2014 annual report M

Contents

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

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 membership. It represents the Victorian Awards Museums Australia (Victoria) provides members and coordinates services Since 1994, we have recognised the professional services to develop and for them. The Victorian branch of achievements of museum individuals and sustain the roles and interests of museum Museums Australia provides services for organisations at the annual Victorian communities across Victoria. museums and museum workers regardless Museum Awards. The Awards are peer- of membership status, and our programs reviewed and celebrate the hard work of Museums Australia (Victoria) provides: are relevant, accessible and strategically staff and volunteers in creating a vibrant useful to the sector as a whole. sector. The Awards are proudly sponsored • Expert advice on museum practice and by a range of industry and cultural development. The Victorian membership reflects the supporters. • The Roving Curator Program, which helps great diversity of the museum sector. museums and galleries develop engaging At the end of December 2014, it included Conference and dynamic exhibitions. 228 organisations spanning archives, art The Victorian Museums & Galleries • Accreditation and application of the galleries, botanical gardens, historical Conference is curated to appeal to a broad National Standards for Australian Museums societies, natural and social history audience, from large State institutions to and Galleries. museums, and specialist collections. At small volunteer-run organisations, and • Victorian Collections, a central online the end of 2014, we had 247 individual brings together the Victorian museum, portal to the cultural treasures held by members, most of whom are working heritage, and conservation community, museums, galleries, and other either professionally or voluntarily in connecting regional and metropolitan organisations distributed across the State. museums and galleries. Our key services volunteers and professionals, and • Professional development. include: showcasing some of the best museum • Advocacy and profile raising of the practice, community-building projects, and Victorian museum sector. Events local cultural heritage. Nearly 80 events offered ranging from Values exclusive member viewings to lectures, Exhibition Services • Recognising that museums and galleries seminars, workshops, and masterclasses Delivers advice, professional development, occupy a vital place in the community. catering to beginner, mid-level, and expert and the Roving Curator Program, which • Recognising the contributions of our museum staff and volunteers. We cross- provides small museums and galleries members to the sector. reference our program with member with exhibition development assistance. • Supporting access to and the care of the feedback and our matrix of museum and Distributed National Collection. individual types to ensure we offer a INSITE • Recognising and celebrating diversity balanced program to suit a variety of Our stimulating and informative member including Indigenous cultural heritage. needs. magazine, published five times a year, is • Recognising the importance of being a sent directly to members with the latest forum for ideas. Victorian Collections news on Victorian museums, events and • Upholding the highest ethical professional A free online cataloguing system created topics. standards. especially for community collecting organisations and small museums in Communications & Resources Background Victoria. Introductory workshops in The weekly e-bulletin and MA (Vic) website MA (Vic) is a state branch of Museums collection management, cataloguing, offer a range of up-to-date museum sector Australia, a not-for-profit national object handling, photography, and more information and resources. Online training membership association founded in 1993 are held throughout the year. tools include training videos on museum to bring together people concerned with best practice and selected seminar the care and communication of Australia’s Museum Accreditation Program presentations. Special disaster response natural, artistic, and cultural heritage. At the end of 2014, there were 92 areas of the website are available for museums participating in our gold- affected communities when required. Through the direction of an elected standard Museum Accreditation Program, Committee, the Victorian Branch provides a wholistic, peer-supported model of The MA (Vic) office is housed on the lower support, representation, and professional excellence developed according to the ground floor of the Museum. development services to the museum and National Standards for Australian Museums Members enjoy easy access to services gallery sector throughout the State. and Galleries. The Program enables strong and staff. MA (Vic) is grateful for the mentoring between museums and generous ongoing support of Museum Membership museum experts to share best-practice, Victoria in making this space available. MA (Vic) represents approximately one upskill museum staff and volunteers, and third of Museums Australia’s total raise the profile of participating museums.

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 2 President’s Report

I am delighted to report on another presenters, and the communications We farewelled a number of staff in 2014 successful year for Museums Australia team’s work in promoting these events. and our warmest thanks go to Monica (Victoria) and to thank our colleagues and The State Conference in Warrnambool was Cronin and Cassie May from the Museums supporters for delivering key projects and overwhelmingly well-received by the sector Accreditation Program, Meredith Blake programs in 2014. and robustly supported by the City Council. from Victorian Collections, and Georgia Our long-term sponsors Archival Survival, Rouette from Exhibition Services. Our Key achievements for the year focused on Alan Randell-Smith Florist, and Delatite projects and programs are much the richer fundraising, capacity building, and raising Wines continued to support our Awards, for their work within MA (Vic) and we wish awareness about our museums and and we received over 60 donations for our them well in their future endeavours. galleries sector. 2014 was the start of End of Year Celebration. another triennial core funding agreement In turn, we welcomed the following new including Exhibition Services under the INSITE magazine continued to provide a staff members: Rosemary Hanscombe, State Government’s new Organisations high-quality mix of issues-based Museum Accreditation Program Co- Investment Program. publishing, with contributions from highly Manager, Cameron Auty, Victorian experienced and engaging colleagues Collections Co-Manager, and Kitty Owens, The Veterans Branch of the Department of across the State. INSITE’s online presence Exhibition Services Manager. Premier and Cabinet pledged a second has been increased to provide additional year of support to train RSL sub-branch content to the sector with a special lift-out Last but certainly not least, I would like to volunteers to digitise and share their section on the Awards and Accreditations acknowledge our immediate Past memorabilia and respectfully in the November issue. Our media Presidents, Daniel Wilksch and David commemorate stories of service and coverage for museum and gallery Demant, who each led the Branch sacrifice, as part of the Victorian achievements, in particular the Awards, Committee and represented the Collections project, alongside a State Conference, and the Victoria Then organisation with great wisdom and contribution from Creative Victoria to exhibition in the Creative Victoria foyer, thoughtfulness, and are much missed. support traditional museum and gallery were all widely covered. organisations and continued technical In this role it is my great pleasure to expertise from our partner organisation, In addition, our online training videos and acknowledge the work of our highly skilled Museum Victoria. downloads continue to be enormously and generous staff, admirably led by the popular, primarily within Australia with Executive Director Laura Miles, committee The year was marked by a significant uplift secondary audiences predominantly in the members, supporters and members who in the profile of our museums and US, UK, Canada, India, and New Zealand. contribute so much to our dynamic galleries, and of MA (Vic) itself with a cultural sector. number of initiatives. The front end of Victorian Collections had a refresh in 2014 with a special launch event Jo-Anne Cooper The Museum Accreditation Program at Anzac House with the Ministers for the President secured a major three-year investment Arts and Veterans Affairs. The project now from the R E Ross Trust to increase boasts over 50,000 items digitised and regional participation and build networks accessible online thanks to thousands of of best practice and support. With nearly volunteer hours. These cultural treasures 100 organisations in the Program, this are open for the public to discover directly support will significantly raise participation on the website, on Culture Victoria’s levels in our flagship program. aggregated search, and a pilot group of nine organisations have also exported their Four of our events were completely sold data to TROVE, the National Library of out, thanks to our Events Coordinator’s Australia’s collections database. diverse program, selection of expert

3 Museums Australia (Victoria) Treasurer’s Report

The twelve months ended 31 December With this slight change in Members’ The first instalment of $207,300 in core 2014 produced a slight surplus of $821. Funds, Retained Earnings are $65,075 at funding from Creative Victoria is expected This compares with the break-even budget 31 December 2014. in January 2015 and Museums Australia at year end 2013. (Victoria) remains in a strong financial Cash and Cash Equivalents stood at position to undertake its planned activities Total expenses for the year were $658,060, $341,001 at 31 December 2014, with in 2015. a small reduction from the previous year’s Current Liabilities amounting to $326,612. expenses of $678,764, but in line with Ian Scott trends. Treasurer

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 4 1 Panel Session, Making 2 Patrick Watt, Manager the Most: Doing a Lot of the Burke Museum, with Very Little, at the receives the MA (Vic) Executive Director’s Report 2014 Victorian Museums Individual Award for & Galleries Conference, Excellence (Paid Staff) Lighthouse Theatre, from David Demant, Warrnambool. formerly MA (Vic) President.

