2020annual report

1 AMaGA Victoria Contents

About the Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria...... 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 Victorian Collections...... 12-13 Museum Accreditation Progam...... 14-15 Acknowledgements...... 16-17 Financial Reports...... 18-21

1 AMaGA Victoria About Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria

Mission: Enabling museums and their people to develop their capacity to inspire and engage their communities.

Statement of Purpose Membership participating museums. Through 2020, the Australian Museums and Galleries AMaGA Victoria represents approximately MAP team have been conducting a Association Victoria, provides one third of AMaGA‘s total membership. It thorough review to implement professional services to develop and represents the Victorian members and improvements to the program. sustain the roles and interests of provides services for them and the museum communities across Victoria. museum and gallery community Awards regardless of membership status. At the Since 1994, we have recognised the The Australian Museums and Galleries end of December 2020, our membership achievements of museum individuals and Association Victoria provides: included 256 organisations spanning organisations at the annual Victorian • Expert advice on museum practice and achives, art galleries, botanic gardens, Museums and Galleries Awards. The development. historical societies, natural and social Awards are peer-reviewed and celebrate • Accreditation and application of the history museums, and specialist the hard work of staff and volunteers in National Standards for Australian collections; and 262 individual members, creating a vibrant sector. The Awards are Museums and Galleries. most of whom are working either proudly sponsored by a range of industry • Victorian Collections, a central online professionally or voluntarily in museums and cultural supporters. portal to the cultural treasures held by and galleries. museums, galleries and other Our key services include: organisations distributed across the Communications & Resources State. Events and On-site Training The fortnighly e-bulletin and AMaGA • Professional development and networking In 2020 we adapted our programming to Victoria website offer a range of up-to-date opportunities. online, by offering 42 events and training museum sector information and resources. • Advocacy and profile raising of the ranging from panel discussions, workshops Victorian museum sector. and masterclasses catering to beginner, Online training tools include training videos mid-level, and expert museum staff and on museum best practice and selected Values volunteers. We cross-referenced our seminar presentations. Special disaster • Recognising that museums and galleries program with participant feedback and our response areas of the website are available occupy a vital place in the community. matrix of museum and individual types to for affected communities when required. • Recognising the contributions of our offer a balanced program; and responded members to the sector. actively to the changing needs and The AMaGA Victoria office is located on • Supporting access to and the care of the demands arising from COVID-19. the lower ground floor of Museum where we enjoy access to Distributed National Collection. Victorian Collections • Recognising and celebrating diversity services and expert museum staff. AMaGA including Indigenous cultural heritage. A free online cataloguing system created Victoria is grateful for this generous • Recognising the importance of being a especially for community collecting ongoing support from . forum for ideas. organisations and small museums in • Upholding the highest ethical Victoria. Introductory workshops in professional standards. collection management, cataloguing, object handling and photography are held Background throughout the year. Browse items on The Australian Museums and Galleries Victorian Collections here: Association Victoria (AMaGA Victoria) is www.victoriancollections.net.au the state branch of the Australian Museum Accreditation Program Museums and Galleries Association, a At the end of 2020, there were 81 not-for-profit national membership museums participating in our gold- association founded in 1993 to bring standard Museum Accreditation Program, together people concerned with the care a holistic, peer-supported model of and communication of ’s natural, excellence developed according to the artistic, and cultural heritage. Through the National Standards for Australian direction of an elected Committee, the Museums and Galleries. The Program Victorian branch provides support, enables strong mentoring between representation, and professional museums and museum experts to share development services to the museum best practice, upskill museum staff and and gallery sector throughout the State. volunteers, and raise the profile of

Annual Report 2020/ www.amagavic.org.au 2 Treasurer’s Report

I was delighted to be appointed Treasurer Finance Commentary collaborative opportunities. of AMaGA Victoria, in October 2020. The 12 months ended December 2020 However, it is important to note that the full It has been a privilege to work with such a yielded a surplus of $248,717 (2019: $21,157 impact of the pandemic is yet to be seen. welcoming, vibrant and inspiring team over deficit), equity of $294,934 (2019: $46,221) The Committee and management will the last five months, and I look forward to and cash of $641,378. Receipt of continue to monitor this and manage funds supporting AMaGA Victoria into the future. JobKeeper and the Business Support grant in a prudent manner so that AMaGA can Needless to say, the emergence of the has boosted AMaGA Victoria’s financial maintain a strong financial position and COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 brought position and the organisation is well placed continue to support its members and the about many challenges, as we all to seek new opportunities into the future community into the years ahead. scrambled to adjust to the “new normal” in and implement the 2022-2025 Strategic our personal and working lives (whilst trying Plan. Siobhan Barker to master the art of Zoom). Treasurer Future Challenges It was critical for the Committee to quickly In 2021, AMaGA Victoria’s is budgeting a understand the impact and risks that the deficit of $64,000 that will be funded from pandemic posed to the financial health of equity. This was deemed both strategically the organisation, jobs and operations, and necessary and appropriate as a not-for- this could not have been done without the profit to absorb project administration fees, outstanding leadership and support of fund salary reviews, invest in staff Andrew Hiskens, Presidet, Sarah Morris, development and execute projects Executive Director, Tammy Currie, Finance including the Indigenous Roadmap and Manager and AMAGA Vic’s exceptional strategic planning. Funding has also been team. provided in the budget for increased engagement with members and new

