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08 annual report Contents About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)

About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)...... 2 Mission Enabling museums and their Training and Professional Development President’s Report...... 3 services, including phone and print-based people to develop their capacity to inspire advice, referrals, workshops and seminars. Treasurer’s Report...... 4 Membership and Networking Executive Director’s Report...... 5 and engage their communities. to proactively and reactively identify initiatives for the benefit of existing and Management...... 7 potential members and links with the wider museum sector. The weekly Training & Professional Development and Member Events...... 9 Statement of Purpose MA (Vic) represents approximately one e-bulletin and website resources offer Museums Australia (Victoria) provides third of Museums Australia’s total MAP – Museum Accreditation Program...... 11 a range of up-to-date information and professional services to develop and membership. It represents the Victorian resources. Building Better Regional Museums – BBRM...... 12 sustain the roles and interests of museum members and co-ordinates services Community Collections Training...... 13 communities across Victoria. Museums for them. Regional Exhibition and Touring Initiative Regional Exhibition Touring Initiative...... 14 Australia is the national association (RETI) providing advice, professional representing the museum and gallery Membership development and grants specifically INSITE...... 15 sector. The Victorian branch of Museums Australia targeted to improve exhibition touring provides services for museums and museum activity in regional Victoria. Acknowledgments...... 16 Values workers regardless of membership status, Building Better Regional Museums (BBRM) Financials...... 18 • Recognising that museums and galleries and our programs are relevant, accessible provides grants for small infrastructure occupy a vital place in the community and strategically useful to the sector as projects in regional museums and • Recognising the contributions of our a whole. practical advice and information through members to the sector MA (Vic) encourages membership of site visits and telephone support. • Supporting access to and the care of the anyone, or any organisation, with an interest distributed national collection INSITE our stimulating and informative in or an association with museums. • Recognising and celebrating diversity member magazine published five times Membership is relevant for individuals and including Indigenous cultural heritage a year is directly sent to members with the organisations involved in the operations • Recognising the importance of being a latest news on Victorian museums, events and administration of museums, institutions forum for ideas and practical advice on museological that teach courses relevant to museum • Upholding the highest ethical professional matters. practice and both public and private standards. institutions that hold collections of cultural Community Collections Training material. a program targeted at developing the Background skills and capacity of community museum Museums Australia (Victoria) is a state The Victoria membership reflects the workers to care for and share their branch of a not-for-profit national great diversity of the museum sector. collections. membership association founded in 1993 At the end of December 2008 it included to bring together people concerned with 229 organisations spanning archives, art The Branch Office is housed on the lower the care and communication of Australia’s galleries, botanical gardens, community ground floor of the Melbourne Museum. natural, artistic and cultural heritage. historical societies, exhibition venues, Members enjoy easy access to Branch natural and social history museums and services and staff. Information brochures Through the direction of an elected specialist collections. At end 2008 we had from Victoria’s museums are displayed in Committee, the Victorian Branch provides 254 individual members, most of whom are the foyer to provide promotional services support, representation and professional working either professionally or voluntarily for our members, as well as information development services to the museum in museums as curators, conservators, to Melbourne Museum visitors about the sector throughout the state. collection managers, exhibition designers, wealth of Victoria’s collections. Museums guides, historians and educators. Our key Australia (Victoria) is grateful for the services include: generous ongoing support of Museum Victoria in making this space available. The Museum Accreditation Program offering tools for museum groups to develop with reference to accepted industry standards, drawing heavily on peer-review and guidance and the National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries.

1 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 2 President’s Report Treasurer’s Report

My year in the role as President for the • The launch of the National Standards for All of these efforts would not be possible 2008 was another highly successful year Total assets were $235,072 up from In addition to these partnerships a review Victorian Branch of Museums Australia Australian Museums and Galleries on without the dedication of so many people, for MA (Vic) as we continued to deliver $128,147 in 2007 as funding was received of the exhibition capacity of community has provided me with the opportunity to 1 September. including the MA (Vic) staff, Branch quality programs and publications while in December for activities that relate to museums was undertaken with funds provide first hand support to the museum • Record numbers of museums participating Committee and sub-committee members. securing grant income for non core 2009. This provides a higher cash balance provided by Arts Victoria. MA (Vic) has also sector. As a membership association, I in the Museum Accreditation Program and operational projects. compared to 2007. This increase is offset secured funding from Arts Victoria and Special thanks go to our guest presenters believe that Museums Australia (Victoria) continued in-kind support from expert by the increase in liabilities from $67,628 Heritage Victoria to update the Small in MA (Vic) programs, the volunteers and The financial result for the year ending 31 plays a pivotal role in supporting museums panellists assisting the MAP managers. in 2007 to $146,414 in 2008 as this has Museums Cataloguing Manual to support MAP panellists, and to our funding December 2008 was a surplus of $28,139 by providing a voice to government, • A best ever annual Victorian Museum been recognised as income in advance community collections, to be developed contributors and supporters; Arts Victoria, compared to the previous year’s result of encouraging community engagement, Awards at which the State Library ran out on the balance sheet. in 2009. Heritage Victoria, Museum Victoria, who $1,804. The key financial highlights were: providing learning opportunities and caring of seats due to the popularity of the event. provide so much in-kind to the This year’s result was a combination of the I acknowledge the commitment and for aspects of Australia’s distributed • A review of exhibition capacity in Victorian Arts Victoria Grants increased by 79% to organisation, and of course our members. ongoing support and delivery of the current dedication of all staff at MA (Vic) who cultural heritage. community museums, a project which $582,766, this included a $150,000 grant programs and the additional funding ensured that this year was another success, includes a review of the RETI (Regional We have a number of partner organisations for Building Better Regional Museums Victoria offers a vibrant culture that obtained through successful grant and in particular the hard work conducted Exhibitions Touring Initiative) program. to thank including Public Galleries (BBRM) and $100,751 from a Sector supports and enhances diversity and applications and partnering with other by Laura Miles and her team. Next year Arts Victoria provided funding to support Association of Victoria, National Exhibition Development Partnership Grant for the embraces previously excluded communities organisations to deliver the programs. presents great opportunities and challenges this much-needed analysis. Touring Support, the Royal Historical Art Deco Regional Festival. and groups. While recognising the role of as we prepare to host the National • INSITE’s advertising revenue comfortably Society of Victoria, the National Gallery MA (Vic) partnered with the Royal the museum workers as custodians and Income earned through paid programs Conference in September 2010. covered the cost of its production. The five of Victoria, the State Library of Victoria, Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV) to interpreters of collections, MA (Vic) increased by 18.6% compared to last year. issues took members on a tour of regional City Museum at Old Treasury, the successfully manage and deliver the The financial report is detailed on pages encourages museums to embrace a This is reflected in the 82% increase in Victoria with each edition focusing on Australian Centre for the Moving Image Art Deco Regional Festival where 7,080 18–21 and has been independently audited. broader social role as agents to learning, attendance from 668 in 2007 to 1,219 in 2008. various museum challenges and and the Public Record Office of Victoria. people attended over 20 events. This was Net surplus of $28,139 (2007: $1,804). social change and community identity. achievements. Memberships were 5% lower than last made possible by the support of an Arts Cultural activity can be enjoyed by Katrina Excell Treasurer 2008 has been another successful year • Winning the bid to host the Museums year but in line with expectations and Victoria Sector Development Partnership everyone in society and generate for Museum Australia’s Victorian Branch Australia National Conference in membership growth will be one of the Grant and in-kind support of other State community identity and pride, celebrate continuing to serve its members and the Melbourne in 2010. focuses in next year’s strategic plan. organisations including the National cultural and ethnic diversity and improve whole Victorian museum sector with • Attendance of over 1,200 people at MA (Vic) Gallery of Victoria, the Art Deco Society, educational attainment. Museums, The percentage of expenses vs revenue is energy, vision and distinction. Its core events, including professional development the National Trust (Victoria) and the Public galleries and archives provide a special down 4% compared with last year which programs continue to deliver training, and member events. Records Office Victoria (PROV). social and learning environment. highlights the importance placed on cost information, guidance and support for • The Art Deco Regional Festival showcased Collections can be a starting point and control as funds are limited. The amount MA (Vic) also partnered with the Education museum personnel. Significant expansions, wonderful examples of Art Deco styles in reflection both within the sector and the spent on community projects and programs Special Interest Group (ENVI) and the improvements and initiatives include: museum collections, streetscapes, community at large. was $117,248 of which $102,248 was for Collections Australia Network (CAN) to swimming pools and public buildings. grants provided to the community. This is provide additional high-level workshops, Regional community museums and Sarah Edwards President an increase of $75,830 compared to 2007 seminars and events which generated galleries profiled their community due to the availability of funding for the further income and in-kind support from collections in conjunction with the BBRM grants program. partners. The total in-kind support for Melbourne Winter Masterpiece at National 2008 was valued at $137,846. We also Gallery of Victoria – Art Deco 1910–1939. facilitated matched funding from two local The project was generously funded by Arts government sources to double the support Victoria’s Community Support Fund. for two BBRM projects in 2008.

