steve Eather, Curator, Ambulance Victoria Museum VC Stories The stories module of the website allows Victorian Collections (VC) is a free, different Victorian ex-service guest curators to tell a story using items web-based collections management organisations. catalogued on VC, creating links between system for cultural organisations. The Victoria’s distributed collections. Seven project is a partnership between MA (Vic) Staff Changes new stories were added in 2017 by and Museums Victoria and is funded by the In April 2017, VC farewelled Operations museum staff, volunteers and family Veterans Branch, Victorian Government Coordinator Frances Paterson and historians. and the Victorian Cultural Network through Co-Manager Cameron Auty. Ashley Creative Victoria. Robertson joined MA (Vic) as Manager of Trove Victorian Collections in May 2017. Ashley Victorian Collections has a partnership Project Scope and Reach has a background in anthropology and agreement with Trove that helps Victorian A total of 488 Victorian cultural brings experience in collections organisations broaden access to their organisations used the cataloguing system management and cultural heritage. collections. This option is open to all in 2017, 58 of which were new to the Simone Ewenson joined the VC team as organisations who use our website and program. These groups collectively Operations Coordinator in August 2017. there are currently 52 groups using this catalogued 37,457 items – bringing the Simone has a background in fine arts and feature. total number of records on the website to is concurrently the Manager of the Green 121,188 at year end. The website continued Museums Project. Students to experience growth in visitation and Through its various partnerships and average engagement time. Victorian Collections Day projects, Victorian Collections was able to On 14 November 2017, Victorian facilitate 13 tertiary student volunteer The VC team travelled 15,364 kilometres Collections Day was held at Arts Centre placements and five work experience throughout Australia, delivering 27 Melbourne. The day brought together placements for secondary students in cataloguing workshops and conducting 15 more than 60 staff and volunteers from 35 2017. site visits to museums and other collecting small to medium-sized organisations. The organisations. Additionally, the team audience heard from museum Ashley Robertson delivered 13 presentations at conferences, professionals on topics including Manager, Victorian Collections seminars and training events held collection management, conservation, Belinda Ensor throughout Victoria. exhibition skills, and fundraising. Development Manager, Victorian Collections Veterans Heritage Project Awards The Veterans Heritage Project, funded by Excellence in cataloguing on Victorian Brigid Moriarty, Communications and the Veterans Branch, Victorian Collections was recognised at the Victorian Education Coordinator, Victorian Government, provides selected ex-service Museum Awards. Mal Padgett Design Collections groups with intensive training in generously sponsored the Volunteer-run Simone Ewenson, Operations Coordinator, collections care, cataloguing and oral award. Winners for 2017 were: Victorian Collections history. The Project entered its second • VC Award – Paid Staff Winner: Mission to year in 2017 and saw the VC team spend a Seafarers Victoria Highly Commended: total of 61 days working on-site with eight Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 16 1 Bendigo Tramways 3 Jessica Doyle MA Stories of the First student Melbourne Peoples Tram Launch. University, Gary Acknowledgements Lawrence from 2 MA (Vic) General Daylesford and District Meeting, Melbourne Historical Society and Dr Museum. Nicole Tse GMP Advisory Committee outside the museum.