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Now in their 27th year, eight individuals and seven not permitted onsite, some pivoted their organisations were recognised in the Awards. programming to online or took the opportunity to undertake vital collection management or Excellence in any profession has to be earned. improvement/maintenance works. Some, And the Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) is though, did not have the resources to convert one of the ways AMaGA Victoria encourages their programming or digitise their collections, excellence and the achievement of industry or lacked internet access or access to online standards. Through 2020, the MAP team platforms to maintain public engagement. undertook a thorough review of the program consulting with Committee members, and past Of Victorian organisations which completed and current participants across all parts of the the AMaGA national survey: sector. The program also successfully obtained a grant through Creative Victoria’s Strategic • 61% said that they had adapted to presenting Investment Fund for an expanded MAP portal, content online allowing the delivery of the program online and • 42% experienced increases to online activity improving accessibility for regional and remote The year 2020 was extraordinarily difficult for all and engagement (website and social media museums and galleries. Victorians – particularly those who lost loved platforms) ones, had lives disrupted, lost work or income, or As ever, there are many people to thank – • 64% had shifted their efforts to collection suffered from stress or mental health issues – as beginning with our colleagues in the AMaGA management, conservation and research, well as experiencing one of the longest National Office for their support and collaboration, and lockdowns in the world. National Council colleagues for their leadership • 26% of organisations had been digitising and guidance, and particularly our outgoing We all learnt a lot about resilience, our their collections. National Director, Alex Marsden. adaptability, what we were good at, what we thought we were good at (but weren’t), and Thank you to the AMaGA Victoria staff for their They were not alone. With the Veterans where we might find ‘silver linings’. And we did strength and good humour over an exceptionally Heritage Project, for example, in-person that as individuals, as organisations and as difficult year, predominantly working from home. training was postponed because of travel industries and sectors. The report below And special thanks to Sarah Morris, our Executive restrictions, and priorities shifted to front- highlights some of what we learnt, and achieved. Director, for helping me, as incoming President, to loading projects like website updates and better understand the complexities of our work. planning an internship program. As the peak professional body for the museum and gallery sector in Victoria, AMaGA Victoria’s Thanks also to colleagues from across the sector The year 2020 was also a year of significant response to COVID-19 included: who volunteer their time as speakers, advisers and change for the Branch Committee, with the judges, and to my colleagues on the new Branch retirement of many long-serving Committee • Developing online resources such as the Committee. members at the AGM in May, and the election guidelines for Reopening Museums and of a largely new Committee. I would like to Galleries during COVID-19, designed to support We are greatly indebted to our funders, sponsors extend my thanks to outgoing Committee small to medium collecting organisations and a and philanthropic supporters for enabling much of members – Lauren Bourke, Louis Le Vaillant, new Emergency Response page on our website our work in 2020 – Veterans Branch, Victorian and Jade Koekoe, and former Secretary, Jim focused on COVID-19 and Bushfire support Government, Museums Victoria, the R E Ross McCann, and former President, Lauren Ellis. It Trust, Deakin University, Archival Survival and Mal • Collaborating closely with colleagues to share was also a great pleasure to welcome new Padgett Design. and collate information members, who bring fresh perspectives, skills and industry knowledge. • Adapting professional development and events Thank you to our new Minister for Creative programs to online delivery, and developing Industries, Danny Pearson, and to our former One of our first priorities as a new Committee themed programming responsive to the Minister, Martin Foley, for their leadership and was to work closely with staff to develop a challenges and demands facing the sector support for the sector. new strategic plan to be released in 2021. • Utilising social media platforms and sending This plan will refresh our shared Thank you to Creative Victoria for their generous regular e-bulletins to our members to share understanding of our purpose, vision and investment in the Victorian museums and galleries information, updates, and useful resources goals at a time of change, challenge and sector via our core operating funding in these most opportunity, and give new focus to our work. • Checking in with museums and galleries via challenging times. In 2020, their support, which phone and email, and normally shapes a vibrant cultural sector across An important part of our strategy is advocacy the state, has had to focus more on survival and • Making a submission to the Public Accounts and – telling the stories of our sector, and recovery. We look forward to working with them to Estimates Committee on the State celebrating its strengths and contributions. bring the promise of recovery to fruition for our Government’s response and provision of Like much of this year’s program, the 2020 members and more broadly across the museums information relating to COVID-19. Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards and gallery sector. moved online with a presentation held on Tuesday 8 December. The night was hosted Through our research we found that during by Melbourne comedian and author, Cal lockdown, parts of the sector had adapted Andrew Hiskens Wilson, with a special address by Danny behind closed doors. With staff and volunteers President Pearson MP, Minister for Creative Industries,

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The year 2020 has been a year like no in regional Victoria. These positions are our strategic planning for 2022-2025 and other but despite the challenging designed to support regional galleries to beyond. circumstances, there is still much to digitise their significant collections and celebrate. The innovation, adaptation and undertake collection management work to Our Team resilience amongst our members and help make their collections more COVID-19 required our team to adapt wider sector has been remarkable. accessible online; and to support small quickly, and I am so proud of everyone and community museums to reopen and what they have been able to achieve under For AMaGA Victoria, 2020 resulted in a re-engage with their communities in a very difficult and challenging variety of achievements. COVID-normal world. We are delighted to circumstances. From mid-March, we have play an important part in supporting our worked from home, with short tastes of Finance sector through these valuable partnerships. returning to the office in reduced numbers While this was to be the final year in our in alignment to COVID-Safe Procedures quadrennial core funding agreement under Support for our members and Guidelines towards the end of the year. Creative Victoria’s Organisational Throughout 2020 we continued to deliver The new circumstances required us to Investment Program (OIP), it was our exceptional programs, whilst not in the reconsider the way that we work and announced late in 2019 that the funding typical manner. Our programs included presented new opportunities to engage model would undergo significant review in continuing to provide ad hoc professional with our members in more accessible and 2020, and therefore the current level of support and advice; a thorough review of innovative ways. More information funding would be honoured for an the Museum Accreditation Program (MAP); regarding our program adaptions follows in additional twelve months, taking us through redevelopment of the Victorian Collection the report. to the end of 2021. As part of this review, I website and online training; the Veterans participated in a consultation process to Heritage Project online presentations and In 2020, we said farewell to Ella Rimington, provide feedback regarding the current resources; and a full calendar of online Veterans Heritage Project Manager, to model including recommendations and professional development and networking have her first baby; and bade farewell to opportunities to identify strengths and opportunities for our membership and the Simone Ewenson, MAP Co- Manager after weaknesses in the existing framework. The wider sector. In addition, we provided four years in various roles. We thank both impact of COVID-19 has further delayed the valuable communications via e-bulletins Ella and Simone for their valuable outcome of the program review and we and social media connections. You will find contribution to AMaGA Victoria and our anticipate an update in early 2021. out more in detail about the AMaGA membership. Victoria programs on the following pages. Through Creative Victoria’s Strategic In turn, we warmly welcomed to our team Investment Fund, we were able to Additionally, we supported our members Lynda Bernard, Veterans Heritage Project redevelop our website to provide better during this year’s challenges through Manager; Mitchell Dare, Veterans Heritage access to online content and new strong communications across multiple Project Officer; and Maxine Holden, VC resources to support our sector. Through platforms ensuring access to valuable Regional Digitisation Project Officer the second stage of the Strategic resources including our Reopening (Eastern Region). We also welcomed the Investment Fund we were successful in Guidelines and government directives. We return of Ashley Robertson from twelve applying for funds to implement key wrote submissions to State and Federal months maternity leave. components of the MAP review to include inquiries, participated in sector an advanced online portal and to engage consultations, and advocated on behalf of 2021... consultants to provide advice and our sector to all levels of Government. Looking ahead to 2021, we will launch the recommendations to the platform and AMaGA Victoria also wrote letters of year with the recruitment of the 20 new resources. support for our members and with the employees through the Working for Victoria National Office conducted a initiative, and led by the Project Manager, In partnership with Creative Victoria we comprehensive survey to best ascertain develop the Regional Museums Services were also successful in obtaining funding the changing needs and challenges for our component ready for delivery. The Veterans through the Working for Victoria initiative to sector. This vital information will help inform Heritage Project concludes at the end of generate 20 new full time, fixed term roles

