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MUSEUMS BOARD OF VICTORIA Annual Report 2000/2001 MUSEUMS BOARD OF VICTORIA Annual Report 2000/2001 Contents Melbourne Museum’s main entrance. Scienceworks Museum, Spotswood. The Impacts Gallery, Immigration Museum. Introduction Additional Information 2 Who We Are and What We Do 78 Research Grants 4 President’s Message 79 Publications 6 Chief Executive Officer’s Message 82 Lectures and Presentations 10 A Year of Highlights 86 Graduate and Post-graduate 12 Awards Supervision 13 The Year in Brief 88 Consultancies 14 Performance Overview 88 Freedom of Information 88 Legislative Changes Review of Operations 88 Availability of Additional Information 22 Melbourne Museum 88 National Competition Policy 28 Immigration Museum 88 Building and Maintenance 32 Scienceworks Museum Compliance 34 Exhibitions 38 Outreach, Technology, Financial Statements Information and Multimedia 90 Introduction to the Financial 42 Programs, Research Statements and Collections 91 Financial Statements 52 Regional Services 110 Index of Compliance 52 Corporate Services 112 Fees and Charges 54 Museum Development People in Museum Victoria 60 Corporate Governance 64 Executive Management Team 66 Organisational Structure 67 Museum Victoria Partners 67 Museum Victoria Ambassadors 68 Honorary Appointments 68 Volunteers 71 Museum Victoria Members 71 Museum Victoria Staff Introduction Who We Are and What We Do Immigration Museum and Hellenic Antiquities Museum Opened November 1998 Museum Victoria’s origins date back to 1854 with the The Immigration Museum campus is housed in one of founding of the National Museum of Victoria, and the Melbourne’s finest historic buildings, the Old Customs establishment of the Industrial and Technological Museum House in Flinders Street. Now beautifully restored, the of Victoria (later known as the Science Museum of Victoria) building sits across from the old Yarra River port area where in 1870. By proclamation of the Museums Act 1983, these thousands of immigrants disembarked during the 19th two institutions were amalgamated – under the governance century, providing the perfect setting for an exploration of the Museums Board of Victoria – to form what is today of Victoria’s immigration experience. known as Museum Victoria. Moreland Annexe Museum Victoria has a proud history of scientific and cultural Opened 30 October 1996 research and collection development. The organisation Museum Victoria’s major off-site collection store was operates three public campuses and one of Australia’s major created by fitting out a commercial warehouse in Coburg education and research-based web sites, and is custodian of to stringent collection management specifications. the State’s vast and priceless natural science, indigenous, Housing a vast array of larger collection items, the facility social history and science and technology collections. The complements the collection stores at Melbourne Museum collection contains approximately 16 million individual items. and Scienceworks Museum. Campuses and Facilities Melbourne Museum Services Opened 21 October 2000 Museum Victoria provides a wide range of services and Melbourne Museum stands adjacent to the historic Royal products, including: Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens. Together, they constitute the largest museum complex in the Southern Attractions Hemisphere. Melbourne Museum uses the latest • IMAX Theatre Melbourne technology and interpretation methods to present • Immersion Cinema Experience (ICE), The Age Theatre educational exhibitions and programs on science and • Melbourne Planetarium technology, indigenous cultures, the environment, the • Exhibitions and public activity programs human mind and body and Australian society. • Touring exhibitions Scienceworks Museum Community Opened 28 March 1992 • Museum Victoria Membership program Located in the grounds of the historic Sewerage Pumping • Museum Victoria web site: www.museum.vic.gov.au Station in Spotswood, Museum Victoria’s science and • Museum Victoria Magazine technology campus features modern exhibition galleries • Public lectures and forums separated from the Pumping Station by an outdoor arena. • Outreach visits to schools and other groups A recent addition to the Scienceworks complex is the state- • A roving curator to assist indigenous communities of-the-art Melbourne Planetarium, which opened in 1999. • Leadership, advice and support to Victoria’s regional and specialist museums • Astronomical information page 2 Museums Board of Victoria Annual Report 2000/2001 Research and Collections Values • Research expertise in terrestrial and marine In fulfilling its mission, Museum Victoria is committed to environments, earth sciences, science the following guiding values. communication, Australian society and technology, • A commitment to professionally care for and preserve and indigenous cultures. the heritage collections entrusted to Museum Victoria • Custody and preservation of the State’s 16 million- as a significant component of Australia’s heritage item heritage collection • Recognition of Museum Victoria’s role in generating and • Object and specimen identification testing knowledge through curatorial research and • Tertiary student supervision interaction with international scholars • Student industry placement training • Support for lifelong learning in the community through • DNA based research and identifications through the the provision of engaging and relevant public programs Molecular Biology Laboratory • Provision of a safe and welcoming environment for • InfoZone: free study and research facilities all visitors • Electronic and physical access to collections and • Attainment of international best practice and the associated information for research purposes maintenance of the highest ethical standards in • Collection development and management advice to all activities other institutions • Promotion of a better understanding of cultural diversity • Loans of collection items to other institutions within society and the special place of indigenous • Advice on donating and conserving collections communities in our nation • Separate collection stores and viewing areas for • Supporting personal and professional development of sensitive indigenous cultural material staff and the maintenance of a safe, equitable and • Collection store tours invigorating working environment • A commitment to best practice in creative uses of Education new technologies to enhance the accessibility, • Primary, secondary, tertiary and adult education understanding and value of Museum Victoria’s programs and teaching resources activities for a local and worldwide audience • Professional development programs for teachers • The provision of leadership in the museum industry • Educational publications in Victoria, and in museums generally • Extensive online education resources to Victorian schools Commercial Operating Principles • Car park facilities – Melbourne Museum The following principles will guide the activities of • Commercial venue hire, catering and retail outlets Museum Victoria. • Extensive photographic image library • We are mission driven and commercially positive • We are customer focused • We value our collections and the knowledge that Vision makes them meaningful Museum Victoria will be recognised throughout Australia • We encourage lifelong learning and the world for the way in which it engages the public • We support intercultural understanding and reconciliation and stimulates the quest for knowledge through the vitality • We value and respect each other’s contributions of its public programs. Strategic Priorities Mission Museum Victoria’s strategic priorities for 2000/2005 are: The mission of Museum Victoria is to improve understanding • the successful opening of Melbourne Museum; of ourselves and the world in which we live through the • extending the use of all facilities and optimising the interpretation of collections and the knowledge that makes delivery potential of Scienceworks Museum, the them meaningful. Immigration Museum and Hellenic Antiquities Museum, and the Royal Exhibition Building; Museum Victoria will engage the public with programs • maximising outreach and research programs; and that explore: • providing leadership and assistance to regional and • the origins, development and diversity of culture of the specialist museums throughout Victoria. Australian people and their region; and • science and technology and their relationship with the environment and society. page 3 President’s Message On behalf of the Museums Board of Victoria I am pleased to present this report on the performance of Museum Victoria for the 2000/01 financial year. The year brought a wonderful sense of excitement, and was characterised by outstanding achievement across the entire organisation. After several years of intensive development, Melbourne Museum Stage One was opened by the Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Steve Bracks MP, on 21 October 2000. The remaining exhibition galleries were opened in stages between December and May. The completion of the staged opening marked the culmination of an unprecedented development program for Museum Victoria. Over five years, $315 million was committed to not only the creation of Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and the Melbourne Planetarium, but also to the relocation of the entire State Collection. Growth of the scale we have experienced would not have been possible without the financial support of the Victorian Government, which provided the necessary capital funding for these major development
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