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2014 was a year in which the organisation for the Museum Accreditation Program Warrnambool City Council, and received demonstrated significant flexibility in expansion, and to our other philanthropic, overwhelmingly positive feedback from responding to the new State Government tertiary education, corporate, and attendees. Additional sponsorship was funding model, and in foreseeing government funders acknowledged on kindly provided by the Ian Potter fundraising and profile-raising pages 16 and 17. Foundation, Deakin University, TASHCO opportunities both for MA (Vic) and our (The Australian Showcase and Hardware museums and galleries. Financial Company), V/Line, and Warrnambool Art 2014 was the first year of our new triennial Gallery. Our major members – Museum Victoria, funding agreement under Creative NGV, PROV, State Library, ACMI, and the Victoria’s Organisations Investment MA (Vic) staff members were guest Arts Centre – care for 35m+ items worth Program (OIP) as an Established presenters at this year’s MA conference, an estimated $5bn, and our community Organisation. Our intention is to transition the -Wodonga Regional Conference museums care for an additional 8m into a Lead Organisation, with negotiated for NSW and VIC volunteers, the Regional objects worth an estimated $850m. The funding, from 2017. Stakeholders Forum for NSW volunteers, community museums segment of our and the annual Victorian RSL Conference. sector digitised and uploaded over 50,000 Our operations are efficient, with 50% of The Executive Director self-funded the items and 292 Collection Level turnover derived from Creative Victoria’s Cranlana Advanced Colloquium for ethical Descriptions onto our Victorian Collections core operational grant, supplemented by business leaders in October. We welcomed website, making individual items our fundraising and advocacy efforts to three international speakers in 2014: discoverable, and summarising the invest in member services, with a total Michael Edson from the Smithsonian, Iain number, type, condition and significance of request for $440,000 of which we were Watson from Tyne & Wear Archives & collections. granted $349,000, a 79% success rate. We Museums (UK) and board member of the continue to advocate for funding to invest Museums Association (UK), and US The Victorian Collections project and the in more staffing for fundraising, historian, Professor Michael Frisch, who Victorian branch office continues to receive membership/audience development plus presented an oral history lecture for MA generous support from Dr J Patrick infrastructure to streamline our systems. (Vic) and Museum Victoria in November. Greene and Museum Victoria. Museum Victoria provides leadership to the sector, Programming Victorian Museum Awards and supports MA (Vic) with in-kind office Our performance was over target with 79 The Victorian Museum Awards 2014 were space, access to utilities and IT support, events (target: 58) attended by 1,905 people held on Thursday 7 August in the First meeting rooms, exclusive member events, (target: 1,500), an increase of 27%. Of this Peoples gallery foyer at Melbourne and the expertise of staff and volunteers we achieved a 61.5% / 36% split of Museum. The evening was sold-out with across their four venues: Melbourne metro:regional attendance plus 2% 200 guests and a waiting list. It was hosted Museum, Immigration Museum, interstate and 0.5% international. Four by ABC TV presenter Adam Ford with the and the Royal Exhibition events were completely sold out this year Hon Heidi Victoria MP officiating in her Building. with waitlists: the Ethics of Acquisition capacity as Minister for the Arts and Maj masterclass, the Introduction to Oral History Gen (Ret’d) David McLachlan as RSL State We extend our thanks to Creative Victoria Interviewing workshop, our annual Awards President. The Museum Accreditation – formerly Arts Victoria – for core night, and the End of Year celebration. Certificates, the Deakin University Roslyn operational funding, to the Veterans Lawry Award, and three special Victorian Branch of the Department of Premier and For our third Victorian Museums & Collections Awards were also presented Cabinet and the Victorian Cultural Galleries Conference we welcomed 157 during the evening. Network/Culture Victoria for Victorian delegates thanks to a partnership with the Collections funding, to the R E Ross Trust Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and

5 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Caroline Deighton, MA 3 xChange session at the (Vic) Office Coordinator, Victorian Museums & assisting with the Galleries Conference. installation of the Victoria Featuring Michael Edson, Then exhibition, Creative Director of Web and New Victoria Foyer. Media Strategy at the Smithonian (USA), 2 Audience at the 2014 Jennifer Forest, Heritage Victorian Museums & Consultant, and Iain Galleries Conference, Watson, Director of the Lighthouse Theatre, Tyne & Wear Archives & Warrnambool. Museums (UK).

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Once again we are delighted to recognise digitisation and access tool in partnership Facebook and Twitter. Our full-colour the amazing achievements within our with the Veterans Branch of the magazine, INSITE, covered the following museums and galleries, and the support Department of Premier and Cabinet and topics over the year, with selected articles networks within the sector and strategic the Victorian Cultural Network/Culture also available online at www.mavic.asn.au/ partnerships. Victoria. This project collectively works insite: Faith Museums, The Volunteer towards making the state-wide collections Experience, Audience Appeal, Rare Trades, Exhibition Services database discoverable by audiences in and Privacy. In line with the new OIP funding, our Victoria and beyond. Exhibition Services Program relaunched as Media coverage increased with interviews a Roving Curator program and a study of Throughout 2014, 325 groups participated and news items on ABC Local Radio and local government engagement. Five in the Program, uploading an additional ACE Radio on the Conference, and articles organisations received expert in-situ and 30,000 digital objects to make a total of in various local newspapers about Victoria remote support from this program, and over 50,000 available to explore online. Then and the Roving Curator program, the co-created Victoria Then, a special This includes over 4,000 objects digitised Victorian Museum Awards, Victorian temporary exhibition in the Creative and uploaded by Victoria’s RSL sub- Collections, newly Accredited museums, Victoria foyer. As part of the Program we branches. and a Citizen of the Year. produced two publications with 32 copies sold in 2014. Marketing / Access On behalf of the organisation, I would like Our online resources continue to be hugely to thank our members, supporters, Museum Accreditation Program popular, including our infosheets on best committee and board members, panellists, We now have 92 museums in the Program, practice, videos on museum and gallery mentors, volunteers, former staff and of which 65 have achieved Accreditation, 27 standards (www.mavic.asn.au/resources/ current staff, who each apply considerable are working towards Accreditation, and practical-training) (www.youtube.com/ expertise and generosity to enable us to nine enrolled this year. Site assessments museumsaustraliavic) which are closed support the sector with advice, were conducted by the MAP managers and captioned (subtitled) for full accessibility, professional development, networking, volunteer expert panellists at 32 museums and the interactive map of Accredited advocacy, and raising the profile of across the State. museums (http://museums.mavic.asn.au). museums and galleries. Special thanks to In 2015 we will update the infosheets and Monica Cronin, Cassie May, Meredith In 2014, MA (Vic) received a major three- offer accessible, plain text versions Blake, Georgia Rouette, and David Demant, year philanthropic investment from the R E alongside PDFs. who have moved onto other challenges Ross Trust following their review of their after achieving great things within our MA “Public Education” impact area. This We produced six films commissioned by (Vic) family. funding will support more museums and Culture Victoria published at www.cv.vic. galleries to enter the Program, identify and gov.au on the topics of World War I and The time and energy contributed by our connect up hubs of best-practice, and Victorian jazz history, with 5,977 hits by broad networks create vibrant and build capacity to reinforce existing support year end. engaging museum and gallery experiences based in our Melbourne office. Initiatives in for visitors, and ensures the ongoing the first six months of the project include In 2014, we produced 12 print and 43 custodianship and interpretation of our the development of a green museums electronic/online publications plus 114 cultural treasures for Victorians and the toolkit to be rolled out in 2015. items of collateral with a circulation of broader public. 219,000. We received 684,000 visits to our Victorian Collections websites, 17,000 views and 140 Laura Miles We received $166,000 in project funding to subscribers on YouTube and Slideshare, Executive Director further develop our online cataloguing, and over 2,200 ‘Likes’ and ‘Follows’ on

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 6 1 Branch Committee 3 Committee members members at the 2014 MA Lauren Bourke and (Vic) General Meeting, Marcus Schutenko. Management Victoria Police Museum. 2 Daniel Wilksch, formerly MA (Vic) President, at the 2014 MA (Vic) General Meeting, Victoria Police Museum.