5 AMaGA Victoria 1 AMaGA Victoria 3 AMaGA Victoria Strategic Planning Reopening Museums Workshop 1, Miro Board and Galleries During COVID-19 Guidelines. 2 2020 Awards Breakout room with Sarah Morris. Photo: AMaGA Victoria

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June and with the delays of COVID to the Creative Industries, and his predecessor My sincere thanks to our Branch regional training schedule the team are Minister Martin Foley, for their leadership Committee, and our past and present excited to spend time on the road visiting and support for our sector during such President, Vice President, Treasurer and and supporting the participating RSLs. challenging times. This year we Secretary for their support during a year of Similarly, the Victorian Collections acknowledge the significant investment renew and change. Regional Digitisation Project Officers are and guidance Creative Victoria has keen to commence undertaking their provided to support our organisation and Nor forgetting, of course, the AMaGA digitisation work with community sector during lockdown and through to Victoria team who continue to provide collecting organisations in regional recovery. Our sincere thanks also for their exceptional support and expertise to you, Victoria. The Museum Accreditation ongoing support through core operational our incredible members – thank you! Program Co-Managers will continue to and Victorian Collections funding and implement learnings from the review into project partnerships. the program and develop the expanded Sarah Morris online portal. We are excited for the Thank you to the Veterans Branch of the Executive Director second half of the year as it will include Victorian State Government for funding the the roll-out of the new look MAP, with Veterans Heritage Project since 2014. This accreditations and reaccreditations important program aims to preserve and gradually returning. With the success of commemorate stories of service and our online programming, we will develop sacrifice in military heritage collections, a hybrid program of professional including RSL sub-branches. development, events and networking opportunities to include in-person and We also gratefully acknowledge the online programs. Work will also continue investment from the R E Ross Trust for the on our Strategic Planning as we prepare MAP key document scheme project, and for the next four years and our PROV’s Local History Grants for the submission for the forthcoming OIP forthcoming update of the Small Museums round later in 2021. Cataloguing Manual.

Our thanks We warmly thank a wide range of Alongside its leadership to the sector, we organisations and individuals from multiple warmly acknowledge Museums Victoria, sectors and disciplines who have provided as the sponsor of our Victorian Branch AMaGA Victoria with extensive cash and office and for our Victorian Collections in-kind support for our work. Our long-term partnership. Museums Victoria provides industry supporters include Archival the technical expertise and hosting for Survival, Deakin University and Mal Padgett Victorian Collections and we thank Design; as well as to all our peers who Museums Victoria for providing our office have generously volunteered their time and IT support, meeting spaces and the expertise to support our programs through expertise of their staff at Melbourne advisory panels, speakers, mentors, Museum, the Immigration Museum, the awards judges and more, we thank you. Royal Exhibition Building and Please refer to the full list of our sponsors . and supporters shown on pages 16 and 17.

I would like to acknowledge and warmly thank Danny Pearson, Minister for

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 6 1 Branch Committee 2 Members of members at the 2019 Daylesford & District AMaGA Victoria General Historical Society during Meeting at Melbourne the recording of their Management University. Photo: Accreditation AMaGA Victoria acceptance speech Photo: AMaGA Victoria

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Management Lucie Paterson, Communications Manager AMaGA Victoria relies on the ongoing and Head of Experience, Product & Digital, Lana Epshteyn dedicated support of a range of museum, ACMI arts, and cultural heritage workers that Events and Professional Development voluntarily serve on committees and panels. Manager We thank these volunteers for their valuable Our thanks to the Outgoing Branch Celia Mallard insights and their time, and we also thank Committee the organisations that support them in their Finance Manager contributions to AMaGA Victoria. Executive Committee Lauren Ellis Tammy Currie Program Manager, Curation and Innovation, University of Accreditation Program Managers Incoming Branch Committee Simone Ewenson (until December 2020) Executive Committee Vice President Caroline Wall President Padraic Fisher Amelia Marra (from December 2020) Andrew Hiskens Director, National Wool Museum Museums Consultant Office Coordinator Secretary Cindy Seeberger Vice President Jim McCann Karina Lamb Manager Libraries, Arts & Culture, Museums & Cultural Heritage Consultant Veterans Heritage Project Manager Ella Rimington (until March 2020) Mornington Peninsula Shire. Treasurer Lynda Bernard (from March 2020) Peter Abbott Secretary Chief Executive Officer, Bendigo Heritage Veterans Heritage Project Officer Padraic Fisher Attractions Mitchell Dare Director, National Wool Museum Victorian Collections Operations Treasurer Chief Financial Officer Ordinary Committee Coordinator Siobhan Baker, , Amelia Marra Dial Before You Dig Lauren Bourke Coordinator, Community Archives, Public Record Office Victoria Victorian Collections Program Managers Ordinary Committee Lauren McAlary (until January 2020) Kim Biggs, Information Officer, Ashley Robertson Arts & Culture Advisor, Jade Koekoe, Museums Golden Plains Shire Victoria Council Geraldine Brault Andrew Hiskens Digitisation Officer, Regional Digitisation Anthony Camm, Museum Consultant Project (Western Region) Manager, Eureka Centre, Ballarat Louis Le Vaillant Erin Davis-Hartwig Susan Faine, Director and Curator, The Johnston Digitisation Officer, Regional Digitisation Museums Consultant Collection Project (Northern Region) Jade Hadfield, Maxine Holden Te Pasifika Gallery Redevelopment Project, Staff Digitisation Officer, Regional Digitisation Museums Victoria Executive Director Project (Eastern Region) Sarah Morris Sandra Khazam, Art & Heritage Team Leader, City of Port Phillip

7 AMaGA Victoria 1 AMaGA Victoria 3 Filming the National Australian Sports Vietnam Veterans Museum tour. Museum Accreditation Photo: Celia Mallard. acceptance speech. Photo:AMaGA Victoria. 2 Filming Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards, Melbourne Museum , Carlton. Photo: Celia Mallard.