3 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 4 1 Museum Victoria 3 Our loyal sponsors 4 Celebrating the Art 5 Museum directors’ conservation laboratory, pictured with their Deco Regional Festival seminar in February observed during MAP visit. certificates at the at the Royal Historical 2008. From L–R: Dr Executive Director’s Report 2 Meeting of Australasian Victorian Museum Society of Victoria, October Patrick Greene, CEO, museum, library and Awards, July 2008. 2008. From L–R: Dr Museum Victoria; Seddon archives directors and Gerard Vaughan, Director, Bennington, Director, managers at Melbourne National Gallery of TePapa Tongarewa Museum, October 2008. Victoria; Kate Prinsley, Museum, New Zealand; Shown with guest Nick Executive Officer, RHSV; and Ian Galloway, Poole, CEO, Collections Robin Grow, President, Director, Queensland Trust (UK), front row, Art Deco Society; and Museum. third from left. Janice Haynes, ADRF Project Manager.

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Victoria’s rich, fascinating and diverse MA (Vic) acknowledges our strong support Association of Museums in its 2008 funded by both philanthropic donations management and care of community with external organisations, with two cultural heritage is collected, documented, from Arts Victoria for both core operations Museum Publications Design Competition from the Ian Potter Foundation and collections workshops in the South West stand-out events delivered by MA (Vic) with cared for, and communicated by hundreds plus the following discretionary activities • The revised long term Strategic Plan contributions from each State and Territory. of Victoria. These workshops were the ENVI network, Collections Australia of collecting institutions. in 2008–9: the Building Better Regional 2008–10 developed to secure a vibrant, attended by 349 people representing 136 Network and Museum Victoria. A total of Museums (BBRM) grants program, the relevant and sustainable future for MA (Vic) INSITE organisations (in 2007 = 231 people from 1219 delegates attended 2008 events. MA (Vic)’s programs and activities have been Art Deco Regional Festival, and the Review and fully address identified sector needs. Editor, Roisin O’Dwyer, produces over 97 organisations). developed over 14 years with the ongoing of exhibition capacity in Victorian museums 550 copies of our member magazine Staff & Committees support of an informed and progressive state and collecting organisations (to be completed Strategic planning distributed to an estimated readership Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) Since joining MA (Vic) in mid-2008 I have government that recognises the value of in 2009). The MA (Vic) Strategic Plan 2008–10 of 700. The 2008 issues were themed by At the end of 2008, 61 Victorian museums worked with a team of experts without cultural heritage to communities. Our work consolidates the targets agreed with Arts region with external contributions from were participating in the Museum whom many excellent community projects alongside Arts Victoria, Heritage Victoria and MA (Vic) also acknowledges our continued Victoria prior to July 2008 alongside other experts in those areas: Accreditation Program, comprising 44 would not be realised. My thanks go to the sector organisations supports museums to strong support from Heritage Victoria for objectives to reinforce MA (Vic) activities accredited museums and 17 working outgoing Executive Director, Erica Sanders, tell stories which celebrate cultural Community Collections Training and February–April North-west Victoria and partnerships. There are four strategic towards accreditation (compared with for her dedicated direction of MA (Vic) diversity and connect people to places, provision of free training for community May–June South-west Victoria directions in the revised plan as follows: 42 accredited and 17 working towards between 2005 and 2008. I would also like ideas and communities. museums which supports both community July–August South-east Victoria • Developing programs and services to accreditation at the end of 2007). Our to thank the Branch Committee and the museums and other core activities. September–October Metropolitan (Melbourne) I would like to thank the MA (Vic) Branch anticipate and react to the needs of the MAP Managers, Bridget Forbes and Kitty Branch Staff for their unwavering support, November North-east Victoria Staff and Committee for their continued We also thank Arts Victoria and Heritage museum and gallery sector in Victoria Owens, have expanded the program with enthusiasm and expertise. dedication, guidance and input in 2008. On Victoria for matched discretionary funding • Building capacity and growing the online MAP resources and a large pool of Website & e-bulletin As Office Coordinator, Dimity Mapstone behalf of the members, Branch Committee for the revised edition of the Small Museums organisation in a sustainable way expert panellists for site visits. Of the 136 Our Office Coordinator, Dimity Mapstone, efficiently manages event bookings and and staff I would like to thank the outgoing Cataloguing Manual (to be completed in 2009). • Positioning the organisation and groups participating in Community manages the weekly e-bulletin and website. our busy front desk. Since her appointment President of the Branch Committee, Sarah strengthening the diversity of sectoral Collections Training, 13 groups were in We extend a big thank you to Museum These communication tools support in July 2007 she has applied her expertise Edwards, for her commitment and activities within Victoria MAP and 12 planning to participate. Victoria for its ongoing in-kind support information circulated via INSITE and the in administration, graphic design and IT to leadership. We also benefit from a wide • Raising awareness and recognition of for the branch office and managers’ and annual program. The e-bulletin is issued event bookings, promotion work and design, variety of professionals who freely donate the organisation’s value. RETI directors’ expertise on committees and every Tuesday afternoon to 500 plus including management of the e-bulletin their time and expert advice. Six workshops comprising 148 participants panels. Museum Victoria also generously Financially, MA (Vic) remains in a strong members as a digest of MA (Vic) events and the website. were delivered in 2008 by our RETI Manager, I am delighted to extend a big thank you hosts the Museums Australia national position with a 2008 operating surplus to and Victorian sector news. Over 50% of Georgia Rouette, with the assistance of Barbara Wels and Dimity Mapstone have to our sponsors, funders and partners website. be reinvested into resourcing priority event bookings are made via click-throughs. Owen Leong. Seven RETI grants were also worked as external consultants on who provide overwhelming support to objectives in 2009. distributed to organisations for exhibition the editorial work and production of the our activities. A full list of individuals and Key achievements in 2008 Building Better Regional Museums (BBRM) development, touring and infrastructure. National Standards for Australian Museums organisations who have so generously MA (Vic)’s significant achievements in National Standards for Australian Our BBRM Manager, Barbara Wels, Exhibitions: a practical guide for small and Galleries, on behalf of the National supported MA (Vic) in 2008 is provided 2008 include: Museums & Galleries (NSAMG) distributed grants totalling $82,760 to 19 museums and galleries (see above) won Taskforce. This fantastic resource is on pages 16–17. • Over 1,200 participants in MA (Vic) This two-year project was realised in 2008 museums, of which nine grants actively first prize in the American Association of downloadable from the Collections Australia activities throughout the year with version 1 launched on the Collections complemented or added value to other Museums’ Publications Design Competition Network (CAN) website. MA (Vic) Programs and Support • Our best ever annual Victorian Museum Australia Network (CAN) on 1 September. initiatives such as the Community Museums for books under $750,000. In light of the ten We had a hugely successful 2008 with Awards with 4 Accreditations and 5 This impressive achievement was created Goldfields Project, local government As Finance Manager, Meredith Windust year anniversary of RETI, an independent significant increases in projected attendance, Re-Accreditations bringing the total by a National Taskforce representing each grants or CVA projects. Two museums in supports us with all financial systems and review of the program was commissioned with 1219 attendees compared with a target number of museums in the Museum State and Territory, and was edited and the South Gippsland Shire were actively applying her HR expertise to retaining and with financial support from Arts Victoria, of 920. This was largely due to two additional Accreditation Program (MAP) to 61 produced by MA (Vic) staff working as encouraged and successful in receiving recruiting excellent colleagues. Meredith’s to be completed in 2009. workshops with interstate partners, the • Completion and launch of the National contractors separate to their MA (Vic) matched funding from local government management experience among a variety introduction of seven on-demand workshops, Standards for Australian Museums & operational hours. using their BBRM grants as dollar for of leading not-for-profit arts organisations TPD and the best ever Victorian Museum Awards Galleries on 1 September 2008 dollar contributions. in Victoria has been invaluable to our At the end of 2008, the NSAMG had been In 2008 our Training and Professional attendance. We achieved target ratios for • Over $110,000 devolved in small grants to continued success. viewed 1528 times on CAN, with 30 Development Manager, Anne Thoday, attendance with 50% metropolitan, 47% community museums for infrastructure Community Collections Training (CCT) click-throughs to MA (Vic)’s contact details coordinated the best ever annual Victorian Once again I would like to thank all the MA regional and 3% interstate. Membership has and exhibition development In year two of this four-year project as the state representative in Victoria. Museum Awards, hosted by Andy Muirhead (Vic) members, volunteers, committee remained stable at 483, with projected • Continued sales of the resource supported by Heritage Victoria, our CCT Further promotion of the NSAMG is from the ABC’s Collectors program with members, supporters, partners and staff for growth targets and a revised membership Exhibitions: A practical guide for small Manager, Euan McGillivray undertook planned across MA (Vic) activities and thanks to the State Library of Victoria their ongoing support and hard work in 2008. strategy for 2009–10. museums and galleries which was also twelve advisory visits to museums, linked into the annual Museums Australia who generously hosted the event. 2008 awarded First Prize by the American three on-demand workshops and ten conference. This work was generously heralded a new growth in partnerships Laura Miles Executive Director