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Management Martin Purslow Samantha Hamilton, Conservator, Objects MA (Vic) relies on the ongoing and CEO, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Collections, Development and Access, dedicated support of a range of museum, Museum Victoria Marcus Schutenko arts, and cultural heritage workers that CEO, Chinese Museum Linda Peacock, Collections Manager, Burke voluntarily serve on committees and Museum panels. We thank these volunteers for their valuable insights and their time and we Advisory Committees Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges also thank the organisations that support INSITE Advisory Committee Regional Museum them in their contributions to MA (Vic). Chair Melanie Twomey (from June 2014), Senior Dr Jan Croggon, Senior Historian, Associate, Harwood Andrews Sovereign Hill Museums Association Branch Committee Executive Committee Meredith Blake (to June 2014), Project Exhibition Services Advisory Committee President (to November 2014) Manager, Victorian Collections Chair (to June 2014) David Demant Claire Muir (to November 2014), Assistant Daniel Wilksch, Manager, Online Projects, Senior Curator, Information and Curator, Gold Museum, Ballarat Public Record Office Victoria Communication, Museum Victoria Kitty Owens, Museum Consultant and Chair (from June 2014) President (from November 2014) Curator, Koorie Heritage Trust Lauren Bourke, Coordinator, Community Jo-Anne Cooper Archives, Public Record Office Victoria Manager, Cultural Collections, The Megan Sheehy (to August 2014), Curator, Public Programs, Yarra Ranges Regional Caroline Carter, Manager, Exhibition Museum Collection Management, Museum Victoria Vice President Lauren Ellis Deborah Tout-Smith, Senior Curator, Georgia Cribb, Director, NETS Victoria Programs Manager, Community Cultural Diversity, History and Technology Rhonda Diffey, Collections Archivist, Greater Engagement, Immigration Museum Department, Museum Victoria City of Dandenong Secretary Dr Linda Young, Senior Lecturer, Cultural Wendy Garden, Senior Curator, Mornington Jo-Anne Cooper (to November 2014) Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin Peninsula Regional Gallery Manager, Cultural Collections, The University University of Accreditation Program Panellists Treasurer Museum Accreditation Program Advisory Jo-Anne Cooper, Manager, Cultural Ian Scott Committee Collections, The University of Melbourne Museum Consultant Chair Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Dr Jan Croggon, Senior Historian, Sovereign Hill Museums Association Ordinary Committee Sandra Bruce (from June 2014), Collections Peter Abbott Manager, Art Gallery Caroline Deighton, Office Coordinator, MA Manager, Tourism Services, Flagstaff Hill (Vic) Dr Megan Cardamone (to February 2014), Maritime Village Museum Consultant Warren Doubleday, Manager, Museum Lauren Bourke Services, Ballarat Tramway Museum Jo-Anne Cooper (from June 2014), Coordinator, Community Archives, Public Manager, Cultural Collections, The Steve Eather, Exhibitions Officer, Chinese Record Office Victoria University of Melbourne Museum Samantha Fabry Warren Doubleday, Manager, Museum Lyn Gorman, President, B24 Liberators Collections Manager, Freemasons Victoria Services, Ballarat Tramway Museum Museum Jim McCann Christine Grayden, Curator, Churchill Manager, Victoria Police Museum Island Heritage Farm

7 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Caroline Deighton, MA 3 Bridget Forbes , Events (Vic) Office Coordinator, Coordinator, and Cassie with Kenneth Park at the May, formerly MAP 2014 End of Year Co-Manager, with visual Celebration, City Gallery. artist Patricia Piccinini at the Victorian Museums & 2 Kitty Owens, Exhibition Galleries Conference Services Manager, Welcome Reception, arranges an exhibit from Warrnambool Art Gallery. Wodonga Historical Society at the Victoria Then exhibition.

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Samantha Hamilton, Conservator, Objects Tim Hart, Director, Public Engagement, Cassie May (February to July 2014) Collection, Development and Access, Museum Victoria Rosemary Hanscombe (from July 2014) Museum Victoria Forbes Hawkins, Collection Systems Senior Victorian Collections Project Manager Robert Heather, Manager, Collection Developer, Museum Victoria Meredith Blake (to June 2014) Interpretation, State Library of Victoria Neil Leckie, Ballarat Ranger Military Victorian Collections Project Co-Manager Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Museum Belinda Ensor Jim McCann, Manager, Victoria Police Dr Helen Light AO, Consultant, Victorian Collections Project Co-Manager Museum Multicultural Communities’ Collections Cameron Auty (from June 2014) Project Cindy Seeberger, Curatorial & Collections Communications Manager Manager, Beleura House and Garden Dimity Mapstone, Project Officer, Creative Raphaël Fiorese Victoria Julie Skate, Gallery Supervisor, Gallery at INSITE Editor Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre Euan McGillivray, Museum Consultant Roisin O’Dwyer Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges Harry Moyle, Toorak Services Club Exhibition Services Manager Regional Museum Georgia Rouette (to September 2014) Patricia Pollard, Senior Policy Officer, Kitty Owens (from September 2014) Melanie Twomey, Senior Associate, Veterans’ Affairs Branch, Department of Harwood Andrews Premier and Cabinet Finance Officers Meredith Windust Lillian Yong, Collections Curator/Registrar, Wendy Pryor, Head, Digital and Emerging Tammy Currie Shepparton Art Museum Technology, Museum Victoria Eleanor Whitworth, Senior Arts Officer, Contractors and Consultants Victorian Collections Supporters Creative Victoria Simon Fox Michael Annett, CEO, RSL Victorian Branch Dorothy Wickham, President, Victorian Photographer, Victorian Museum Awards Roy Arnott, Curator, 4th/19th Prince of Interpretive Projects Icelab Design Studio Wales Lighthorse Regiment History Room Graham Wilson, Frankston RSL Sub- Victorian Collections website redesign Peter Ball, Bendigo RSL Military Museum Branch Dr Helen Light AM Jude Beshears, Office Manager, RSL Tanya Wolkenburg, Senior Project Officer, Consultant to the Multicultural Victorian Branch Creative Victoria Communities’ Collections Project Angela Bourke, Manager, Veterans’ Affairs Dimity Mapstone Branch, Department of Premier and Staff Designer, National Standards for Australian Cabinet Executive Director Museums & Galleries Laura Miles Jonny Brownbill, Manager, Online Euan McGillivray Development, Museum Victoria Office Coordinator Museum Consultant Caroline Deighton Joel Checkley, Freelance Filmmaker Madman Printing Events Coordinator Jenny Dickens, Conservator, Heritage Eric Townsend Bridget Forbes Victoria Auditor Museum Accreditation Program Co- Clare Gervasoni, Curator, Art & Historical MeccaMedialight Manager Collections, Federation University Australia Website Development Elizabeth Marsden Martin Hallett, Senior Arts Officer, Creative Museum Accreditation Program Co- Victoria Manager Monica Cronin (to February 2014)

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 8 1 Margot Anderson, 2 Attendees at the Curator of the Rough Guide to Social Performing Arts Media workshop prepare Awards, Conference, and Events Collection, shows MA content plans. Facilitated (Vic) members the by Jareen Summerhill, typewriter used by Brand Manager, Family playwright Ray Lawler to Audiences, Museum write Summer of the Victoria. Seventeenth Doll.

