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Annual Report 2019-2020 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Annual Report 2019-2020 Our Country • Our PeopleQueen Victoria Museum• Our and Art GalleryStories ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 I Contents Introduction ii QVMAG Arts Foundation 16 Mayor’s Message 1 QVMAG Friends 18 CEO’s Message 1 Financials 19 Tracy Puklowski – General Manager’s Report 2 Statistics Snapshot 4 Grants 22 Organisational Chart 6 Temporary and Touring Exhibitions 23 Highlights 7 Permanent Exhibitions 23 Karina West – Manager Museum Operations 12 Christine Hansen – Manager Knowledge and Content 14 Donations and Purchases 24 Aboriginal Reference Group 16 Publications 28 Introduction Contact Us The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) T: 03 6323 3777 is Northern Tasmania’s home of art, science and history. E: [email protected] QVMAG is owned and operated by the City of Launceston, with ongoing support from the Tasmanian Government. www.qvmag.tas.gov.au Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, QVMAG spans two locations, the Art Gallery at Royal Park PO Box 403 Launceston TAS 7250 and the Museum at Inveresk — each site offering its own experience for visitors. With a collection that has been in the making since 1842, QVMAG is proud to care for significant donations and acquisitions from across the globe. Open 363 days of the year, QVMAG offers an immersive, educational and fun experience for all ages to enjoy. II Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 Mayor’s Message Who could have imagined a year ago, how life would have A new, exciting exhibition programme is being rolled out, the changed for so many of us. audit of the Museum’s collection powers on with more than 1580 objects entered on the database this year, and we are The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we looking forward to the Cultural Strategy being delivered to the live, how we go about our daily routines. It has also impacted community. the way the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery has operated over the past year. But none of that means the past 12 months haven’t been productive. There certainly were a number of highlights The implications stemming from the pandemic meant that not worthy of mention. only were the two sites at Royal Park and Inveresk shut down for the best part of three months, it also impacted the staff’s The Tasmanian Portrait Prize exhibition, which closed in ability to operate in a business-as-usual sense. November, is a prestigious award for Tasmanian artists aged 30 and under and is the State’s premier portrait award for Events were at risk of being cancelled and many others young and emerging artists. This year’s winner was George postponed. The exhibitions schedule had to be completely Kennedy for his work titled Mongrel. reshuffled as travel restrictions kept artists from their studios, and limited their ability to work with Museum staff. Tom Roberts’ A Tale of Three Loves featured a collection of five previously unknown works by the renowned Tasmanian However, the resilience and ingenuity of those hard-working artist, which were donated to QVMAG after undergoing curators, guides and officers shone through, and an all-new conservation work. programme was delivered to the community, albeit through a different lens. And Josh Foley’s Calculating Infinity, which was unveiled at Mona Foma 2020, spectacularly translated classic works by Patron limitations meant that the extremely popular Science Wolfhagen, Glover and Gould onto blank walls before our Week programme went entirely online for the first time and very eyes. was delivered such a way that young children, school students With so much now behind us, we can again look to the future and inquisitive adults were able to still enjoy and be fascinated with an air of anticipation at QVMAG. There is certainly much by all the trimmings that a traditional Science to be excited about in 2021 for this incredible regional facility. Week delivers. And now slowly, as we emerge from the lockdowns and public ALBERT VAN ZETTEN, gathering restrictions, QVMAG has emerged with a renewed Mayor, City of Launceston sense of purpose. CEO’s Message TO THE MINISTER FOR THE ARTS In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993, the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Launceston are pleased to submit the Annual Report of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery for the year ending 30 June, 2020. MICHAEL STRETTON Chief Executive Officer, City of Launceston Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 1 Tracy Puklowski General Manager’s Report This report respectfully acknowledges that the land on which the Museums are about capturing history, be that what QVMAG is built is at the heart of the Stoney Creek Nation, happened 500 years ago, or what happened this morning. which was made up of at least three clans - Tyerenotepanner, As such, it’s been a strange privilege to be a part of the most Panninher and Letteremairrener. The Stoney Creek Nation defining era of our time and one that will live on in memories clans lived along the riverways in harmony with the seasons for long after we are all gone. The events of the past six months several thousand generations, and today they are remembered as will inevitably find their way into museum and gallery the traditional owners of this land. collections in many forms, both tangible and intangible. This is, after all, one of our most important roles – collecting It almost seems glib to start my report with a comment evidence to inform decisions made in the future. However, on operational matters. However, it’s important to note there’s another vital role that we play – helping communities that this most momentous of years saw significant positive to heal. change for QVMAG, including a major restructure, the start In 2005, Morris Hargreaves McIntyre (MHM) released of our collection audit, the acquisition of some nationally its ground-breaking report, Never Mind the Width, Feel the significant material, and more. We welcomed many new Quality. The report explored visitor motivations for visiting staff, one of whom was Karina West, Manager Museum museums and galleries and determined that there are Operations. Only three days into her new role, Karina found four key drivers for visitor engagement; social, intellectual, herself, along with all the other QVMAG staff, having to emotional and spiritual. This is why New York museums that think on her feet and plan for a pandemic. If that isn’t being reopened after 9/11 found themselves functioning as a safe thrown in at the deep end, I don’t know what is! and welcoming place for people to commune, and why we have such an important task ahead of us as a hub and a place I’m immensely proud of how quickly QVMAG staff rose of post-COVID healing for our communities. As MHM’s to the challenge of closing the doors whilst continuing to work demonstrates, meeting visitor needs goes far beyond cherish our collections and find new ways of connecting simply providing entertainment. with our communities. It’s a testament to our ability to be nimble and respond to the challenges that life throws our It’s timely that I’m writing this as the City of Launceston way. We’ve learned a lot about engaging with audiences concludes the community consultation process for the in the virtual space, how to support at-home learners, and Cultural Strategy. The strategy can chart a new course for our curators made the most of the opportunity to have us as a city, how we think about culture, and how we embed dedicated time to focus on the collections. it into our thinking and the decisions we make. Just as the role of museums goes far beyond what we might see on the I’m equally happy with how the public have been able to surface, culture plays a vital role in helping communities not adapt to the pandemic and have continued to support the only define themselves but thrive. QVMAG through participation and visitation. The QVMAG received 106,006 visitors over the nine months during Although this year has been filled with rapid change to our which we were open to the public, which, if extrapolated out way of life across Tasmania and the globe, it has also been over the full 12 months would have been close to our annual the catalyst for innovation here at QVMAG and throughout attendance record of 145,771. our community. We will need to continue to be flexible, responsive and As we continue to adapt to the new normal from the global nimble – we know that our tourism market will look different pandemic, we, in turn, will continue creating immersive for a long time to come, and we also need to find ways to experiences in collaboration with communities across the continue to reach out virtually, in the face of a growing pillars of art, history and science in Northern Tasmania to digital divide. celebrate our country, our people and our stories. 2 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 3 Statistics Snapshot UP AT T O EN R D G A Y Adults N A C L 276 E P Children 331 Visitors across the Art Gallery at Royal Park and the Museum in Inveresk* 91,308 N ATT *Across the 9 month period QVMAG was open IO E due to COVID-19 T N A D A C Adults N U C D 982 E E OG RO Children PR R A L G UP C M O V I I 6068 L M O S B H I E T U S C S P 2211 S 304 people attended AY P LID RO O G R H L 16 A M O Days of school M O H holiday E S C S activities Staff Numbers Total staff ................................................................................
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