5 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 6 6 MA (Vic) Branch Dr Helen Light AM, 8 MA (Vic) AGM 2008 9 National Standards: Executive 2008. From President (to end at the Melbourne caption: The National L–R: Tim Hart, Secretary February) and Director, Athanaeum. From Standards Taskforce, Management and Director, Information Jewish Museum; and L–R: Sarah Edwards, comprising colleagues Multimedia Technology, Elizabeth Triarico, Vice President (from end from every State and Museum Victoria; Katrina President (to end February); Erica Sanders, Territory. Excell, Treasurer and February). Executive Director (to end Manager, General 7 MA (Vic) Branch July); and Kevin Quigley, Finance, Port of Committee 2008. President, Melbourne Melbourne Authority; Athenaeum.

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Museums Australia (Victoria) relies on the Ordinary Committee Ms Sally Robins Training & Professional Development MAP Site Visit Advice Panellists Staff 2008 ongoing and dedicated support of a range Ms Jan Croggon Museum Consultant Sub-Committee Mr Seddon Bennington Executive Director of museum, arts and cultural heritage Senior Historian, Sovereign Hill Chair Director, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, Erica Sanders (until July) Ms Narelle Russo workers that voluntarily serve on committees Ms Sarah Edwards (until July 2008) New Zealand Laura Miles (from July) Mr Geoffrey Edwards (until 26 February 2008) Registrar, Mornington Peninsula and panels. We thank these volunteers for Manager, Discovery Program, Director, Geelong Art Gallery Regional Gallery Mr Matthew Churchward BBRM Manager their valuable insights and their time and Museum Victoria Senior Curator of Technology and Transport, Barbara Wels we also thank the organisations that support Ms Robyn Till Mr Jonathan Sweet Chair Museum Victoria them in their contribution to MA (Vic). Director, Pioneer Settlement Museum, Lecturer in Collections, Cultural Heritage Community Collections Ms Jo-Anne Cooper (from July 2008) Swan Hill and Museum Studies, Deakin University Mr Richard Ferguson Training Manager Director, City Museum at Old Treasury Branch Committee Funding Development Manager, Euan McGillivray Ms Annette Welkamp Ms Jenny Whitelaw Melbourne Executive Committee National Sports Museum Director, Cultural Connotations Museum Consultant Finance Officer President Ms Peggy Cole Ms Merle Hathaway Meredith Windust Dr Helen Light AM (until 26 February 2008) Ms Jo-Anne Cooper (from 29 April 2008) Presenter Discovery Centre, INSITE Sub-Committee (at time of visit) Director, Horsham Art Gallery Director, Jewish Museum Director, City Museum at Old Treasury Museum Victoria INSITE Editor Chair Ms Sandra Khazam Roísín O’Dwyer Ms Sarah Edwards (from 29 April 2008) Mr David Demant (from 29 April 2008) Dr Jan Croggon Ms Vicki Court (at time of visit) Curator (on leave) Discovery Program Manager, Senior Curator, Information and Senior Historian, Sovereign Hill IT Collections Manager, Royal Historical MAP Manager Jewish Museum of Australia Museum Victoria Communication, Museum Victoria Society of Victoria Bridget Forbes Ms Nerissa Broben Mr Euan McGillivray Vice President Dr Helen Light Curatorial and Collections Manager, Ms Sharon Dickman MAP Manager Manager, Community Collections Training, Ms Elizabeth Triarico Director, Jewish Museum of Australia Koorie Heritage Trust Director, Pathways Marketing Kitty Owens Museums Australia (Victoria) (until 26 February 2008) Ms Elizabeth Milford (from 29 April 2008) Mr John Cross (May–August 2008) Ms Jo Ely Office Coordinator Mr Ian Galloway Mr Daniel Wilksch (from 29 April 2008) Principle Advisor, State Services Authority Curator, Shepparton Art Gallery Dimity Mapstone Mr Jason Smith (from 29 April 2008) Director, Queensland Museum Online Projects, Public Record Office Victoria Director, Heide Museum of Modern Art Ms Sarah Edwards (until May 2008) Mr Brett McLennan Professional Development Ms Hilary Newton Secretary Discovery Program Manager, Screen Education Manager, ACMI & Training Manager Museum Consultant Mr Tim Hart Sub-Committees 2008 Museum Victoria Anne Thoday Ms Belinda Nemec Director, Information Multimedia Technology, Museums Accreditation Program Ms Narelle Russo Ms Kelly Gellatly Collections Manager, Melbourne University RETI Manager Museum Victoria Sub-Committee Registrar, Mornington Peninsula Curator of Contemporary Art, Georgia Rouette Chair Regional Gallery Treasurer National Gallery of Victoria Regional Exhibition Touring Initiative Ms Hilary Newton Ms Katrina Excell Sub-Committee Ms Anne Thoday Contractors and consultants 2008 Museum Consultant Ms Karlie Hawking (from February 2008) General Manager, Finance, Chair Manager, Training and Professional Ektavo Community Museums Project Officer, DPCD Port of Melbourne Corporation Mr Warren Doubleday Mr Daniel Wilksch Development, Museums Australia (Victoria) Design consultants Manager, Ballarat Tramway Museum Ms Lyn Johnson (May–November 2008) Manager, Online Projects, Public Record Ms Robyn Till Janice Haynes Executive Officer, Public Galleries Office Victoria Mr Tim Hart (until June 2008) Cultural Development Team Leader, Project management Association of Victoria Director, Information, Multimedia & Ms Caroline Carter Shire of Macedon Ranges Dimity Mapstone Technology, Melbourne Museum Ms Deborah Tout-Smith Manager, Exhibition Collection Management, Mr Roger Trudgeon Design and layout services Senior Curator, Cultural Diversity, Museum Victoria Ms Jenny Hynes Manager, Gold Museum, Ballarat Museum Victoria Dana Rowan Senior Marketing Officer, Tourism Victoria Ms Georgia Cribb Ms Clare Williamson Editorial services Dr Linda Young Director, NETS Victoria Ms Catherine Lovelock Exhibitions Curator, State Library of Victoria Senior Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Barbara Wels Senior Conservator, Museum Victoria Ms Rhonda Diffey Museum Studies, Deakin University Editorial services Collections Archivist, Greater City Ms Jo Prior of Dandenong Manager, ZForce Pty Ltd Business Solutions Ms Wendy Garden Art Curator, Banyule City Council