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as well as a cash contribution to MA “The day was well organised with great (Vic). Thanks also go to Delatite Wines, Alan Randell-Smith Florist, Museum speakers and it was good to hear current Victoria and Deakin University.

research in this area.” Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference Melissa Bedford, Monash University Museum of Art Our third annual State Conference was held in Warrnambool at the Lighthouse Victorian Museum Awards • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Theatre. The 2014 Victorian Museum Awards were for Medium Museums (8-50 Paid Staff) held on Thursday 7 August at the Winner: National Wool Museum, Over the two days, delegates heard from Melbourne Museum. Reminiscence Cottage around 50 speakers covering topics ranging from digital stories, tourism and The evening was hosted by archaeologist • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award branding, exhibition development, and TV host Adam Ford. The Hon Heidi for Large Museums (51+ Paid Staff) copyright, to funding and accreditation. Victoria MP, former Minister for the Arts, Winner: State Library of Victoria, Rome: was a special guest at this event. The Piranesi’s Vision The Conference dinner was held at Museum Accreditation Certificates and Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village and Deakin University’s Roslyn Lawry Award Victorian Collections Awards featured two very special guests, the were also presented during the evening. For the second year, the Awards Maremma dogs (pictured on page 10), Ceremony also comprised the Victorian who live on Middle Island to protect the We congratulate the Victorian museum Collections Cataloguing Awards. These penguins from foxes. sector on the number of high-level Awards recognise the most active nominations received this year, and were cataloguers using the Victorian The optional tours included an early pleased to present the following Awards: Collections online cataloguing system. morning coastal walk, the Warrnambool The following organisations were Art Gallery or Historical Society, and Individuals recognised: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award for Excellence (Volunteer) • Victorian Collections Award – Paid Staff Partnerships Winner: Lurline Knee, Tatura & District Winner: Victoria Police Museum We continue to highly value the access to Historical Society unique venues provided by museums • Victorian Collections Award – Volunteer and galleries across the state. • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Org for Excellence (Paid Staff) Winner: Orbost & District Historical Venues for seminars and workshops, Winner: Patrick Watt, Burke Museum Society tours and talks, were generously supplied by the , Institutions • Victorian Collections Award – Military Australian Centre for the Moving Image • The Archival Survival Award for Memorabilia (ACMI), the City Gallery, the Chinese Volunteer-Run Museums Winner: Geelong RSL Sub Branch Museum, the Gold Museum, Heide Winner: Creswick Museum, Spirit of Museum of Modern Art, the National China in Creswick Award Sponsors Gallery of Victoria, the National Sports We are grateful to our Volunteer-Run Museum, Melbourne Museum, Victoria • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Museum Award Sponsor, Archival Police Museum, and Yarra Ranges for Small Museums (2-7 Paid Staff) Survival, who have continued to provide Regional Museum. Winner: The Johnston Collection, David Award recipients with generous prizes McAllister Rearranges Mr Johnston’s Collection

9 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Susie May, Educator, 3 Shane Simpson and NGV, takes seminar Ian McDonald co-present participants through an the Ethics of Acquisitions example of the NGV masterclass, Heide Education Program. Museum of Modern Art.

2 Warrnambool’s Maremma guardian dogs. Since 2006 the dogs have been trained to protect Middle Island’s little penguins from foxes.

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A continued partnership with the Public In July, the fully booked Introduction to Oral There were speeches from the Manager of Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) History Interviewing workshop was held at the City of Melbourne Art and Heritage saw the delivery of a seminar about the Chinese Museum. Collection, Eddie Butler-Bowden, and Education Programs in Museums and Laura Miles, Executive Director of MA (Vic). Galleries at the National Gallery of In August, we were treated to a viewing of Our host for the evening was the inimitable Victoria. Italian Masterpieces from Spain’s Royal Kenneth Park. Court, Museo del Prado, with a talk from We continued to partner with the the Head of Education at the NGV, Gina As usual, a highlight of the evening was Education Network of Victoria (ENVI) with Panebianco. This beautiful exhibition the door prizes gratefully received by a special lecture and social event for the viewing was perfectly enhanced by expert guests and generously donated by our Aztecs exclusive viewing and the fun background knowledge of the paintings. member museums and sponsors. Travellers’ Tales event. In September, a partnership with the Acknowledgements Seminars, Training, Member Events, and Public Galleries Association of Victoria I would like to sincerely thank all guest Tours (PGAV) saw the delivery of a seminar about speakers, host venues, sponsors, and Over 1,900 people attended our events in Education Programs in Museums and supporters of the MA (Vic) events in 2014. 2014. Our first event of the year was an Galleries which was held at NGV Australia. The program is consistently developed exhibition viewing of Melbourne Now at Participants heard from a wonderful through consultation with MA (Vic) staff, the NGV with a fantastic talk from Max cross-section of speakers and took part in member feedback, industry experts, the Delany, the Senior Curator of actual education programs run by the volunteer sector, and leaders in the Contemporary Art. Gallery staff. museum industry.

March and April were filled with many In November, we co-hosted a special A full list of our events and Conference Victorian Collections workshops around lecture with Museum Victoria which saw presenters can be found on pages 16-17. the state and the General meeting held at US historian Professor Michael Frisch the Victoria Police Museum. explore the implications of new digital Bridget Forbes approaches to oral/public history in the Events Coordinator During May, we arranged a wonderful museum sector. tour of the Performing Arts collection based at the Arts Centre and an exclusive Our final seminar for the year was Rough viewing of Museum Victoria’s Aztecs Guide to Social Media, where we heard from exhibition. The viewing included a talk on Felicity Gilbert, Yarra Plenty Library how to broach the subject of human Services, and Jareen Summerhill, Museum sacrifice, amongst other things, for the Victoria. Attendees were able to learn education and public programming for some great social media tips such as road this exhibition. maps, content planning and various metrics. In June, our masterclass The Ethics of Acquisitions was presented by Shane End of Year Simpson and Ian McDonald, highly The End of Year celebration for 2014 was respected solicitors in the Collections held at the City Gallery at Melbourne Town Law field. This important and timely class Hall. Members, sponsors, and guests spoke about the need for due diligence enjoyed an evening of laughter and and proper documentation. catching up with colleagues.

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 10 1 The new MA (Vic) e-bulletin. Communications 2 The 2014 MA (Vic) Annual Program.