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We warmly acknowledge and greatly Zealand), the Museums Association (UK), ∤∤Cassie May, Neospace appreciate the generosity of our many and the National Standards for Australian ∤∤Maryanne McCubbin, Museums Victoria wonderful supporters in 2017. Museums and Galleries’ Taskforce. ∤∤Emily McCulloch-Childs, McCulloch and McCulloch Thank you to… Museums Victoria ∤∤Ian McDonald, Simpsons Solicitors The Victorian Government through Creative ∤∤Jonny Brownbill, Manager, Online ∤∤Annie Muir, Heritage Victoria Victoria, part of the Department of Development, Museums Victoria ∤∤Ian Munro, Fire Services Museum Victoria Economic Development, Jobs, Transport ∤∤Forbes Hawkins, Collection Systems Senior ∤∤Bernadette O’Farrell, Public Record Office and Resources, and through the Veterans Developer, Museums Victoria Victoria Branch of the Department of Premier and ∤∤Caro Llewellyn, Dir. Experience & ∤∤Kitty Owens, Museums Australia (Victoria) Cabinet. Engagement, Museums Victoria ∤∤Kenneth Park, Consultant ∤∤Lynley Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, ∤∤Murphy Peoples, Museums Victoria We thank Creative Victoria for supporting Museums Victoria ∤∤Karra Rees, City of Yarra core activities, and in particular: ∤∤Ellise McLoughlan, Senior Advisor, External ∤∤Sarah Rood, Way Back When ∤∤The Hon Martin Foley MP, Minister for Relations, Museums Victoria ∤∤Emma Russell, History @ Work Creative Industries ∤∤Carmel O’Keeffe, Head of Digital Life, ∤∤Sister Helen Smith, Mary Mackillop · Lisa Calabria, Chief of Staff Museums Victoria Heritage Centre · Lauren O’Dwyer, Creative Industries Advisor ∤∤Wendy Pryor, Head, Technology Strategy ∤∤Nicole Vance, City of Maribyrnong · Andrew Abbott, Deputy Secretary and Delivery, Museums Victoria ∤∤Peter Waldie, Museums Victoria ∤∤Deborah Stone, Former External Relations ∤∤Jane Walton, Koorie Heritage Trust We thank the Department of Premier and Manager, Museums Victoria ∤∤Patrick Watt, Yarra Ranges Regional Cabinet, Veterans Branch and Anzac Museum House for supporting Victorian Collections’ Event Presenters ∤∤Noni Zachri, The Grimwade Centre for work with RSL sub-branches, and in ∤∤Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, National Trust Cultural Materials Conservation particular: (Victoria) ∤∤The Hon John Eren MP, Minister for ∤∤Andrew Armstrong, Victoria Police Victorian Collections Day Presenters: Veterans ∤∤Bob Bloxham, Neospace ∤∤Jo-Anne Cooper, Manager, Special ∤∤Angela Bourke, Acting Director, Veterans ∤∤Jenna Blyth, Shrine of Remembrance Collections and Grainger Museum, Branch ∤∤Paul Bowers, ACMI University of Melbourne ∤∤Alexis Arrowsmith, Senior Policy Officer, ∤∤Gabriella Coslovich, Freelance Writer ∤∤Catherine Forge, Curator, Invisible Farmer Veterans Branch ∤∤Ross Coulter, Artist Project, Museums Victoria ∤∤Michael Annett, CEO, Anzac House ∤∤Joshua Cowie, Arts Centre Melbourne ∤∤Rachael Cottle, Deakin University ∤∤Robert Webster, RSL State President ∤∤Simon Crocker, Aboriginal Victoria ∤∤Liza Dale-Hallett, Senior Curator, ∤∤Monica Cronin, Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Sustainable Futures, Museums Victoria We thank Museum Victoria for ongoing Anaesthetic History ∤∤Samantha Hamilton, Head of Collections in-kind office space, operational and IT ∤∤Caroline Deighton, Museums Australia and Exhibitions Management, Arts Centre support at Melbourne Museum, for (Victoria) Melbourne partnering on the Victorian Collections ∤∤Simon Doyle, City of Casey ∤∤Rosemary Hanscombe, History & Heritage project, and for managers’ and directors’ ∤∤Belinda Ensor, Museums Australia Coordinator, Glen Eira City Council contributions to MA (Vic) committees, (Victoria) ∤∤Lorenzo Iozzi, Senior Collection Manager of programs, and services. ∤∤Carly Godden, Public Record Office Victoria Images, Museums Victoria ∤∤Angela Henricksen, Archival Survival ∤∤Elizabeth Marsden, Collections Manager Thanks to our fellow associations: the ∤∤Tegan Higginbotham, Comedian ∤∤Gold Museum American Alliance of Museums, the ∤∤Ella Hinkley, Bundoora Homestead ∤∤Kitty Owens, Exhibition Services Manager Council of Australasian Art Museum ∤∤Lawrence Leung, Actor Museums Australia (Victoria) Directors (CAAMD), the Council of ∤∤Tim Mager, Comedian Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD), ∤∤Dr Janine Major, Victorian Aboriginal ICOM Australia, Museums Aotearoa (New Heritage Council ∤∤Liza Martin, Neospace

17 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Marilyn Wendt and 3 The Great Museum Susan Clarke, Anglesea Debate presenters (L-R) and District Historical Patrick Watt, Gabriella Society with Simone Coslovich, Paul Bowers, Ewenson, MA (Vic) at the Ross Coulter, Tegan VC100,000 objects event, Higginbotham, Tim Melbourne Museum. Mager, Murphy Peoples, Photo: Ari Hunter. at the Wheeler Centre. Photo: Ari Hunter. 2 Managing Public Art Seminar, Studio One Community Hub.