7 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 8 10 2008 Victorian 12 Museums accredited the Maryborough 14 Andy Muirhead Museum Awards: Angela in the Museum Midlands Historical presents the Victorian Henricksen, from Accreditation Program Society; and Jo-Anne Museum Award for the Training & Professional Development sponsors Archival in 2008 display their Cooper, Director, City Individual Achievement Survival congratulates certificates at the 2008 Museum at Old Treasury. Award (paid staff) to Roger Trudgeon, Gold Victorian Museum 13 L–R: Paula Lindley, Margaret Manion AO for and Member Events Museum. Awards. From L–R: National Gallery of her lifelong interest in 11 Bridget Forbes, MAP Dr Patrick Greene, CEO, Victoria and Peggy Cole, promoting arts and Manager, at the Kimono Museum Victoria; Jillian Museum Victoria, at the humanities in the members tour, Allen and Fiona McCarthy Learning Opportunities community. Immigration Museum, from Churchill Island seminar. Melbourne. Heritage Farm; Bruce and Betty Osborn from

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Lectures and Seminars In November we partnered with Museum General Meeting Acknowledgments “Ran smoothly, professionally, with a nicely Five seminar and lectures were held over Victoria and Collections Australia Network The General Meeting was generously I sincerely thank all those individuals the course of the year. The first seminar to present the Collections and the Web hosted by the Melbourne Athenaeum, and organisations that have assisted and balanced sense of humour. Relaxed, with the held in January, a partnership with the seminar. Topics included the benefits Victoria’s oldest cultural institution. The contributed to the success of the program. Museums Australia Education Network of having collections accessible through meeting was attended by 24 members. A full list of TPD committee members requisite amount of panache.” Victoria (ENVI), a lecture by Kathleen social media environments, using The Athanaeum President, Kevin Quigley, appears on page 7, and a list of Fenessey, author of A People Learning: technology for educational purposes, spoke about its history and Victorian supporters and experts is listed in the Colonial Victorians and their Public Museums, podcasts, blogs, digital storytelling and Museum Award winner, Marjorie Dalvean, Acknowledgements on pages 16–17. “Having the [Victorian Museum Awards] 1860–1880 at the State Library. This oral histories. and presented highlights from the Anne Thoday Professional Development inspiring lecture detailed the gold-rush Athenaeum archives. & Training Manager judges actually come over to speak to us was period in which public collecting institutions Member events were established in Melbourne, including In February, members were invited to The Victorian Museum Awards a really nice touch and it was appreciated.” the Public Library, National Museum, a tour of the Cultural Collections at the The best ever Victorian Museum Awards National Gallery and the Botanic and University of Melbourne. These 33 special were held at the State Library of Victoria Zoological Gardens. collections embody the history of academic on 24 July. The Awards were artfully hosted disciplines, such as rare books and by Andy Muirhead from the popular ABC The highlight of the 2008 year was an In April a seminar on collection manuscripts and medical and dental Collectors program. The success of the increased level of partnership with other management systems in Bendigo brought implements in the Henry Forman Atkinson Awards was largely due to the strong organisations to jointly run events. The together museum staff and software Dental Museum. support from our Gold Sponsors, Archival partnership with the Education Network developers to exchange experiences with Survival and Click Systems who each Victoria (ENVI), Collections Australia various software products and available In April, members participated in a rare donated prizes for a named Award. We Network (CAN) and Museum Victoria for software tools for museums. opportunity to go behind the scenes of were also pleased to welcome a new Learning Opportunities and Collections and one of Australia’s most significant working In July members attended the Immigration sponsor, Bond Imaging, in 2008. the Web brought together speakers and scientific institutions at the Royal Botanical Museum’s exhibition Kimono – Osaka’s participants from across Australia and Gardens Melbourne. This tour of the And the winners were: Golden Age. Tomoko Nakano, curator of New Zealand to discuss key issues in the Herbarium provided fascinating insights the Osaka Museum of History, gave a • The Click Volunteer Museum Award: museums sector. We are very grateful to into its role and the work undertaken its presentation on working as a museum The Vietnam Veterans Museum our partners, collaborators and supporters staff and volunteers. professional in Japan in contrast with • The Archival Survival Museum Award: who made 2008 a successful year for working with the Immigration Museum’s In May we conducted a Behind the Scenes The Gold Museum Ballarat 1,219 participants. exhibitions team. Following this members Tour of the Performing Arts Collection, • The MA (Vic) Museum Award: participated in a special viewing of 20 rare focusing on material relating to the history Bendigo Art Gallery kimonos, and other extraordinary objects of circus, dance, music, opera and theatre. • Individual Achievement Award (paid staff): of beauty originating from Japan’s Edo Highlights included a viewing of costumes Emeritus Professor Margaret Manion AO period (1600–1868). worn by Dame Edna Everage, Kylie • Individual Achievement Award (volunteer): Minogue and the Australian Ballet. Marjorie Dalvean and Nance Fordham. In October, ENVI again partnered MA (Vic) for Learning Opportunities in Museums, a End of Year Event two-day seminar tied with a special The End of Year Event was held at the Ian viewing of the Art Deco 1910–1939 Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibition Melbourne, hosted by Kenneth Park with at the National Gallery of Victoria. This special guest Tubby the Robot and seminar brought 150 people from across introductions by Dr Chris McAuliffe, Australia and New Zealand and was hosted Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art. by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, City Museum at Old Treasury, Melbourne Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria.