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Social Media and Online Videos “A huge thank you for all you have done to We now have over 2,200 ‘Likes’ and ‘Follows’ on Facebook and Twitter, and 140 help support and promote the NWM. The subscribers on YouTube and Slideshare. Our online training videos continue to be coverage in The Age and ABC Radio was all popular, with 17,173 total views (7,741 made possible due to the Awards and your views in 2014). Website outstanding work promoting them.” Visits to the website increased by 9% compared to the previous year and totaled Padraic Fisher, Director, National Wool Museum 684,388. There were 95,300 publication and collateral downloads, with the ever The Communications Manager, together Greetings e-card; MA (Vic) branded popular Small Museums Cataloguing with the support of the INSITE Editor and Conference bags; and a display banner for Manual alone accounting for 20,555 Office Coordinator, oversees all Museums Victorian Collections. downloads. Australia (Victoria) communications, both print and digital, with the aim of raising the E-Bulletins and E-Blasts Advertising profile of the organisation and of the In July, we released our new weekly In addition to advertising for the Awards Victorian museum and gallery sector. All member e-bulletin. The bulletin has been and the State Conference in INSITE, we our branch marketing and communication re-designed both visually and in terms of placed two ads this year in ArtsHub’s materials are produced in-house and content to include photos, Twitter buttons “What’s On” and “Marketplace”, one to printed on 100% recycled paper. to allow recipients to easily tweet about call for applications to the Roving Curator our events, and new sections such as “Did Program, another to promote the Victoria Print Publications You Know?”, “Quick Links”, and “Branch Then exhibition. In 2014, we produced three main print News”. The feedback received has been publications distributed to members and very positive and open rates have improved Media Coverage other stakeholders: from 39.5% on average to 47.2%. We Media coverage of our programs and • The 2014 Annual Program (A3 folded to produced a total of 50 member weekly participating museums and galleries was DL; distribution: 1,200). e-bulletins in 2014. extensive in 2014 and included stories in • The 2013 Annual Report (A4; 24 pages; The Age, The Standard (x2), The Advocate distribution: 100). We also sent 16 special e-blasts (ranging – Hepburn, The Weekly Review, The Tatura • The 2014 Victorian Museums & Galleries from invitations, call for nominations, call Guardian (x3), The Border Mail (x2), The Conference handbook (20 pages; for prizes, to program and recipients Snowy River Mail, The Surf Coast Times, distributed to 160 delegates). announcements) for the Awards, the The Weekly Times, The Senior (x2), The Roving Curator program, and the End of Ballarat Courier, The Riverine Herald, and Communication Materials and Collateral Year Celebration, as well as 10 e-blasts on the 774 ABC Melbourne website. Radio Communication materials produced this specifically promoting the State coverage of the Awards and interviews year include: presentation slides, signage, Conference. Altogether, circulation for the with Award winners aired on ABC and e-flyers for our professional e-bulletin and e-blasts amounted to Adelaide, ABC Melbourne, ABC Radio development workshops, the Victorian 29,151. Wodonga, and ABC 774. Museum Awards, and the State Conference; Museum Accreditation In addition, both the MAP and Victorian Raphaël Fiorese Program and Awards Certificates; staff Collections programs send their own Manager, Communications business cards and name badges; e-flyers newsletters (19 issues in 2014; total and invitations for the Roving Curator circulation: 7,817), and other regular program and Victorian Collections; electronic communications include exhibition labels and panels for the Victoria membership renewal reminders and Then exhibition; our traditional Season’s membership renewal thank you notices.

11 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Feb-Apr INSITE: Faith Museums May-Jun INSITE: The Volunteer Experience Jul-Aug INSITE: Audience Appeal INSITE Sep-Oct INSITE: Rare Trades Nov-Jan INSITE: Privacy

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Office Gallery, Lilford Smith, and the Old “Thank you very much for featuring me and Treasury Museum also placed advertising in INSITE, and the Royal Historical Society our society, who are rapt with this of Victoria promoted History Week by exposure.” including a postcard with the magazine. Karen Wykes, Kiewa Valley Historical Society Committee The INSITE Editorial Committee met once during the year and discussed issues in INSITE is produced in-house by the Editor The privilege of working on INSITE is in the sector and suggested articles and and printed by Madman Printing on getting to know more about the diverse themes for every edition. Content for recycled paper, then distributed to collections around Victoria. In the 2014 individual issues were developed further in members via the Mail Action mailhouse. issues, we read about: the Koorie Heritage weekly MA (Vic) staff meetings. The The cost of printing and distributing the Trust, the Immigration Museum, the Editorial Committee members are listed issues is covered by advertising revenue. Golden Dragon Museum Guan Yin Temple, on page 7. My thanks to Jan, Deborah, The objective of INSITE is to inform the Islamic Museum, the Bible Museum, Kitty, Meredith, Megan, Linda, Claire, and members about the sector and the the Jewish Museum of Australia, the Red the rest of the MA (Vic) staff for their work activities of the branch, and to provide an Cross Heritage Collection, the RAAF to make INSITE an interesting and opportunity for museums and galleries to Museum, RSL Victoria, Heide Museum of informative read. share their news and contribute articles Modern Art, Kiewa Valley Historical Society, about their collections. the National Gallery of Victoria, Museum INSITE continues to be a source of Victoria, the University of Melbourne, the information and discussion for the Contents National Trust of Australia, Flagstaff Hill Victorian members of MA. We welcome In 2014, the INSITE themes were: Maritime Village, the Kirth Kiln, SurfWorld articles from colleagues working and Museum Torquay, Inglewood Eucy Museum volunteering in museums and galleries in • Faith Museums (February-April) & Distillery Park, the Australian Lesbian & Victoria to inform us about the projects, • The Volunteer Experience (May-June) Gay Archive, the Dax Centre, and the exhibitions, news and issues that make our • Audience Appeal (July-August) Grainger Museum. magazine a good read. • Rare Trades (September-October) • Privacy (November 2014-January 2015) The Museum News pages announced Roisin O’Dwyer grant and redevelopment successes, INSITE Editor Over the five issues published this year, we museum anniversaries, awards, major have welcomed articles from forty-three exhibitions, conferences, developments in people working across the museum sector technology, and events. Museum News, in who are listed in the acknowledgments combination with the news and section (page 17). In 2014, INSITE included opportunities presented in the weekly articles from these regional places: e-bulletin, keeps members informed and Torquay, Gembrook, Warrnambool, Mt professionally engaged with their sector. Beauty, Point Cook, Arnaud, Bendigo, and Inglewood. We also had articles from Revenue museum people in the UK and USA. Our INSITE enjoys the support of loyal Rare Trades issue included a summary of advertisers who also provide valuable the Victorian Museum Awards and a liftout services to the sector. In 2014 there were with more details about the winning six regular advertisers: TASHCO Systems, projects. A selection of two articles from Archival Survival, Thylacine, Designcraft each issue will be made available as a PDF Furniture, Information Services and download on the MA (Vic) website. Technology, and Maxus. Bendigo Post

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 12 1 Georgia Rouette, 2 Roving Curator formerly Exhibition Program participants Services Manager, with Kitty Owens, Exhibition Services presenting at the Exhibition Services Funding Opportunities Manager, admiring the session at the 2014 Queenscliffe Maritime Victorian Museums & Museum display in the Galleries Conference. Creative Victoria foyer as part of the Victoria Then exhibition.