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Advisory and Steering Committees Victorian Collections Cataloguing Award Judges Museum Accreditation Program Advisory Creative Producer, Committee Belinda Ensor, Tiny Chair Empire Collective Maggi Solly, Museum Consultant Rickie-Lee Robbie, Collections Coordinator, Jo-Anne Cooper, Manager, National RMIT Design Archives Communications Museum. Caroline Wall, MAP Manager, AMaGA Warren Doubleday, Manager, Ballarat Victoria Tramway Museum Robert Hudson Krowathunkooloong Martin Hallett Award Judges Keeping Place, Aboriginal Culture Centre Belinda Ensor, Creative Producer, Tiny Empire Collective Elizabeth Marsden, Manager, Collections & Archives, College of Design & Social Forbes Hawkins, Senior Digital Systems Context, RMIT University Developer, Museums Victoria Jim McCann, Museum Consultant Eleanor Whitworth, Freelance Writer Linda Peacock, Museum Consultant Contractors and Consultants Simon Fox: Photographer, Victorian Museum Awards National Standards Taskforce. Madman Printing: Print publications and Pauline Cockrill, History Trust of SA flyers Claire Frances Craig ,WA Dimity Mapstone: Designer, MAP Simone Ewenson,AMaGA Victoria geolocation website and mobile application Rowan Henderson, MMAG Mecca Medialight: AMaGA Victoria website development Amanda James, History Trust of SA Eric Townsend: Auditor Tamara Lavrencic, Museums & Galleries NSW) Veronica Macno, Arts Tasmania Deanna Vieth, Museums & Galleries QLD) Leisha Walker, Museums & Galleries QLD) Caroline Wall, AMaGA Victoria

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 8 1 Jenny Better and 2 Members enjoying an Sherene Hassan exclusive preview of presenting at ENVi’S Melbourne Museum’s Braver Bolder seminar, Learning Lab, Photo: Awards, Forum and Events Photo: Celia Mallard Celia Mallard

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“That was great and reassuring as always to know we’re all working with the same challenges and opportunities. Terrific to see such responsive programming in our current situation. ” Webinar attendee (Volunteer-run Organisations) with a Association Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Brightsign media player which uses still • The Roslyn Lawry Award for Excellence The Victorian Museums and Galleries or moving content to create a video. in Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies, Awards celebrate the wonderful Many thanks also go to our long-time Deakin University- Justin Croft achievements of the museum and gallery partner and event sponsor Deakin • Archival Survival Award for Volunteer sector. The 2020 Awards showed University. Run Museums/Galleries- Her Place appreciation of our sector’s strength in Women’s Museum Australia and the times of uncertainty, with the introduction Women’s Mural Documentation Project, Partnerships of a new category of Innovation, Re-imagining the Women’s Mural Adaptation and Resilience. The evening We continue to highly value the access • Archival Survival Award for Small was hosted by comedian Cal Wilson and to unique venues provided by Museums/Galleries (2-7 Paid Staff) - featured special guest Danny Pearson museums and galleries across the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum, My Minister for Creative Industries. The state. Venues for our in-person Home, Yarra Ranges Interactive eBook ceremony was held online, kindly seminars and workshops, tours and • AMaGA Victoria Award for Medium produced by longtime supporter Mal talks, were generously supplied by: Museums/Galleries (8-50 Paid staff) - Padgett of Mal Padgett Design. My Museums Victoria, Australian Sports Jewish Holocaust Centre, Ask a Museum, RMIT Gallery and the State thanks go to the expert panel of judges Survivor for 2020: Angela Bailey, Simon Gregg and Library Victoria. We thank the AMaGA • AMaGA Victoria Award for Large Caroline Martin. National Office, and sponsor AARNet Museums/Galleries (50+ Paid staff) for their support in facilitating our online - Museums Victoria, Museum at Home programming. We also continued to We congratulate the Victorian Galleries, partner with the Education Network of Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM)’ For the eighth year, the Awards Victoria (ENVi). sector on the quality of nominations ceremony also comprised the Victorian received this year, and we were pleased Collections Cataloguing Awards and to present the following Awards: the Martin Hallett Award. For a full list of Awards, Forum and Events winners see page 13. A total of 824 people attended our • AMaGA Victoria Award for Excellence events in 2020. (Volunteer) - Edmond Chiu, A.M. Museum Award Sponsors of Chinese Australian History We are very grateful to our main Award The 2020 program began in February, • AMaGA Victoria Award for Excellence Sponsors. Firstly, Archival Survival who when members were treated to a (Paid staff) - Michael Beattie, Indigo Shire have continued to provide Award Twilight walking tour in the CBD. Council recipients with the generous prize of Participants met the curators and $1000 of archival products in two award enjoyed a guided tour of two AMaGA Victoria Lifetime Achievement Velvet, Iron and Ashes categories, as well as a cash exhibitions; at Award: contribution to AMaGA Victoria. with Senior • Harriet Edquist, A.M, RMIT Design ‘Pleasure’ Secondly, Mal Padgett Design, who Curator, Carolyn Fraser and at Archives produced the online ceremony and RMIT Gallery with Co-curator Dr. Julian • Jean McAuslan, supplied the winner of the Victorian Goddard. • Liza Dale, Museums Victoria Braver Collections Cataloguing Award Later that month ENVi presented • Peter Hoban, Sovereign Hill Museums Bolder, a seminar showcasing

9 AMaGA Victoria 1. Members enjoying an 3 Cal Wilson, host of the exclusive guided tour of Victorian Museums and the National Sports Galleries Awards 2020 Museum. Photo: Celia Mallard

