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Annual Report 2018-19 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 22 August 2019 The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts GPO BOX 5078 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Dear Minister I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Parliament the Annual Report 2018–2019 and financial statements for the Board of the Queensland Museum. I certify that this annual report complies with: • the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009, and • the detailed requirements set out in the Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies. A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be found on page 78 of this annual report. Yours sincerely Professor Margaret Sheil AO Chair Board of the Queensland Museum BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 1 CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 2 VISION 2 MISSION 2 PURPOSE 3 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM NETWORK 7 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 8 CHAIR’S OVERVIEW 9 CEO’S OVERVIEW 10 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 12 WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE 13 AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RECOGNITION 14 BACKGROUND 14 GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY 15 STRATEGIC PLAN 2018–2022 15 OPERATIONAL PLAN 2018–2019 16 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 16 STRATEGIC RISKS 16 STRATEGIC OPORTUNITIES 18 OUTCOMES 18 PERFORMANCE MEASURES 20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 31 GOVERNANCE 31 MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE 35 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 40 FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 41 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (QMATSICC) 42 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM FOUNDATION 42 PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS 42 QUEENSLAND PUBLIC SERVICE VALUES 43 RISK MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 44 INFORMATION SYSTEMS 44 HUMAN RESOURCES 45 WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY 46 OPEN DATA 49 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 49 SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 51 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 73 CERTIFICATE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 74 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 77 GLOSSARY 78 COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST 79 QMN PUBLICATIONS 2 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 INTRODUCTION VISION The vision of Queensland Museum (QM) is to be the premier museum in Australia, connecting real objects and contemporary research with communities, creating authentic and compelling experiences, and telling stories that inspire, enrich and empower. QM does this through its network of seven campuses and through outreach into Queensland communities. MISSION To inspire generations of Queenslanders to discover, celebrate and value our distinctive natural and cultural environments. PURPOSE A Queensland network of museums without borders that inspires curiosity to connect the past, make sense of the present and help navigate the future in our communities, classrooms and online. BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 3 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM NETWORK Queensland Museum Network (QMN) is the keeping place Over the years QMN has changed with Queensland as it for the State Collection of more than 1.2 million objects and discovers, documents, and celebrates the state’s natural, specimens, valued at more than $546 million, and more cultural and scientific diversity. With respected scientific than 14 million research collection items. and cultural research, significant and varied collections, The Queensland Museum was founded in January 1862 and community outreach services, QMN continues to offer by the Queensland Philosophical Society. QMN has grown Queensland’s residents and visitors enriching cultural, considerably since then with the Museum coming under social and intellectual experiences. the responsibility of the State Government in 1871 and QMN reaches far beyond the walls of its museums, moving into its first purpose-built premises in 1879. Today, connecting with millions of people through museum QMN is governed by the Board of the Queensland Museum experiences, events, workshops, talks and lectures, school (the Board) and includes: education kits, publications, online resources. Regional • Queensland Museum (including SparkLab, Sciencentre) support across the state is enabled via our Museum in the heart of Brisbane’s Cultural Centre at Development Officer Network and World Science Festival South Brisbane programming. We continually strive to be a cultural and scientific leader by successfully harnessing the support of • Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba industry, governments and communities. • Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville • The Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich • Queensland Museum Collections, Research and Loans Centre at Hendra, Brisbane • Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying in Brisbane • Earth Sciences Museum, The University of Queensland in Brisbane. 4 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM OF MUSEUM TROPICAL South Brisbane | Opened 1986 QUEENSLAND Queensland Museum (QM) at South Bank is the Network’s 70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville | Opened 1987 flagship campus in the heart of Brisbane’s Cultural Centre. Permanent galleries include: the redeveloped SparkLab, Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) explores the Sciencentre; the new Anzac Legacy Gallery; the redeveloped natural and cultural heritage of the state’s northern region, Discovery Centre where visitors can interact with hundreds including the Great Barrier Reef and the rainforests of of objects, animals and fossils; the Lost Creatures gallery the Wet Tropics. The Museum houses an internationally about Queensland dinosaurs and megafauna; and the important collection of Acropora corals and galleries Wild State gallery showcasing Queensland’s unique including Colour: Secret Language of the Reef, Discover biodiversity. QM regularly hosts national and international Tropical Queensland and the 18th century shipwreck, touring exhibitions and offers a range of public and HMS Pandora. educational programs. QM houses a significant proportion 2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS: of the State Collection as well as several research and • MTQ attracted 97,565 visitors in 2018–19, a 4 per cent conservation laboratories. increase on last year. 2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS: • Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival, on display from • We welcomed more than 2,218,689 visitors to 2 June to 21 October 2018, attracted 48,734 visitors, Queensland Museum including record visitation months of July 2018 with • World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) 2019 attracted 15,549 visitors and August 2018 with 7,037 visitors. 205,229 visitors in Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, • The Sciencentre gallery opened on 15 December 2018 Chinchilla, Gladstone and Townsville. as a new permanent exhibition featuring more than 20 • The British Museum exhibition Egyptian Mummies: interactive stations. Together with the Summer Days Exploring Ancient Lives attracted 155,746 visitors and holiday program, the Sciencentre opening attracted its ‘win a trip’ competition received 35,691 entries and 19,703 visitors, the best summer period since 2016-17. Museum of Scotland’s Monkeys: A Primate Story received • WSFB returned to Townsville on 8 and 9 March, 86,882 visitors. attracting 3,241 visitors. This included a free entry Street • Programming for all ages continued to delight visitors Science community day with 1,857 people and two sold with our Night at the Museum and After Dark events, out shows featuring Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. annual sleepover, Halloween event and National Science • MTQ’s internally developed exhibition Natural Curiosity: Week proving popular. Discovering the secrets of Queensland’s greatest • The new interactive gallery, SparkLab, Sciencentre has collections opened on Saturday 6 April, showcasing received 121,290 visitors since opening on 17 September highlights from the QMN’s natural history collections and 2018 with 40 interactive exhibits, a science bar and attracting 17,608 visitors in 2018–19. Maker Space programs. • International Museum Day on 18 May 2019 was • Anzac Legacy Gallery opened in November 2018, giving celebrated with a free entry day and attracted Mephisto a permanent home. 1,102 visitors, a 95 per cent increase on 2018. • The Discovery Centre re-opened in March 2019 after • Two displays were produced with external organisations: undergoing major refurbishment. From Swords to Ploughshares with James Cook University from 4 January to 3 March 2019 and • Memberships continued to grow, reaching more than Hard labour for Sweet Fields: the history of sugar in the 19,156 members across QMN. Ingham region with the Hinchinbrook City Council and • Our scientists described 176 new species and we the Halifax Museum from 18 March to 14 July 2019. published 120 peer-review research papers. BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT 2018–19 5 THE WORKSHOPS COBB+CO RAIL MUSEUM MUSEUM North Street, North Ipswich | Opened 2002 27 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba | Opened 1987 The Workshops Rail Museum (TWRM), a multiple Cobb+Co Museum (C+C) houses the National Carriage Queensland and Australian Tourism Award winner, is Collection and tells the story of Toowoomba, exploring located in the regional city of Ipswich, the birthplace of how horse-drawn vehicles shaped our social history and rail in Queensland. It offers an interactive cultural heritage impacted on Australia’s development. The Museum is experience with hands-on exhibits that explore more than home to a range of permanent exhibitions, a program 150 years of rail history in Queensland. An outstanding of national and international touring exhibitions, the feature of the Museum is the collection of heritage steam National
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