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Advisory Visits “The hands-on and on-site nature of the In 2014, Exhibition Services provided advisory visits and/or telephone advice for Roving Curator Program is very welcome. ten organisations, including libraries, historical societies, local government Nurturing the volunteers is very important. galleries, and archival collections. Advice was provided about the presentation of I think the Roving Curator Program does Indigenous cultural material, exhibition programming, exhibition design, and this fantastically well.” hanging systems. Marie Kau, Talbot Arts and Historical Museum, Roving Curator Program Local Government Organisations Survey 2014 participant A survey for local government organisations was developed to capture data which will inform our work 2014 was a very exciting year as the Roving Curator Program Recipients supporting local government engagement Exhibition Services program was The inaugural recipients of the Roving with cultural collections. transformed. The new model features a Curator Program 2014 were: Roving Curator service to the sector, and a • Arts Space Wodonga Conferences study of local government engagement Talks on accessing funding opportunities with cultural collections. • Australian Railways Historical Society were presented at the Victorian & Galleries Conference in April and at the The first part of the year saw the • Queenscliffe Maritime Museum Museums Australia National Conference development of the new program by in May. long-standing Exhibition Services • Surfworld Museum Manager Georgia Rouette, who created an • Talbot Historical and Arts Museum Exhibition Services Subcommittee application and assessment format for the The Exhibition Services Subcommittee has Roving Curator Program, and commenced Projects that have received assistance so the responsibility of offering advice and ‘roving’ with the first two groups in July far include: support to the program, particularly in and August. Georgia Rouette left assessing the Roving Curator applications. Museums Australia (Victoria) in August • Developing an exhibition of 1910-era glass The work of Committee members (listed 2014, after more than a decade of service, slide negatives by Louis Hausler, a on page 7) is duly acknowledged. to take up a new role in local government. Wodonga amateur photographer, and telling the story of his pioneering German Thanks also to the following people and Kitty Owens began as Exhibition Services farming family. organisations for their generous help with Manager in September 2014. Kitty carried • Development of external signage telling the Victoria Then exhibition: out two more Roving Curator visits, and key stories about the Victorian Railways developed an exhibition collaboratively • Creative Victoria staff, especially Greg and rail exhibits. with the inaugural museums in the Andrews, Marg Dobson, and Dean Linguey. program: Victoria Then was presented in • Planning for digital interpretation • Museum Victoria staff John Broomfield, the foyer of Creative Victoria from 5 platforms to invigorate the telling of Caroline Carter, Deb Frost, and Trevor December 2014 to 6 February 2015. Queenscliffe maritime stories. Mason. • Development of the exhibition Bright New The 2015 round for the program opened in • NGV Registrar Sarah Nixon and the NGV Nation – Talbot’s Leading Lights, which tells September and was assessed by the installation crew. the stories of the 25 townspeople that Exhibitions Services Advisory donated a lithograph of Charles Nuttall’s Subcommittee in December 2014. Kitty Owens painting Opening of the Commonwealth Manager, Exhibition Services Parliament 1901-2.

13 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Re-Accreditation site 3 Accreditation site visit: visit: MAP Managers at Historical Society the Robert O’Hara volunteers. Museum Accreditation Program Bourke Museum. Photo: Frank Connell, Indigo Shire Council.

2 The permanent exhibition at the Polly Woodside. Photo: National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

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Advisory Visits “MAP Accreditation has positively impacted • Benalla Art Gallery • Benalla Aviation Museum on our profile as a professional organisation • Benalla Costume and Pioneer Museum • Bendigo Art Gallery within our wider community, justifying our • Bonegilla Migrant Experience • Creswick Museum need to preserve our cultural heritage in a • East Gippsland Historical Society • El Dorado Historical Society succinct and structured form.” • Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Rowena Ashley, Coal Creek Community Park and Museum • Lakes Entrance Historical Society • Mallacoota Bunker Museum • Mansfield Historical Society The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) meet the standards in the required • Mission to Seafarers is a peer review program that assesses all timeframe were accepted. Nine museums • Museum of Australian Democracy at areas of museum operations against the were enrolled, eight in the Volunteer Eureka National Standards for Museums and stream and one in the Paid stream: • National Aviation Museum of Australia Galleries. The MAP program is a state- • Orbost Historical Society wide initiative which continues to assist • B24 Liberator Restoration Group (Vol) • Paynesville Maritime Museum museums to grow and to improve. At the • Civil Aviation Historical Society (Vol) • Victorian Telecommunications Museum end of 2014, there were 92 Victorian • Heritage Works (Vol) (Telstra Museum) museums participating in the program. • The Johnston Collection (Paid) • Yackandandah Museum 65 have achieved Accreditation and 27 are • Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre (Vol) working towards Accreditation, with nine • Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (Vol) The MAP Advisory Committee & Peer new groups enrolled this year. • Tatura Irrigation and War Camps Museum Review Panellists (Vol) The Committee meets quarterly to discuss 2014 Highlights • Walhalla Historical Society (Vol) the program and contribute advice and • 5,246 kilometres travelled visiting • Ziebell’s Homestead (Westgarth Historical support to the MAP Managers. Megan museums across the State of Victoria. Society) (Vol) Cardamone retired from the Committee in • Record number of expression of interest February. MAP Peer Review Panellists are applications into the program (12) and Accreditations a key component to the peer review Accreditations (four) in one year. • Australian Racing Museum process. MAP panellists conduct site • Monthly MAP e-bulletin keeping MAP • Burrinja visits, provide mentoring and expert museums and networks up-to-date with • Coal Creek Community Park & Museum advice, and gain professional development museum news and developments. • Echuca Historical Society from the program. We would like to thank • Polly Woodside the MAP Advisory Committee members The core activity of the MAP program is to and Peer Review Panellists (listed on assist museums to work towards Re-Accreditations pages 7 and 8) for their time and improving museum standards and to • Ambleside Park (Knox Historical Society) contribution throughout 2014. facilitate the peer review processes. In • Andrew Ross Museum 2014, the following museums achieved • Cohuna & District Historical Society Rosemary Hanscombe recognition in various stages of the • Como House and Garden Co-Manager, Museum Accreditation program. • Golden Dragon Museum Program • Koorie Heritage Trust Elizabeth Marsden Enrolments • Robert O’Hara Burke Museum Co-Manager, Museum Accreditation There was an ongoing demand for • Schwerkolt Cottage and Museum Complex Program enrolment in the MAP program. Museums that expressed an interest in committing to the program and were deemed able to

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 14 1 Cameron Auty, 2 Belinda Ensor, Victorian Collections Victorian Collections Co-Manager, Co-Manager, and Victorian Collections demonstrates digitisation Meredith Blake, formerly practice during a Victorian Collections Victorian Collections Manager, training workshop at Melbourne volunteers at Winchelsea Museum. Historical Society.