2. Caring for Collections webinar

1 2 3 education programs pushing the To mark Blue Shield’s May Day, AMaGA Director at Linden New Art and Steven boundaries and promoting social change. Victoria partnered with Grimwade Richardson, State Manager at Creative Programs included the Museums Conservation Services, the Australian Partnerships Australia examined fundraising Together initiative presented by the Institute for the Conservation of Cultural during a crisis and the long-term economic Material’s (AICCM) and Margaret Birtley AM impacts of COVID-19. Jewish Museum of Australia and Islamic Caring for Museum of Australia, the National Trust’s to present our next webinar, As Victorian museums and galleries began McCrae Cross Cultural Education Collections during Closure. The session planning to reopen after extended Experience Social Justice Art for discussed AICCM’s valuable Closed by lockdowns, we presented Returning to Work: and the COVID Supporting Workplace Wellbeing Teens program at the Incinerator Gallery. resource, with the Grimwade team . The expert Kindly hosted by Museums Victoria, the sharing practical advice and responding to panel comprising of Anne Mayberry, session included a preview of Melbourne questions about caring for specific Program Manager Human Resources at the Museums new Learning Lab. materials at a distance. National Museum of Australia, Kathy Bond, PhD of Mental Health First Aid and Louise On Thursday 12th of March, members In May, members gathered online for a Tegart, Director of the Art Gallery of Ballarat casual, book club to discuss Bruce discussed how management can best enjoyed their last in-person event of the Dark Emu. year, a tour of the newly redeveloped Pascoe’s Facilitated by librarian support and guide staff through the Australian Sports Museum. Manager Jed Jade Koekoe, the session was reopening process. Smith led the tour, sharing the use of complimented by a Dark Emu-inspired Members came together in December to cutting edge technology and immersive virtual gallery tour of Bunjilaka by Kimberley celebrate the end of a remarkedly experiences that went on to receive Moulton, Senior Curator of South Eastern challenging year with the Victorian national recognition, awarded a 2020 Aboriginal Collections at Museums Museums and Galleries Awards. See more Museum and Galleries National Award Victoria. below. (MAGNA) in the Permanent Exhibition or Gallery Fitout category. The following month we presented another Alongside its public programming AMaGA webinar Increasing access to Museums Victoria continued to respond to tailored and Galleries By Monday 16th of March, AMaGA programming’ which explored training requests, delivering a series of Victoria staff were working from home as the practices, policies and procedures private, on-demand training sessions to museums and galleries were forced to museums and galleries can implement in groups across the state. Additionally, we close their doors. physical and virtual spaces to ensure provided support and guidance to the sector programming is accessible to audiences as we navigated the challenges of 2020, with disabilities. notably through the production of the In the second week of April, AMaGA Reopening Museums and Galleries Victoria presented our first webinar, valuable Museums at Home: Engaging Audiences Despite hopes that the Annual General Guidelines during COVID-19 resource. Online to provide practical advice and Meeting could be postponed from its usual support to the sector on educating, date in early May and still be held in I would like to sincerely thank all guest engaging and inspiring audiences whilst person, the 2020 AGM was held online in speakers, host venues, sponsors and their doors were closed. Leveraging the July. This gave unprecedented access to supporters of the suite of AMaGA Victoria reach and access of the digital platform members across the state to catch up on events in 2020, as without your ongoing our panel represented the National the developments of AMaGA Victoria and support our annual program wouldn’t be Museum of Australia (ACT), MOD. (SA) and welcome new members to the Branch possible. We thank you for your patience Museums Victoria (VIC). Later that month, Committee. and support as we navigated the challenges our scheduled Masterclass on Inclusive of 2020 and pivoted to online programming. In August, as income streams remained Text was delivered online by curator Fundraising, Angela Bailey. This practical session interrupted, we presented A full list of speakers is listed in the donations and creative partnerships in Acknowledgements on pages 16 and 17. explored writing engaging content, 2020 considering diverse audiences and to discuss strengthening financial sustainability through philanthropic Celia Mallard employing inclusive language in all Events and Professional Development communications. fundraising and commercial and creative partnerships. Our experts, Melinda Martin, Manager

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The Communications Manager, together send separate newsletters to their program • 56 email campaigns sent such as AMaGA with the support of the Events and participants (10 issues in 2020). Other Victoria member e-bulletins, e-blasts and Professional Development Manager and regular electronic communications include special announcements with an average Office Coordinator, oversees all AMaGA membership renewal reminders and open rate 45.4% and click rate of 9.7% Victoria communications, both print and special announcements. • 19,863 visitors (67,348 pageviews) to the digital, with the aim of raising the profile of AMaGA Victoria website the organisation and of the Victorian Other Communication Materials and museum and gallery sector. The year Collateral Media Coverage 2020 saw unprecedented changes Other materials produced this year include: Media coverage of our programs and across the sector with staff working • AMaGA Victoria Resources template and participating museums and galleries in remotely, venues closed, and all events sector specific resources 2020 included coverage of the Victorian being moved to an online format due to • Media packs (photos, a media release, and Museums and Galleries Awards, Museum COVID-19. Communications have never an e-banner) for all Award winners. Accreditation Program (MAP), Victorian been more important, staying connected • MAP and Awards certificates, e-flyers, Collections and Working for Victoria with each other and our membership. e-signatures, and our traditional Seasons program. The Victorian Museums and Greetings e-card. Galleries Awards winners were covered In 2020, we produced two main online with stories in the Mirage News, The publications: Warrnambool Standard, The Ballarat • The 2020 AMaGA Victoria Annual Social Media Courier, The Senior, ArtsHub and a number Program (online) Our social media audience keeps growing of state government online platforms and • The 2020 AMaGA Annual Report (online) steadily. We had 3,506 Facebook likes and specialised publications such as the Indigo 5,071 Twitter followers (for both the AMaGA Shire Council, Yarra Ranges Council, E-Bulletins and E-Blasts Victoria and VC accounts) and the AMaGA Creative Victoria website platforms and Commencing in January 2020, our Victoria LinkedIn account has 3,525 social media accounts. MAP recipients fortnightly member e-bulletin contains followers. AMaGA Victoria YouTube were covered with stories in Tarrangower information about our programs and account has 820 subscribers and our Times, Maldon Weekly Times, Castlemaine upcoming events, sector news, grants, online video resources had 101,719 total Mail, The Senior newspaper, and on various and other opportunities. This year we views. associated Facebook and LinkedIn social engaged Light Creative to design new media accounts. AMaGA email templates for our Electronic Website Direct Marketing communications as In 2019 visits to the website totalled 89,570 Lana Epshteyn AMaGA Victoria transitioned further to our page views. Victorian Collections’ public Manager, Communications new brand identity. facing website included 1,277,225 page views. The geolocation-enabled map of The e-bulletin continues to be one of our Accredited museums( www. main channels of communication with the victorianmuseums.com.au) received 7,533 Victorian membership with an average page views. open rate of 45.4% and click-through rate of 9.7 %. We produced a total of 56 Key metrics at a glance: campaigns in 2020 including special • A total of 3,506 page likes across all of e-blasts to promote the Awards, targeted Facebook pages (AMaGA Victoria and VC) industry announcements and COVID-19 • 5,071 Twitter followers across all of Twitter information. Victorian Collections and accounts (AMaGA Victoria and VC) Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) • 3,525 LinkedIn followers • 820 YouTube subscribers

11 AMaGA Victoria 1 Brian Tateson and Lindsay Burke in front of the display at the Box Hill RSL during Victorian Collections VHP site visit 2 Victorian Collections Campaign 1.