9 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 10 15 L–R: Bridget Forbes, 16 Ian Galloway and 17 Bronwyn Wilson MAP Manager, and John Hilary Newton assessing inspects her storage Austin, Chairman, Museum Victoria’s cabinets at Dromkeen MAP – Museum Accreditation Andrew Ross Museum Building Better Regional preparatory laboratories Children’s Literature inspect the Andrew Ross as in-kind expert Museum. Museum signage. panellists on a MAP Program Museums – BBRM site visit.

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Advisory visits Foster & District Historical Society “Accreditation created an impetus to Advisory visits to assess applications and “BBRM targets assistance towards smaller $5000 for improved interpretation provide feedback on standards prior to Heyfield and District Historical Society complete those things that we had always participating in the Museum Accreditation museum organisations that often struggle $1460 for improved storage of photographs Program were undertaken in the following wanted to do.” museums: financially to meet many basic requirements Kyneton Museum $5000 for soundscapes and display • Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell necessary to preserve and maintain their barriers • Queenscliff Maritime Museum The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) partnership between MA (Vic) and • Hellenic Museum, at the old Mint La Trobe Regional Gallery, Morwell facilitates improved museum standards Heritage Victoria. New MAP procedures collections.” • Motorcycling Australia Museum, $5000 for upgraded storage of paper and profile for museums through supported have also been developed and trialled to South Melbourne collection peer review. The Museum Accreditation support streamlined MAP Enrolment and • Coal Creek and Shire of South Program continues to grow; at end of Re-Accreditation processes, including an In 2008 Museums Australia (Victoria) MA (Vic) sought applications for all BBRM Langi Morgala Museum, Ararat Gippsland Council year there were 61 Victorian museums updated workbook for the MAP volunteer received funding from Arts Victoria’s grants on a by invitation basis only. A $9417 for an airlock entrance • Wangaratta Historical Society participating in the MAP program, with stream and updated Useful Websites for Creating Place and Space Program for limited number of eligible museums were • Wonthaggi State Coal Mine Linton and District Historical Society 44 museums accredited and 17 working Victorian Museums. the Building Better Regional Museums approached on the basis of factors such as: • Queenscliff Historical Society $3454 for an artist in residence-lead toward accreditation. (BBRM) grants program. BBRM assists • Demonstrated commitment to improve • Fire Services Museum project Accreditations small regional museums to meet and standards The MAP managers represented Victoria • Victorian Telecommunications Museum • Museum Victoria, including Scienceworks, maintain standards by providing grants • Playing a positive role in the community Maffra Sugar Beet Museum on the National Standards Taskforce, who (Hawthorn) the Immigration Museum and to purchase equipment and materials. In • Needs identified in the forward plan of $3147 for storage area floor launched the online National Standards • Beluera House and Garden Mornington Melbourne Museum 2008, BBRM funding totalling $82,760 was the museum for Australian Museums and Galleries on • Andrew Ross Museum Maryborough and District Historical • The City Museum distributed to 19 museums. Since 2003, • Location in target areas 1 September. The document has been • Essendon Football Club Museum Society • Churchill Island Heritage Farm BBRM has now distributed over $316,000 • Participation in MAP Program incorporated into training and service • Dromkeen Children’s Literature Museum. $1291 for a laser printer for interpretation • Maryborough Midlands Historical Society. to 89 community museums across the state. • Support for a diverse range of museums provision for museums in several states Our sincere thanks to all of our 2008 • Viability and likely benefits of projects. Millewa Community Pioneer Forest and and can be accessed at:www.collections In 2008 BBRM targeted museums in Re-Accreditations Committee and Panellists for their Historical Society australia.net/sector_info_item/107 the East and South Gippsland Regions, Up-front site visits meant that BBRM • Nepean Historical Society contributions and support of museums $3069 for computer cataloguing areas that had not received BBRM funding grants were offered in the context of A successful trial of combining MAP • Clunes Museum in MAP and its managers. A full list of for some years. The Goldfields were each individual museum’s setting, Old Gippstown, Moe visits with other MA (Vic) programs was • Port Fairy Historical Society committee members appears on pages also targeted following our Community collection, challenges and priorities. $4974 for cataloguing and storage undertaken throughout 2008. MAP • The Burke Museum 7–8 and panellists and supporters are Collections Training there in 2007 and to Importantly, BBRM recognises and information sessions were delivered • Andrew Ross Museum. listed in the Acknowledgments on pages Port Albert Maritime Museum complement the Community Museums supports a museum’s forward plans in Colac and Hamilton through the 16–17. $10,000 for storage in the purpose built Pilot Project during 2008. and specific goals. Community Collections Training Enrolments archive Kitty Owens MAP Manager Due to high demand, the MAP Consultation with MA (Vic) staff and Bridget Forbes MAP Manager Grant Recipients Port Welshpool and District Maritime sub-committee selected enrolments from representatives of the Royal Historical Ararat Regional Art Gallery Museum a number of museums that had expressed Society of Victoria, Heritage Victoria, $5000 for photography $2500 for display and storage an interest in joining the program. Department of Planning and Community The 2008 MAP intake are: Development and Public Record Office Buda Historic Home & Garden, Rosedale & District Historical Society • Wangaratta Historical Society Victoria helped to identify potential grant Castlemaine $2000 for display and storage • Beluera House and Garden recipients. BBRM actively sought $5618 for computer cataloguing and Stratford and District Historical Society • Queenscliffe Maritime Museum opportunities to complement and build digitisation $3480 for sewage connection • Fire Services Museum. on museums’ strategic initiatives including Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical those where other funding did not extend Yackandandah & District Historical Society Museum to related small infrastructure requirements. $2350 for UV filters and display plinths $5000 for digitisation Barbara Wels Manager, Building Better Clunes Museum Regional Museums $5000 for security measures

11 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 12 18 Colleagues from 19 Photograph by 20 Exhibitions: a Colac Museum with Pam Julie Millowick from the practical guide for small Enting, Heritage Victoria RETI-funded Community museums and galleries. Community Collections Training (second from right). Regional Exhibition Touring Initiative Museums: Places and Objects Exhibition, Gold Museum.