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Trust, NMIT (Northern Melbourne “Every RSL in Australia has a memorabilia Institute of TAFE) collection and a designated Memorabilia • Victorian Collections Award – Volunteer Org: Officer, but there has been no standardised Winner: Orbost and District Historical Society system for us to use to catalogue and care Runners Up: Beechworth Honey Archive, Slovenian Association Melbourne, Kiewa for our collections. Victorian Collections is Valley Historical Society • Victorian Collections Award – Military the system that we need to do that.” Memorabilia: Winner: Geelong RSL Sub Branch Bob Showers, Greensborough RSL Sub-Branch Runners Up: Frankston RSL Sub Branch, 4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse Regiment Unit History Room, Waverley Victorian Collections (VC) is an online, nine organisations have taken advantage RSL Sub Branch publically accessible catalogue designed of this exciting opportunity. for community and regional organisations. Multicultural Communities Developed and maintained by MA (Vic) and Staff Changes Dr Helen Light AO worked with VC to Museum Victoria, the project was funded Meredith Blake left Victorian Collections produce a report on multicultural in 2014 by the Veterans’ Affairs Branch, to welcome the birth of her first child. Her collections in Victoria. Dr Light provided Department of Premier and Cabinet, as valuable contribution and industry training and advice to members of well as the Victorian Cultural Network expertise will be sorely missed. Cameron Melbourne’s Finnish, Burmese, and through Creative Victoria. VC had a Auty joined the team, bringing experience African communities, as well as the successful year, doubling the number of in exhibitions and collections Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council objects catalogued and expanding the management. and Ballarat Polish Seniors. project to include specialised collecting communities. Scope of the Project Culture Victoria Films 325 groups participated in the program in VC Co-Manager Belinda Ensor worked VC and RSL Victoria 2014, uploading more than 30,000 objects with film maker Joel Checkley to develop Victorian Collections began a partnership to the catalogue. The hits to the website several suites of films and stories for with RSL Victoria. This program provides grew 159% from 47,644 sessions in 2013 Culture Victoria (www.culturevictoria. workshops, advice and support to help to 123,634 in 2014. com). These stories were developed Victoria’s 292 RSLs care for and digitise through collaboration with organisations their collections. The team delivered five Statewide Reach including the Australian Jazz Museum tailored RSL workshops and helped to In 2014, the team travelled 4,646 and Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. upload 4,357 military objects. kilometers, presenting 20 workshops and They showcase the work Victorian making 10 advisory visits to VC collecting organisations are doing, 50,000 Objects organisations and RSL Sub-Branches. hoping to encourage a broad audience to In 2014 the number of objects catalogued engage with museums and galleries in on Victorian Collections passed 50,000. Victorian Museum Awards Victoria. This milestone was achieved through the Victorian Collections’ top users were hard work of hundreds of people across recognised at the Victorian Museum Cameron Auty Victoria and the dedicated support of Awards. Winners for 2014 were: Co-Manager, Victorian Collections Museum Victoria’s development team. • Victorian Collections Award – Paid Staff: Belinda Ensor Trove Winner: Victoria Police Museum Co-Manager, Victorian Collections Victorian Collections users can now share Runners Up: Federation University their collections on trove.nla.gov.au; so far Australia Historical Collection, Montsalvat

15 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 RSL Victoria CEO 3 Laura Miles, MA (Vic) Michael Annett at the Executive Director, and Victorian Collections Adam Ford, ABC TV Acknowledgements launch, ANZAC House. Presenter, with special Awards guests Andrew 2 Geoff McIntyre and Abbott, Director of Angela Henricksen of Creative Victoria, the Hon Archival Survival with Heidi Victoria MP, former Margaret Fullwood from Minister for the Arts, and the Creswick Museum, Dr J Patrick Greene OBE, winner of the Archival CEO, Museum Victoria. Survival Award for Volunteer-Run Museums.

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We warmly acknowledge and greatly Thanks to our fellow associations: the · Monica Cronin, Australian & New Zealand appreciate the generosity of our many American Alliance of Museums, the College of Anaesthetists wonderful supporters in 2014. Council of Australasian Art Museum · John Cunningham, Warrnambool Art Directors (CAAMD), the Council of Gallery Thank you to… Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD), · Max Delany, National Gallery of Victoria ICOM Australia, Museums Aotearoa (New · Maria Drossos, Consultant The Victorian Government through Creative Zealand), the Museums Association (UK), · Michael Edson, Smithsonian Institution Victoria, part of the Department of and the National Standards for Australian · Lauren Ellis, Immigration Museum Economic Development, Jobs, Transport Museums and Galleries’ Taskforce. · Belinda Ensor, Museums Australia and Resources, and through the Veterans · Ross Farnell, Burrinja Cultural Centre Branch of the Department of Premier and Creative Victoria · Adam Ford, DIG International Pty Ltd Cabinet. · Andrew Abbott, Acting Director · Jennifer Forest, Heritage Consultant · Greg Andrews, Deputy Director · Priscilla Gaff, Museum Victoria We thank Creative Victoria for supporting · Martin Hallett, Senior Project Officer · Heather Gaunt, core activities, and in particular: · Debra Jefferies, General Manager, · Diane Gardiner, Old Treasury Building · The Hon Martin Foley MP, Minister for Market & Community Development · Felicity Gilbert, Yarra Plenty Regional Creative Industries · Lainie Kluska, Senior Manager, Library · Lisa Calabria, Chief of Staff Communications · Martin Hallett, Creative Victoria · Sarah Cole, Arts Advisor · Christopher McDermott, Manager, · Christine Healey, Heide Museum of Policy & Research Modern Art We also thank the Hon Heidi Victoria MP, · Dimity Mapstone, Project Officer · Kathryn Hendy-Ekers, Victorian former Minister for the Arts, for her · Andy Miller, formerly Senior Program Curriculum and Assessment Authority support. Manager · Josef Hextall, · Daniel O’Farrell, Senior Communications · Peter Hoban, Sovereign Hill We thank the Veterans Branch and Anzac Officer · Frank Howarth, Museums Australia House for supporting Victorian Collections’ · Michael O’Leary, Deputy Director · Carolyn Laffan, Arts Centre Melbourne work with RSL sub-branches, and in · Ian Rogers, Manager, Local Partnerships · Adrienne Leith, Museum Victoria particular: · Erica Sanders, Senior Policy Officer · Paula Lindley, National Gallery of Victoria · The Hon John Eren MP, Minister for · Eleanor Whitworth, Senior Project Officer · Uncle Robert Lowe, Peek Whuurong Veterans · Tanya Wolkenburg, Senior Project Officer Elder Maar Nation · Joshua Puls, Director, Veterans Branch · Mick Mahady, Port of Echuca Discovery · Angela Bourke, Manager, Veterans Branch Conference and Events Presenters Centre · Patricia Pollard, Senior Policy Officer, · Andrew Abbott, Creative Victoria · Elizabeth Marsden, Museums Australia Veterans Branch · Peter Abbott, Warrnambool City Council · Caroline Martin, Bunjilaka Aboriginal · Michael Annett, CEO, Anzac House · Aunty Eileen Alberts, Yulendj Group Cultural Centre · Maj Gen (Ret’d) David McLachlan AO, RSL · Geoff Allemand, Shepparton Historical · Susie May, National Gallery of Victoria State President Society · Jean McAuslan, Shrine of Remembrance · Esther Anatolitis, Regional Arts Victoria · Jim McCann, Victoria Police Museum We also thank the Hon Damian Drum MLC, · Margot Anderson, Arts Centre Melbourne · Ian McDonald, Simpson Solicitors former Minister for Veterans Affairs, for his · Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, National Trust of · Cr. Michael Neoh, Warrnambool Council support. Australia (Victoria) · Mardi Nowak, Town Hall Gallery · Damein Bell, Gunditj Mirring Traditional · Gina Panebianco, National Gallery of We thank Museum Victoria for ongoing Owners Aboriginal Corporation Victoria in-kind office space, operational and IT · Paul Bowers, Museum Victoria · Darren Peacock, Sociable Technology support at Melbourne Museum, for · Jonny Brownbill, Museum Victoria · Linda Peacock, Burke Museum partnering on the Victorian Collections · Garry Burns, Sovereign Hill · Glenys Phillpot, Warrnambool Historical project, and for managers’ and directors’ · Eddie Butler-Bowdon, City of Melbourne Society contributions to MA (Vic) committees, · Karen Charman, Deakin University · Anne Robertson, Public Galleries programs, and services. · Sophie Couchman, Chinese Museum Association of Victoria

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 16 1 Displays at the 3 Brass Lantern, c. 1860, Whitehorse Historical display from the Society Schwerkolt Queenscliffe Maritime Cottage & Museum Museum at the Victoria Complex. Then exhibition.

2 Conference delegates enjoy a gourmet BBQ at the Steam Packet Inn, Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village.