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Contributors to Print Media ∤∤Dot Hammond, Echuca Museum ∤∤Creative Victoria ∤∤Alexis Arrowsmith, Department of Premier ∤∤Gary Lawrence, Daylesford and District ∤∤Cultural Development Network and Cabinet Museum ∤∤Culture Victoria/Victorian Cultural ∤∤Cameron Auty, Glen Eira City Council ∤∤Alan Monger and Tom Crocker, Benalla Network Gallery Costume and Kelly Museum ∤∤Deakin University ∤∤Jenna Blyth, Shrine of Remembrance ∤∤Ann Ware and Sue Gardner, Mansfield ∤∤Department of Communications and the ∤∤Jessica Bram, ACMI Historical Society Arts ∤∤Matthew Cercone, Museums Victoria Intern ∤∤Designcraft Furniture ∤∤Rebecca Coates, Shepparton Art Museum ∤∤Jessica Doyle, MA Candidate in Cultural ∤∤Federation University ∤∤Elle Credlin, Glen Eira City Council Gallery Material Conservation at the University of ∤∤Heide Museum of Modern Art ∤∤Georgia Cribb, NETS Victoria Melbourne. ∤∤History Council of Victoria ∤∤Tansy Curtin, Bendigo Art Gallery ∤∤History SA ∤∤Alexandra Ellem, AICCM and Blue Shield Contractors and Consultants ∤∤IAS Fine Art Logistics Australia ∤∤Benalla Rural Council ∤∤Information Services Technology (IST) ∤∤Judith Gilbert, B-24 Liberator Memorial ∤∤Brendan Grant Electrical ∤∤International Council of Museums Collection ∤∤Eco Master Australia ∤∤Lyn Gorman, B-24 Liberator Memorial ∤∤Gary Miles Electrical ∤∤Leicester University (UK) Collection ∤∤George Giannakis Construction ∤∤Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation ∤∤Dr J Patrick Greene, Museums Victoria ∤∤Long’s Echuca-Moama ∤∤Mal Padgett Design ∤∤Carole Hammond, Strathbogie Shire ∤∤Pat Glynn Electrical ∤∤Maxus Council ∤∤Melbourne Library Service ∤∤Juliette Hanson, Jewish Museum of Victorian Collections Supporters ∤∤Museum & Gallery Services Queensland Australia ∤∤Jude Beshears, Office Manager, RSL ∤∤Museums Association (UK) ∤∤Rowan Henderson, Canberra Museum and Victorian Branch ∤∤Museums & Galleries of NSW Gallery ∤∤Joel Checkley, Filmmaker, Tiny Empire ∤∤Museums Victoria ∤∤Judith Henke, Melbourne Zoo Collective ∤∤National Gallery of Victoria ∤∤Karen Jacubec, Museums Victoria ∤∤Julie Cotter, Senior Arts Officer, Creative ∤∤National Standards Taskforce ∤∤Ian McDonald, Simpsons Solicitors Victoria ∤∤National Trust of Australia (Victoria) ∤∤Dave Miller, B-24 Liberator Memorial ∤∤Nick Crotty, Collections Manager, ∤∤National Wool museum Collection Scienceworks, Museums Victoria ∤∤Public Record Office Victoria ∤∤Dr Jenny Newell, Australian Museum ∤∤Ari Hunter, Photographer ∤∤Regional Arts Victoria ∤∤Cathie Oats, Trove ∤∤Georgia Melville, Senior Project Officer, ∤∤R E Ross Trust ∤∤Helen Privett, Museums Victoria Creative Victoria ∤∤RHSV, History Week ∤∤Wendy Pryor, Museums Victoria ∤∤Dimity Mapstone, Former Project Officer, ∤∤RMIT Gallery ∤∤Neville Quick, Museums Victoria Creative Victoria ∤∤Shepparton Art Museum ∤∤Beckett Rozentals, National Gallery ∤∤Eleanor Whitworth, Former Senior Arts ∤∤Showfront Victoria Officer, Creative Victoria ∤∤TASHCO Systems ∤∤Miranda Samuels, Countess.Report ∤∤Telstra ∤∤Michelle Smith, Gold Museum MA (Vic) Volunteers ∤∤Theatre Network Australia ∤∤Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council ∤∤Marysabel Ramos ∤∤Thylacine ∤∤Sarah Werkmeister, Shepparton Art ∤∤University of Melbourne Museum Sponsors & Supporters ∤∤VALA – Libraries, Technology and the ∤∤Di Whittle, National Gallery Victoria ∤∤American Alliance of Museums Future Inc. ∤∤Anzac House ∤∤Veterans Branch, Department of Premier Green Museum Project ∤∤Archival Survival & Cabinet ∤∤Rosemary Hanscombe and Caroline Wall, ∤∤Arts Access Victoria MAP Managers ∤∤Arts Industry Council Victoria ∤∤Alison Angus, Benalla Rural City ∤∤Australian Centre for the Moving Image ∤∤Margaret Fullwood, Creswick Museum ∤∤City of Melbourne