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joining the 2008 MAP intake. Because the Professional Development and Training “All sessions make us think about our training being funded by Heritage Victoria “We haven’t seen a piece like this. RETI travelled over 1000 km to undertake is based around standards and good site visits, workshops and viewing RETI- organisations and how we are operating practice, the introduction of the volunteer Exhibitions: A Practical Guide is a nice use funded exhibitions in 2008. The program accreditation stream means that more allows museums to develop capacities and them – what can be improved and what groups will become part of the accredited of two colours. There’s a good grid and it’s understanding of the standards associated museum family. in developing exhibitions. Museum staff needs to be changed.” easy to read despite the small typeface.” who have attended RETI sessions have Museums visited: (AAM judges) applied their skills to both produce excellent Camperdown Museum exhibitions and transfer knowledge to In 2008 MA (Vic) delivered year two of a Regional training has to date centred Colac Museum others in their teams. In 2008, six workshops four year Community Collections Training largely on collection management and Koroit Museum and seminars were delivered covering Through RETI’s professional development Furthering Museums Australia (Victoria’s) Program supporting custodians of preservation but this training instead Port Campbell Museum aspects of exhibition development, across program, grants, advice and site visits, the commitment to encouraging and fostering community based heritage collections emphasises community engagement and Terang Museum Victoria with a total of 146 participants. program aims to encourage best practice museums to achieve museum practices with free practical training and advice in significance assessment. Perennial issues Stawell Museum in museums in developing exhibitions and to standards, the publication Exhibitions: all aspects of operating a museum and remain such as large collections that lack Colac Family History Centre RETI Program Review sustainability, and promote the stories of a practical guide for small museums and managing a collection. This training is focus, poor condition of items, and lack of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum In 2007 the RETI manager undertook a their rich and diverse collections to a broad galleries which received generous funding funded by Heritage Victoria within its appropriate storage. Having a catalogue Geelong Maritime Museum review of the program which has been audience. In 2008, RETI funding totalling from the Harold Mitchell Foundation, Victoria’s Heritage: Strengthening Our of collection items is one of the key steps Hamilton Art Gallery operating since 1999. The review outlined $32,000 was distributed to seven museums. Besen Family Foundation, Arts Victoria Communities strategy and complements to good practice in custodianship and this Ansett Transport Museum the history, goals and objectives, and Since 1998 RETI has distributed over and in-kind support from the Public other Heritage Victoria projects such as training provides volunteers with the History House Warrnambool challenges for the future of the program. $280,000 to 80 community museums Record Office Victoria, won first prize in the Conservations Need Pilot Project in capacity to interpret, manage and protect Cheeseworld Museum MA (Vic) received funding from Arts Victoria across the state. the prestigious American Association of South-West Victoria and the Goldfields collections. Birregurra Historical Centre to engage an independent consultant to Museums’ Publications Awards. Pilot Project. History House, Warrnambool 2008 saw excellent touring exhibitions review the exhibition activities and The two day Museum Standards for Dunkeld Museum funded by RETI with high-quality, diverse capacities of Victorian museums and Following a strong response in 2007 to the Community Collections is an important Grant Recipients Casterton Community Museum content. From the discovery of a significant collecting organisations. The report will training in the Goldfields, 252 collection part of the program. It is designed to Seven museums received RETI grants Cobden Dairy Museum collection of World War I photographs in be delivered in April 2009. custodians from 62 groups attended the complement the National Standards for to either develop an exhibition or tour an Cressy Museum Bendigo (Bendigo Art Gallery touring sessions in Hamilton and Colac in 2008. Australian Museums & Galleries. While existing one: Ararat Museum exhibition, A Camera on the Somme Acknowledgments The workshops were hosted by the these Standards relate to all museums Port Fairy Museum 1916–19: the Grinton brothers and the 38th • Royal Historical Society of Victoria, $4000 I sincerely thank all those individuals Hamilton Institute for Rural Learning and galleries, MA (Vic) has developed a set Lorne Historical Society Battalion), to a museological photographic Development and organisations that have assisted and (HIRL) and the Colac Otway Performing of standards specifically for volunteer-run Queenscliff Maritime Museum survey of community museum activities, • Bendigo Art Gallery, $6000 Touring contributed to the success of the program. Arts and Cultural Centre (COPACC). Our community museums. The workshops Harrow Historical Society collections, objects and buildings by • Gold Museum, $6000 Touring A full list of RETI committee members, thanks go to the Board of HIRL and to the also prepare community custodians to Koroit Historical Museum photographer Julie Millowick (Gold • Echuca Historical Society, $4175 Exhibition appears on pages 7–8 and a list of experts Colac Otway Shire for their generosity take advantage of funding for significance Mt Rouse Historical Society Museum touring exhibition, Community Infrastructure and supporters appears in the and support. assessments. Through a combination of Queenscliff Historical Museum Museums: Faces, Places and Objects), the • Koori Resource and Information Centre, Acknowledgments on pages 16–17. Heritage Victoria and National Library Hamilton Pastoral Museum touring circuit will be alive with interesting $2000 Exhibition Infrastructure of Australia grants, over 50 Victorian exhibitions throughout 2009. • Public Record Office Victoria, $5000 Georgia Rouette Manager, Exhibitions museums have undertaken significance Euan McGillivray Community Collections Exhibition Infrastructure and Touring Services assessments on all or part of their Training Manager • Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, $4789 collections. Exhibition Infrastructure. Participants from 62 organisations attended the workshops but not all were able to be visited by MA (Vic) staff. Over 25 community museums were visited and offered advice and support, with a further twelve museums expressing interest in the Museums Accreditation Program and six

13 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 14 INSITE Acknowledgments