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· Sarah Rood, Way Back When · Lauren Ellis, Museum Victoria · Deakin University · Georgia Rouette, Museums Australia · Belinda Ensor, Victorian Collections · Delatite Wines · Marcus Schutenko, Chinese Museum · Bridget Forbes, Museums Australia · Dell · Jane Scott, Craft Victoria · Rebecca Forgasz, The Jewish Museum of · Designcraft Furniture · John Sherwood, Deakin University Australia · Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village · Shane Simpson, Simpson Solicitors · Juliette Hanson, The Dax Centre · Heide Museum of Modern Art · Dianne Smith, Victoria Tourism Industry · Kate Issac, The Red Cross Heritage · Information Services and Technology (IST) Council Collection · Koorie Heritage Trust · Kate Spinks, Victoria Police Museum · Vivian, Jan, Dora, and Archie, Heide · Leadership Victoria Foundation · Maggi Solly, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum of Modern Art · Lilford Smith Exhibition Design Museum · Fiona Kinsey, Museum Victoria · Macedon Ranges Shire Council · Jareen Summerhill, Museum Victoria · Alfred Klink, Friends of Kurth Kiln · Maxus · Mesh Thomson, Port of Echuca Discovery · Emily Kocaj, Museum Victoria · Museum Victoria Centre · Sonya Macdonald, Rare Trades Australia · National Gallery of Victoria · Ian Tully, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery · Donna McColm, National Gallery of · National Wool Museum · Jon Vertigan, ACE Radio Network Victoria · National Sports Museum · Peter Waldie, Museum Victoria · Susan McDougall, The Australian Red · Office for the Arts, Australian Government · Helen Walpole, National Sports Museum Cross Heritage Collection · Office of Multicultural Affairs & · Iain Watson, Tyne & Wear Archives & · Larry McInerney, Museum Victoria Citizenship Museums (UK) · Leigh McKinnon, Golden Dragon Museum · Old Treasury Museum · Patrick Watt, Burke Museum · Hugh Morrison, RSL Victoria · Public Galleries Association of Victoria · Kelly White, Victoria Police Museum · Anisa Puri, Monash University · R E Ross Trust · Eleanor Whitworth, Creative Victoria · Jean Reid, The Bible Museum · RMIT Gallery · Daniel Wilksch, Coordinator, Digital · Mia Ridge, PhD Candidate, UK · Royal Historical Society of Victoria Projects, Public Record Office Victoria · Michelle Stevenson, Museum Victoria · Shire of Buloke · Wendy Williams, Dunkeld Historical · Kerrianne Stone, University of Melbourne · Shire of Yarra Ranges Museum · Deborah Tout-Smith, Museum Victoria · Showfront · Lauretta Zilles, Buda Historic Home & · Andrew Walsh, White Night Melbourne · Smithsonian, Washington Garden Productions · Sovereign Hill Museums Association · Graham Willett, Australian Lesbian & Gay · The Australian Hardware and Showcase Contributors to Print Media Archives Company (TASHCO) · Peter Abbott, Flagstaff Hill Maritime · Andrew Willox, Friends of RAAF Museum · The Shrine of Remembrance Village · Steve Wright, Monash University · Thylacine · Brian Allison, The Grainger Museum · Karen Wykes, Kiewa Valley Historical · Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums · Michael Annett, RSL Victoria Society (UK) · Elizabeth Anya-Petrivna, National Trust of · University of Melbourne Australia (Victoria) Sponsors & Supporters · Victoria Police Museum · Cameron Auty, Museums Australia · Alan Randell-Smith Florist · V/Line · Craig Baird, Surfworld Museum Torquay · Archival Survival · Warrnambool Art Gallery · Murray Baud, Inglewood Eucy Museum & · Arts Access Victoria · Warrnambool City Council Distillery Park · Australian Council for the Arts · Yarra Ranges Shire Council · Meredith Blake, Museums Australia · Arts Centre Melbourne · Kristal Buckley, Deakin University · Australian Centre for the Moving Image · Anisa Buckley, Islamic Museum of · Bendigo Post Office Gallery Australia · Chinese Museum · Alli Burness, Independent Writer & · City of Greater Geelong Curator, USA · City of Melbourne

17 Museums Australia (Victoria) Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2014

REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2014 2013 $ $ Grants 493,837 518,542 Other Income 161,603 155,427 Interest 3,441 4,795 Total revenues from ordinary activities 658,881 678,764 Depreciation expense 4,464 4,543 Publications 13,087 13,706 Project and Program Expenses 53,271 79,012 Workshops, Seminars & Events 109,356 91,907 Employee 416,277 416,490 Administration & Marketing 61,605 73,106 Total Expenditure 658,060 678,764 Surplus/[deficit] before income tax attributable to members of the entity 821 – Income Tax – – Total comprehensive income/[loss] for the year attributable to members of the entity – –

Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2014

2014 2013 $ $ Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents 76,312 82,693 Trade & Other Receivables 260,423 15,584 Prepayments 4,266 1,316 Total Current Assets 341,001 99,593

Non Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment 52,715 57,179 Total Non Current Assets 52,715 57,179

TOTAL ASSETS 393,716 156,772

Current Liabilities Trade & Other Payables 40,131 33,483 Income in Advance 208,324 4,618 Grants in Advance 58,188 27,078 Provisions 19,969 21,240 Total Current Liabilities 326,612 86,419

Non Current Liabilities Long-Term Provisions Payable 2,029 6,099

TOTAL LIABILITIES 328,641 92,518

NET ASSETS 65,075 64,254

MEMBERS’ FUNDS Retained Earnings 65,075 64,254

TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 65,075 64,254

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 18 Cash Flow Statement as at 31 December 2014

2014 2013 $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 532,736 570,396 Other revenue 177,763 168,528 Payments to suppliers and employees (720,321) (645,774) Interest received 3,441 4,795 Net cash provided (used) by operating activities (6,381) 97,945

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

Net increase (decrease) in cash held (6,381) 97,945 Cash at beginning of financial year 82,693 180,638 Cash at end of financial year 76,312 82,693

Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit Operating profit / (Loss) 821 0 Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 4,464 4,543 Increase (Decrease) in provisions (5,341) (31,469)

(Increase) Reduction in Prepayments (2,950) 2,565 (Increase) Reduction in Trade & Other Receivables (244,839) (2,220) Increase (Reduction) in Payables & Accruals 6,648 6,833 Increase (Reduction) in Income in Advance 203,706 (1,945) Increase (Reduction) in Grants Unspent 0 0 Increase (Reduction) in Grants in Advance 31,110 (76,252) Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities (6,381) 97,945

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2014

Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ 2012 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 6,327 6,327 Balance at end of financial year 64,254 64,254

2013 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 0 0 Balance at end of financial year 64,254 64,254

2014 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 821 821 Balance at end of financial year 65,075 65,075

19 Museums Australia (Victoria) Key Statistics

Expenses

Core Operations (AV) 63% Community Grants and Projects 19%

Program Admin 13%

Marketing 5%

Income

Core Operations (Arts Victoria) 50% Other State Government Project Funding* 25%

Participant Fees 9%

Earned Income 11%

Sponsorship/Philanthropic/ Local Government 5%

*Victorian Collections

Participation Profile

Metropolitan 61.5%

Regional 36%

Interstate 2%

International 0.5%

Annual Report 2014 / www.mavic.asn.au 20 Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) ABN: 83 048 139 955

Statement by Members of the Committee

The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity and that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in the financial statements.

In the opinion of the committee, the financial report:

1. Presents a true and fair view of the financial position of Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) as at 31st December 2014 and its performance for the year ended on that date.

2. At the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the committee and is signed for on behalf of the committee by:

President:

Treasurer:

Dated this the 26th day of March 2015.

21 Museums Australia (Victoria) M

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