Annual Report 2017 / www.mavic.asn.au 18 Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2017

REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2017 2016 $ $ Grants 578,969 486,500 Other Income 207,733 222,711 Interest 2,906 4,696 Total revenues from ordinary activities 789,610 713,907 Depreciation expense 4,718 4,553 Publications 11,159 10,859 Project and Program Expenses 88,381 69,916 Workshops, Seminars & Events 80,919 64,517 Employee 568,395 503,651 Administration & Marketing 35,091 59,810 Total Expenditure 788,663 713,306 Surplus/[deficit] before income tax attributable to members of the entity 947 600 Income Tax – – Total comprehensive income/[loss] for the year attributable to members of the entity 947 600

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2017 2017 2016 $ $ Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents 279,495 512,012 Trade & Other Receivables 7,202 8,757 Prepayments 2,083 4,855 Total Current Assets 288,780 525,624

Non Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment 41,336 44,600 Total Non Current Assets 41,336 44,600

TOTAL ASSETS 330,116 570,224

Current Liabilities Trade & Other Payables 17,171 12,711 Income in Advance - - Grants Carried Forward 20,000 29,405 Grants in Advance 172,826 416,913 Provisions 34,671 32,120 Total Current Liabilities 244,668 491,149

Non Current Liabilities Long-Term Provisions Payable 18,468 13,042

TOTAL LIABILITIES 263,136 504,191

NET ASSETS 66,980 66,033

MEMBERS’ FUNDS Retained Earnings 66,980 66,033

TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 66,900 66,033

19 Museums Australia (Victoria) Cash Flow Statement as at 31 December 2017

2017 2016 $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 347,743 978,250 Other revenue 228,506 230,286 Payments to suppliers and employees (810,218) (837,071) Interest received 2,906 4,696 Net cash provided (used) by operating activities (231,063) 376,161

Cash flows from Investing Activities Payments for property plant & equipment (1,454) (856) Net cash provided (used) by investing activities – –

Net increase (decrease) in cash held (232,517) 375,305 Cash at beginning of financial year 512,012 136,707 Cash at end of financial year 279,495 512,012

Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit Operating profit / (Loss) 947 600 Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 4,718 4,553 Increase (Decrease) in provisions 7,977 13,101

(Increase) Reduction in Prepayments 2,772 (589) (Increase) Reduction in Trade & Other Receivables 1,555 6,575 Increase (Reduction) in Payables & Accruals 4,460 (22,939) Increase (Reduction) in Income in Advance 0 (4,958) Increase (Reduction) in Grants Unspent (9,405) 6,405 Increase (Reduction) in Grants in Advance (244,087) 373,413 Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities (231,063) 376,161

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2017

Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ 2015 Balance at end of financial year 65,433 65,433

2016 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 600 600 Balance at end of financial year 66,033 66,033

2017 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 947 947 Balance at end of financial year 66,980 66,980

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