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“[We discovered] Melbourne Legacy holds ten pages of a diary of a World War I nurse, and Ballarat Base Hospital Trained Nurses League hold another 100 pages of the same diary on their Victorian Collections website. Amazing that Victorian Collections has reunited the two parts of the diary!” Kathryn Leech, Melbourne Legacy Volunteer

Victorian Collections (VC) is a free, web- templates to help improve metadata and cataloguing. based collection management system quality and better serve the needs of the designed for community collecting wider GLAM sector. In November, site visits resumed to Box organisations. The online system is Hill RSL and the Australian Commandos supported by a suite of training The year came to a close with the much- Association Victoria in Melbourne; and opportunities provided by the Victorian anticipated launch of the redesigned regionally to Charlton RSL, Rutherglen Collections team across metropolitan and Victorian Collections public website. With RSL and Bendigo RSL. Unfortunately, regional Victoria. In 2019, Victorian redevelopment underway since 2018, the the 8th/13th Mounted Rifles Regimental Collections celebrated ten years since the team worked diligently to merge and Collection withdrew from the project initial development of the system by our expand upon the previous Victorian due to delays with a planned collection partners, Museums Victoria. The project is Collections and Culture Victoria sites. This relocation project. funded by the Veterans Branch, Victorian newly developed platform now serves as a Government and the Victorian Cultural gateway to Victoria’s rich and diverse Regional Digitisation Project Network through Creative Victoria. heritage, providing access to a growing The Regional Digitisation Project is a array of in-depth stories, collection items, digitisation initiative delivered by The Program in 2020 education kits and much more. AMaGA Victoria and made possible by In 2020, the Victorian Collections the support of Creative Victoria. The community welcomed 52 new Veterans Heritage Project Project provides regional organisations organisations and 200 new cataloguers. The Veterans Heritage Project (VHP) is with facilitated on-site training and Members from over 600 organisations funded by the Veterans Branch, Victorian digitisation assistance to help preserve catalogued an additional 26,242 records, Government, and supports enrolled and make hundreds of collection bringing our cumulative total of publicly ex-service organisations in the care and images accessible. accessible items to nearly 200,000. While digitisation of their collections. 2020 introduced new challenges for the The year kickedoff with four workshops Victorian Collections community, the team The VHP team travelled to Woodend at the being delivered between January and were able to deliver 27 workshops and start of 2020 to deliver 10 days of on-site March. In the Western Region, 475 presentations to over 200 participants training to 6 participants. The remainder of items were digitised across Port Fairy from 103 organisations. the year’s workshops required significant Museum and Archives, Great Stupa modifications due to the pandemic, Library and Arapiles Historical Society; In March a new version of the VC transitioning all offerings to online delivery. a further 129 items were digitised in the Collections Management System went live. Our enthusiastic volunteers remained Northern Region at Cobram Historical This new system improves upon previously engaged in with the team during this Society. Due to on-site work restrictions available features while also offering newly period with 36 participants from across 13 all remaining workshops scheduled for developed interfaces and catalogue organisations undertaking online training in the 2020 program had to be delayed collections care, significance assessments until 2021.

12 AMaGA Victoria 1 Online training with 3. Images from the new 5. Images from the new Contributions to Bendigo Soldiers Victorian Collections’ Victorian Collections’ Community Heritage Memorial Institute launch campaign. launch campaign. winner, Lynda Tieman, Military Museum Port Fairy Historical participants. 4. Images from the new 6 Martin Hallett Award Museum and Archives Victorian Collections’ for Individual Centre. 2 Images from the new launch campaign. Victorian Collections’ launch campaign..

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Victoria honoured Martin Hallett (1945- joined the team in March as our Awards 2019) with the inaugural Martin Hallett Veterans Heritage Project Manager Our community of cataloguers work Award for Individual Contribution to and Veterans Heritage Project Officer, tirelessly each year to document, preserve Community Heritage. Martin was a former respectively. Maxine then joined the and share their collections and 2020 was deputy chief executive of Museums team in April as our Regional no different. At the Victorian Museums and Victoria, curator emeritus, and lifelong Digitisation Officer (Eastern Region). champion of public museum collections, Galleries Awards we celebrated the Ashley Robertson, Program Manager, following groups: community engagement and empowerment. Martin played an integral Victorian Collections VC Award for Excellence in Museum role in the formation of Victorian Lynda Benrnard,, Veterans Heritage Cataloguing (Organisation with Paid Staff) Collections during his time at Creative Project Manager Winner: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum Victoria, and throughout his career, he and Village championed the economic, social and Mitchell Dare, Veterans Heritage Highly Commended: LaTrobe Regional cultural benefits that community collecting Project Officer Gallery organisations offer to regional and VC Award for Excellence in Museum metropolitan communities. Amelia Marra, Operations Coordinator, Cataloguing (Volunteer-run Organisation) Victorian Collections Winner: Brighton Historical Society This award recognises and celebrates Highly Commended: Greensborough those who, like Martin, have played a Geraldine Brault, Digitisation Officer, Historical Society significant role in the preservation of Regional Digitisation Project (Western VC Award for War Heritage Collections history in their communities. Region) (Paid or Volunteer) Winner: 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Winner: Lynda Tieman, Port Fairy Historical Erin Davis-Hartwig,Digitisation Officer, Regimental Collection Museum and Archives Centre Regional Digitisation Project (Northern Highly Commended: Melbourne Legacy Region) Farewell and Welcome Thanks goes to Mal Padgett Design for In 2020 the Victorian Collections team Maxine Holden , Digitisation Officer, generous sponsorship of the Volunteer-run farewelled Lauren McAlary (Program Regional Digitisation Project (Eastern Award. Manager, Victorian Collections) and Ella Region) Rimington (Veterans Heritage Project Martin Hallett Award for Individual Manager) and welcomed three new staff Contributions to Community Heritage members: Lynda Bernard, Mitchell Dare, In 2020, Victorian Collections and AMaGA and Maxine Holden. Lynda and Mitch

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 13 1 Members of 2 Filming the Maldon Daylesford & District Museum and Archives Historical Society during Accreditation the recording of their acceptance speech. Museum Accreditation Program Accreditation Photo: AMaGA Victoria. acceptance speech. Photo: AMaGA Victoria.