We warmly acknowledge and greatly Andy Miller, Senior Program Manager, Presenters, Panellists and appreciate the generosity of our many Programming & Innovation Committee Members wonderful supporters in 2008. Preety Agarwal, Senior Manager, Ian Rogers, Manager, Local Partnerships Information Systems, The Learning Thank you to… Bianca Vallentine, Senior Arts Officer, Federation The Victorian Government through Arts Programming & Innovation Victoria, Department of Premier and Daniel Avano, Science Program Cabinet, and Heritage Victoria, Department Coordinator, Scienceworks Heritage Victoria – Managers and Planning and Community Development for Directors Andy Baird, Acting Manager, Centre for ongoing support for core activities and Amanda Bacon, Manager, Learning and Discovery, Tasmanian community collections respectively. Strategic Projects Museum and Art Gallery Museum Victoria for ongoing in-kind Susie Collis, Team Leader Linda Barraclough, Team Leader office space, operational and IT support Cataloguing, Old Gippstown at Melbourne Museum, and for managers Jennifer Dawson, and directors’ contributions on MA (Vic) Online Communications Coordinator Lyn Beasley, Manager School Visits, A regular feature introduced with the committees and MA (Vic) programs and National Museum of Australia Jenny Dickens, Senior Conservator “The publications and support that MA South-west issue highlighted acquisitions services. Seddon Bennington, Director, TePapa made by a Victorian collection. In 2008 Pam Enting, Outreach Coordinator Tongarewa Museum, New Zealand (Vic) provides is definitely well worth the these included an etching by artist eX de Arts Victoria – Managers and Directors Jim Gard’ner, Director, Strategy and Policy Medici for the Mornington Peninsula Greg Andrews, Deputy Director, Policy Jonny Brownbill, Manager Public membership fee.” Regional Gallery, a painting by Darren and Programs Ray Tonkin, Executive Director Information Museum Victoria Wardle for the La Trobe University Art Michelle Armstrong, General Manager, Bernard Caleo, Public Programs Officer Museum, and Albert Thurgood’s prize fob Sponsors & Philanthropic Supporters Programming & Innovation Melbourne Museum Victoria Our membership magazine INSITE is In 2008 we deviated from our usual for the Essendon Hall of Fame. The 2008 ACT Museums & Galleries published five times a year by an editor format of topic-based themes to focus On Display interviews were with Daniel Fiona Beckwith. Senior Arts Officer, Rebecca Carland, Curator Sustainable Alan Randell Florist with advice from staff and a committee on Victoria in regions. The issues covered McOwen (Director, Hamilton Art Gallery), Market & Community Development Futures, Museum Victoria of nine museum professionals. INSITE is Victoria by touring through the North-west, Genevieve Fahey (Manager, Scienceworks), Archival Survival (Gold Sponsor) Samantha Davies. Senior Arts Officer, Matthew Churchward, Senior Curator fortunate to have a professional, informed South-west, South-east, Metro and Alan Patching (President, Australian Policy and Research Arts Tasmania of Technology and Transport, and hardworking sector to draw from for finishing in the North-east. Subjects Gliding Museum) and Nick Poole (CEO, Museum Victoria its articles and in its Editorial Committee. included the Women on Farms Gathering Collections Trust, UK). Nicci Dillon, Project Manager, Capital Bond Imaging collection, working with art prizes, Infrastructure and Corporate Management Kat Clancy, Web Developer, Click Systems (Gold Sponsor) Membership, Readership and Content authenticity in museums and cultivating Revenue Deakin University Library Peter Ghin, Senior Project Manager, The improved performance of the magazine new audiences and partnerships. Many In 2008 INSITE continued to be supported Deakin University Agencies and Infrastructure Susanna Collis, Project Officer, Heritage in 2008 in both advertising appeal and museum collections were featured by a number of advertisers and attracting History Trust of South Australia Victoria content has provided the membership with including the Wimmera Mallee Pioneers revenue which covered the cost of printing Martin Hallett, Senior Project Officer, greater opportunities to publish articles Museum, the Johnny Mullagh Cricket and distribution, achieving a 26% increase Victorian Cultural Network Ian Potter Foundation Georgia Cribb, Director, NETS Victoria and share information. INSITE averages a Centre, the Krowathunkooloong Keeping from 2007. The magazine is produced Penny Hutchinson, Director Arts Victoria Museum & Art Gallery of the Jennifer Dawson, Online Communications circulation of 500 with a greater readership Place, the National Vietnam Veterans in-house with a template developed by Northern Territory Coordinator, Heritage Victoria due to the circulation in libraries and Museum and the Benalla Art Gallery. Ektavo, printed by Madman Printing and Debra Jefferies, General Manager, within institutional member organisations. distributed by Mail Action. Our sincere Market & Community Development Museums & Galleries New South Wales David Demant, Senior Curator Information Each issue spotlighted a collection object We have a broad membership including thanks to all of our advertisers for their and Communication Museum Victoria and these included a Premier Harvester Bethany Jones, Senior Arts Officer, Museum & Gallery Services Queensland volunteers in community museums, ongoing support who are listed on pages from the Golden Grains Museum, Alice Programming & Innovation Mandi Dimitriadis, Outreach Education museum directors, and other stakeholders. 16–17 and the 2008 Editorial Committee State Library of Victoria (Gold Sponsor) Mitchell’s Sewing Machine from the Officer, South Australia Maritime Museum This range of membership is a fantastic for their contribution of ideas and hearty Phil Jones, Senior Arts Officer, Stratford Historical Society and Jim Western Australian Museum resource and a broad audience. discussion of museum issues, listed on Market & Community Development Moira Drew, Golf Society of Australia Simpson’s Rug to be housed at the Man pages 7–8. and Red Cross from Snowy River Museum. The Museum Anne Kershaw, Policy Officer, Cultural Victorian Museum Awards Accreditation Program (MAP) was featured Roisin O’Dwyer INSITE Editor Development and Community Professor Joan Beaumont, Dean, Brett Dunlop, Manager, in INSITE issues, with articles about Strengthening Faculty of Arts, Deakin University Melbourne Museum individual Accreditations coming from the Lainie Kluska, Senior Manager, Professor Liz Eckerman, Faculty of Arts, Pam Enting, Heritage Victoria Nagambie Historical Society (Accredited Communications Deakin University in 2007), the Gippsland Regional Maritime Christine Eveley, Education Programmer, Museum, the Rippon Lea Estate Linda Lucas, Senior Program Manager, Sarah Edwards, President, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Re-accredited in 2008) and Churchill Programming and Innovation Museums Australia (Victoria) Kathleen Fennessy, Freelance Historian Island Heritage Farm (Accredited in 2008). Karen Martin, Senior Arts Officer, Derek Guille, ABC 774 Other Accredited museums contributed Richard Ferguson, Funding Development Local Partnerships Program news and articles to INSITE during the Andy Muirhead, Comedian and Host Manager, National Sports Museum year were: Museum Victoria, the Gold Christopher McDermott, Manager, of the ABC Collectors program Leanne Fitzgibbon, Senior Curator, Museum, the Port Albert Maritime Museum, Policy & Research Hilary Newton, Chair, Museums Bendigo Art Gallery the City Museum at Old Treasury, the Accreditation Program Sub-Committee Victorian Jazz Archive, Dromkeen Collection Ian Galloway, Director, Art Gallery, the Shepparton Art Gallery, the Linda Young, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Queensland Museum Yackandandah Museum and the Essendon Heritage Management, Deakin Hall of Fame.