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“Accreditation is an affirmation of our work by professional colleagues. To have that, to have professionals come in and say you’re up to the national or international standard, is really important for our own professional self-reflection, but also the way we want to be perceived in the community.” Patrick Watt, Programs Director, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

The Museum Accreditation Program • Gained funding through the Creative extended periods of closure to update (MAP) is a holistic program that provides Victoria Strategic Investment Fund policies and procedures, enact ongoing support to collecting Accreditation and Reaccreditation organisations across the state, and MAP during COVID-19 recommendations, and update us on assists them to understand and achieve During the coronavirus pandemic, MAP, COVID-19’s impacts on their best practice. Through MAP, collecting along with much of the museum sector organisations. MAP staff communicated organisations use the National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries pivoted to working remotely. Due to the these impacts to management for as MAP Review, no travel had been inclusion in discussions with government a framework for continuous improvement scheduled for 2020, and MAP staff were and various stakeholders, and supported across all aspects of operations, and are able to continue much of their regular MAP organisations by providing relevant awarded Accreditation once their work. This included finalising a guidelines, resources and assistance Governance, Public Engagement and Reaccreditation over Zoom, supporting opportunities through email and regular Collection Care are aligned with the organisations to complete Accreditation MAP bulletins. Standards. over phone and email, and undertaking online user testing of the MAP portal with Due to continued coronavirus 2020 Highlights participants. restrictions, the 2020 Victorian • Increased support provided to MAP The year 2020 saw increased enquiries Museums and Galleries Awards, which participants for MAP as participants used the incorporate Accreditation presentations, • Undertook a review of the reviewing MAP mission statement

14 AMaGA Victoria 1 Members of the 2 Members of the 3. The MAP Key Maldon Museum and National Vietnam Document Scheme Archives celebrating Veterans Museum Portal their Accreditation. celebrating their Photo AMaGA Victoria. Accreditation. Photo AMaGA Victoria.

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Museums and Galleries 2.0 were held digitally. MAP staff travelled to for the creation of four learning modules . The each of the three museums receiving to guide users through the creation or Taskforce sought funding for this update, their Accreditation, to create short films improvement of key policy documents which will involve creating new content incorporating their acceptance and procedures. Completion of the portal on audience engagement, copyright, speeches. modules serves as prerequisite digitisation, environmental sustainability, preparation for enrolment in the full MAP social media and working to ensure that program. The portal has also allowed the the Standards reflect the AMaGA MAP Review First Peoples: A Roadmap for As part of the 2019 Organisational creation of a centralised directory of publication, internal and external resources, Enhancing Indigenous Engagement in Review of AMaGA Victoria, it was Museums and Galleries. determined that MAP would pause templates and guidelines addressing a enrolments and undertake a broad variety of museum operations. comprehensive review. The MAP review The MAP Advisory Committee & Peer commenced in March 2020 with an aim Expanding the MAP Portal Review Panellists of ensuring that the program remains Following the completion of the initial The MAP Advisory Committee meet sustainable for MAP staff and for all iteration of the online portal, MAP quarterly to discuss the program and participants. MAP staff completed received funding through Creative contribute advice and support to the intensive research into the history of the Victoria’s Strategic Investment Fund to MAP Managers. MAP panellists and program, identifying key structural further expand its digital offerings, and in Committee members conduct site visits, changes and patterns. doing so, benefit from collaborations with provide mentoring and expert advice and sector experts. 2021 will see MAP create gain professional development from the This program-based investigation was further learning modules to guide program as peer reviewers. We would balanced by extensive consultation, enrolled participants through preparation like to thank the Advisory Committee for which included liaising with sector for Accreditation. their time and contribution throughout representatives and interstate 2020. colleagues managing Accreditation and Visits Standards programs. A series of listening • Maldon Museum and Archives Advisory committee members are listed sessions were undertaken with MAP • National Vietnam Veterans Museum on page 8. The Museum Accreditation participants from a wide variety of • Daylesford and District Museum Program is funded by Creative Victoria organisations. Designed to elicit in- with project funding from The R E Ross Trust. depth, qualitative information about Accreditation Presentations at the participants’ experiences of the program Victorian Museum Awards and illuminate common barriers, • Maldon Museum and Archives Amelia Marra aspirations and expectations, the • National Vietnam Veterans Museum Co-Manager, MAP listening sessions have allowed the MAP • Daylesford and District Museum staff to proceed into the decision-making Simone Ewenson Co-Manager, MAP phase of the review. 2020 Re-Accreditations • Echuca Historical Society Caroline Wall The Key Document Scheme Co-Manager, MAP During 2020, MAP staff worked to finalise National Standards Taskforce. the creation of an online portal for During 2020 the National Standards program resources and tutorials as part Taskforce members continued to meet of the R E Ross Trust funded Key via Zoom, and worked to prepare content Document Scheme. The project allowed for the National Standards for Australian

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 15 1 AMaGA Victoria 3 ENVi Network 4 Rebuilding our Creative 6. Sarah Morris, 2020 staff meeting via members, State, Creative Victoria AMaGA Victoria Awards Zoom. ENVi’S Braver 2020 filming, AMaGA Victoria Bolder Seminar Office, Melbourne Acknowledgements 2 AMaGA Victoria Museum.. staff participating 5 Andrew Hiskens and in AusMusic Cindy Seeberger, 2020 . TShirt Day. AMaGA Victoria Awards filming at AMaGA Victoria Office, Melbourne Museum.

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Museums Victoria We warmly acknowledge and greatly particular: Chief Executive Officer appreciate the generosity of our many · The Hon Shaun Leane and the Hon · Lynley Crosswell, Minister for Veterans and Director wonderful supporters in 2020. Robin Scott, Chief Operating Officer · Angela Bourke, Director, Veterans · Michael O’Leary, · Caro Llewellyn, Director, Experience & Thank you to… Branch Engagement The Victorian Government through Creative · Tracey Hull, Manager, Veterans Branch Senior Policy Officer, · Wendy Pryor, Head, Digital and Emerging Victoria and Working for Victoria, part of the · Catherine Lucas, Technology Department of Jobs, Precincts and Veterans Branch Senior Events and · Carmel O’Keeffe, Head of Digital Life Regions; and through the Veterans Branch · Samantha Nelson, Collection Systems of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Project Officer, Veterans Branch · Forbes Hawkins, , CEO, Senior Developer Also our thanks to the RE Ross Trust and · Jamie Twidale RSL VIctoria Manager, Online Public Records Office Victoria. · Dr Robert Webster OAM, RSL State · Jonny Brownbill, President Development · Herb Lim, ICT Service Delivery Manager We thank Creative Victoria for supporting IT Support Officer our core activities, and in particular: We thank Museums Victoria for ongoing · Kylie Andrews, · The Hon Danny Pearson MP, Minister for in-kind office space, operational and IT Creative Industries support at Melbourne Museum, for Event Presenters · Andrew Abbott, Chief Executive & Deputy partnering on the Victorian Collections · Angela Bailey, Independent consultant Secretary project, and staffs’ contributions to · Anne Mayberry, National Museum of · Jane Crawley, Director, Arts Investment AMaGA Victoria committees, programs Australia · Debbie Kiper, Senior Manager, Agencies, and services. · Carmel O’Keeffe, Museums Victoria Collections & Events · Carolyn Fraser, State Library Victoria · Linda Lucas, Manager, Arts Investment Thanks to our fellow associations: the · Christine Healey, Incinerator Gallery · Dr Julie Cotter, Senior Program Manager, American Alliance of Museums, the · Craig Middleton, National Museum of Victorian Cultural Collections Council of Australasian Art Museum Australia · Dr Georgia Melville, Senior Policy Officer, Directors (CAAMD), the Council of · Cushla Hill, Grimwade Conservation Victorian Cultural Collections Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD), Services ICOM Australia, Museums Aotearoa (New · Dr. Julian Goddard, RMIT We thank the Department of Premier and Zealand), the Museums Association (UK), · Evan Tindal, Grimwade Conservation Cabinet, Veterans Branch and Anzac and the National Standards Taskforce. Services House for supporting Victorian Collections’ · Francine Sculli, Incinerator Gallery work with RSL sub-branches, and in · Geoff Munck, VISLAN (Visual Translation