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Kelly Gardiner, Web Services Manager, Rita Morrison, Manager Oral History Unit, In-kind venue support REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2008 2007 State Library of Victoria Koorie Heritage Trust Australian Centre for the Moving Image $ $ Dr Janette Griffin, Senior Lecturer, Hilary Newton, Museum Consultant Buda Historic home and Garden Grants 624,534 423,698 education, University of Technology, Sydney Sue Owen, Associate Librarian, Bendigo Art Gallery Interest 13,536 6,878 Zera Haisma, Director, Z Design Deakin University Library City Museum at Old Treasury Other Income 108,558 101,969 Martin Hallett, Senior Arts Officer, Kenneth Park, Curator Total revenues from ordinary activities 746,628 532,545 City of Greater Bendigo Arts Victoria Heather Rendle, Echuca Historical Society Colac Otway Performing Arts Merle Hathaway, Director, Depreciation expense (916) (2,884) Rodney The Robot and Cultural Centre Horsham Art Gallery Suppliers (305,802) (177,942) Angelino Russo, Associate Professor, Hamilton Institute for Rural Learning Karlie Hawking, Community Museums Faculty of Design, Swinburne University Employee (411,771) (349,915) Project Officer, Department of Planning Immigration Museum Assets written off – – and Community Development Narelle Russo, Curator/Registrar Melbourne Athenaeum Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Total operating cost from ordinary activities (718,489) (530,741) Dr Robin Hirst, Director, Collections, Melbourne Museum Research and Exhibitions, Pat Sanders, Kyneton Museum Museum Victoria National Gallery of Victoria NET PROFIT / (LOSS) FROM ORDINARY OPERATIONS 28,139 1,804 Helen Simondson, Screen Events Manager, Jenny Horder, Manager Learning Services, Australian Centre for the Moving Image Performing Arts Collection TOTAL CHANGES IN MEMBER FUNDS 28,139 1,804 Australian Museum Victoria Luke Simpkin, Manager Live Exhibits, Potter Museum of Art, Paul Howard, Senior Curator, Casula Melbourne Museum Victoria Melbourne University Powerhouse, Sydney Charlotte Smith, Senior Curator History Public Record Office Victoria Edwina Jans, Heritage Interpretation, and Technology, Museum Victoria Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne Old Parliament House Linda Sproul, Manager Public Programs Royal Historical Society of Victoria John Kean, Producer, Museum Victoria Museum Victoria State Library of Victoria Balance Sheet Dr Lynda Kelly, Head Audience Research, Trish Stokes, Manager, Collections and Australia Museum, Sydney Information Systems, the Arts Centre University of Melbourne as at 31 December 2008 Sandra Khazam, Curator, Jewish Museum Liz Suda, program coordinator Humanities Melbourne Museum of Australia Melbourne Museum 2008 2007 Barbara Kowalski, Client Support Joy Suliman, Project Manager, $ $ Consultant, Maxus Australia Pty Ltd Collections Australia Network Current Assets Adrienne Leith, Senior Programs Officer, Tim Sullivan, Deputy CEO &Museums Cash assets 207,695 103,543 Melbourne Museum Director, Sovereign Hill Receivables & Prepayments 22,555 19,299 Kay McGregor, Bendigo Historical Society Deb Sulway, Learning Manager, Total Current Assets $230,250 $122,842 Old Parliament House Gael McIndoe, Head of Public Programs, Australian Centre for the Moving Image Priscilla Tanner, Ultranet Coach, Non Current Assets Department of Education and Early Kathryn Mackenzie, Executive Manager Property, plant and equipment 4,822 5,305 Childhood Development, Tourism, City of Greater Bendigo Total Non Current Assets 4,822 5,305 Robyn Till, Cultural Development Team Brett McLennan, Screen Education Leader, Shire of Macedon Ranges Manager, Australian Centre for the TOTAL ASSETS 235,072 128,147 Moving Image Roger Trudgeon, Manager, Gold Museum, Ballarat Peter Mahony, Manager, Sound House Current Liabilities Vector Lab, Powerhouse Museum Vincent Trundle, AV Curriculum Designer, Payables & Income in Advance 93,228 26,888 Australian Centre for the Moving Image Dr. Josephine Milne, Manager, Collections, Provisions 53,186 40,740 National Herbarium of Victoria Ely Wallis, Manager, Information Services, Museum Victoria Total Current Liabilities 146,414 67,628 Vanessa Meachen, Research and Training Manager, Philanthropy Australia Patrick Watt, Manager Education and TOTAL LIABILITIES 146,414 67,628 Public programs, national Sports Museum David Milne, Manager Strategic Learning, Queensland Museum Sally-Anne Whittington, Information NET ASSETS 88,658 60,519 Services Technology Pty Ltd. Patrick Moriarty Director, Our Community Daniel Wilksch, Manager, Online Projects, ACCUMULATED FUNDS Public Record Office Victoria Opening Member Funds 60,519 58,715 Clare Williamson, Exhibitions Curator, Net Profit/(Loss) 28,139 1,804 State Library of Victoria TOTAL EQUITY 88,658 60,519 Bronwyn Wilson, Kyneton Museum Jacqui Woolf, Registrar, Bendigo Art Gallery

17 Museums Australia (Victoria) Annual Report 2008 / www.mavic.asn.au 18 Cash Flow Statement as at 31 December 2008 MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED (VICTORIAN BRANCH) 2008 2007 $ $ ABN: 83 048 139 955 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 647,766 525,175 Payments to suppliers and employees (556,717) (587,831) Interest received 13,536 6,878 Net cash (used) provided by operating activities 104,585 (55,778)

Cash flows from Investing Activities Payments for property plant & equipment (433) (4,532) Net cash (used) provided by investing activities (433) (4,532)

Net increase (decrease) in cash held 104,152 (60,310) Cash at beginning of financial year 103,543 163,853 STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Cash at end of financial year 207,695 103,543

Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit Operating profit 28,139 1,804 The Committee members have determined that the Victorian branch of the Association is not Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 916 2,884 a reporting entity. The Committee members have determined that this special purpose 29,055 4,688 financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements. (Increase) reduction in Receivables and prepayments (3,254) 58,838 (Reduction) Increase in Payables 21,850 (16,098) (Reduction) Increase in Income in Advance 44,488 (102,777) In the opinion of the committee the financial report as set out on pages to: (Reduction) Increase in Provisions 12,446 (429) Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities 104,585 (55,778) 1. Presents fairly the financial position of Victorian branch of Museums Australia Inc. as at 31 December 2008 and its performance for the year ended on that date in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards, mandatory professional reporting requirements and other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

2. At the date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Victorian Statement of Changes in Equity branch of Museums Australia Inc will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due. for the Year Ended 31 December 2008 This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Committee and is signed for and on behalf of the Committee by: Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ At 31 December 2006 58,715 58,715 Surplus / (Deficit) for the year 1,804 1,804 President: ______At 31 December 2007 60,519 60,519

Surplus / (Deficit) for the year 28,139 28,139 At 31 December 2008 88,658 88,658

Treasurer: ______

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Expenses Travel 2.7% Core operations (AV) 56.1%

Community grants & projects 16%

Participant costs 6.8%

Publications 1.6%

Program admin 3.5%

Marketing 5.1%

Core expenses 16%

Income

Sponsorship/philanthropic 18.2% Core operations (AV) 43.6%

Participant fees 7.7%

Earned income 6.5%

CCT (HV) 8.5%

ADRF (AV) 13.2% BBRM (AV) 19.7%

Cost Centre Expenses

Heritage Vic 9.19% Core 57.71%

Art Deco 13.59%

BBRM 18.5%

Income by Cost Centre

Heritage Vic 11.27% Core 56.82%

Art Deco 13.22%

BBRM 18.69%

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