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Language) · Creative Victoria · Tiny Empire Collective · Jade Koekoe, Independent consultant · Cultural Development Network · · Jed Smith, National Sports Museum · Culture Victoria/Victorian Cultural Network · VALA – Libraries, Technology and the · Jenny Better, Jewish Museum · Deakin University Future Inc. · Kathy Bond, PhD, Mental Health First Aid · Department of Infrastructure, Transport, · Veterans Branch · Kimberley Moulton, Museums Victoria Regional Development and · Kristin Alford, MOD. Communications · Liz Martin, Accessible Arts · Federation University · Louise Tegart, Art Gallery of Ballarat · Heide Museum of Modern Art · Margaret Birtley, History Council of Victoria · History Council of Victoria · Melinda Martin, Director at Linden New Art · History Trust of SA · Michelle Kiag, National Trust of Australia · International Council of Museums, (Victoria) Australia · Natalie Carfora, MOD. · Lucidea · Noni Zachri, Grimwade Conservation · Mal Padgett Design Services · Municipal Association of Victoria · Penny Tripp, Grimwade Conservation · Museum & Gallery Services Queensland Services · Museums Association (UK) · Sherene Hassan, Islamic Museum Victoria · Museums & Galleries of NSW · Steven Richardson, Creative Partnerships · Museums Victoria Australia · National Gallery of Victoria · National Standards Taskforce AMaGA Victoria Sponsors & Supporters · National Trust of Australia (Victoria) · American Alliance of Museums · Public Galleries Association Victoria · Anzac House · Public Record Office Victoria · Archival Survival · Regional Arts Victoria · Arts Access Victoria · RE Ross Trust · Arts Industry Council Victoria · RHSV · Australian Centre for the Moving Image · RHSV, History Week · Ballaarat Mechanics Institute · RMIT Gallery · Burke Museum · Shepparton Art Museum · City of Melbourne · Theatre Network Australia

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 17 Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2020 REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2020 2019 $ $ Strategic Investement 1 40,630 – Strategic Investment 2 3,000 – Grants 642,384 642,025 Other Income 410,389 138,730 Interest 327 1,595 Total revenues from ordinary activities 1,096,730 782,350 Depreciation expense 4,089 4,230 Publications 0 11,656 Project and Program Expenses 10,324 47,392 Workshops, Seminars & Events 15,659 57,904 Employee 677,654 585,597 Administration & Marketing 101,015 96,729 Other Expenditure 39,273 – Total Expenditure 848,014 803,508 Surplus/[deficit] before income tax attributable to members of the entity 248,717 [21,158] Income Tax – – Total comprehensive income/[loss] for the year attributable to members of the entity 248,717 [21,158] Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2020 2020 2019 $ $ Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents 641,378 277,262 Trade & Other Receivables 300,803 119,232 Prepayments 1,019 1,024 Total Current Assets 943,201 397,518

Non Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment 28,172 32,262 Total Non Current Assets 28,172 32,262

TOTAL ASSETS 971,373 429,780

Current Liabilities Trade & Other Payables 71,468 58,210 Income in Advance 28,354 23 Grants Carried Forward 11,425 15,000 Grants in Advance 451,686 273,00 Provisions 101,066 34,893 Total Current Liabilities 663,999 381,126

Non Current Liabilities Long-Term Provisions Payable 12,437 2,437

TOTAL LIABILITIES 676,436 383,563

NET ASSETS 294,938 46,217

MEMBERS’ FUNDS Retained Earnings 294,938 46,217

TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 294,938 46,217

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2020 2019 $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 756,710 706,228 Other revenue 360,498 150,903 Payments to suppliers and employees (753,419) (1,126,875) Interest received 327 1,595 Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 364,116 (268,149)

Cash flows from Investing Activities Payments for property plant & equipment 0) 0) Net cash provided (used) by investing activities – –

Net increase (decrease) in cash held 364,116 (268,149) Cash at beginning of financial year 277,2621 545,411 Cash at end of financial year 641,378 277,262

Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit

Operating profit / (Loss) 248,717 (21,158) Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 4,089 4,228 Increase (Decrease) in provisions 76,173 (16,725)

(Increase) Reduction in Prepayments 5 (129) (Increase) Reduction in Trade & Other Receivables (182,158) (115,091) Increase (Reduction) in Payables & Accruals 13,848 2,330 Increase (Reduction) in Income in Advance 28,331 (1,604) Increase (Reduction) in Grants Unspent (3,575) (9,000) Increase (Reduction) in Grants in Advance (178,689) (111,000) Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities 364,116 (268,149)

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2020 Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ 2018 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 395 395 Balance at end of financial year 67,375 67,375

2019 Profit (Loss) attributable to members (21,158) (21,158) Balance at end of financial year 46,217 46,217

2020 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 248,717 248,717 ) Balance at end of financial year 294,934 294,934

Annual Report 2020 / amagavic.org.au 19 Key Statistics

Expenses

Program Admin 59 %

Marketing 9%

Government Subsidies 5% Core Operations 27%

Income

Core Operations (Creative Victoria) 31% Sponsorship/Philanthropic 3% Earned Income/ Participant fees 4%

Other State Government Government Subsidies 33% Funding 29%

Participation Profile

Regional 20.75%

Metropolitan 66.55%

Interstate 18.4%

International 0.3%

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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 Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria as at 31st December 2020 and its performance for the year ended on that date.

2. At the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria 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: [signed]

Dated this the 30th day of April 2021.

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