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Old Treasury Building Annual Report 2016-17 Old Treasury Building Annual Report 2016-17 1 CONTENTS The Year in Review.................................................................3 Strategic Vision.......................................................................5 Highlights of 2016-17.............................................................7 Future Priorities......................................................................8 Exhibition Program The Exhibition Program – In-House The Old Treasury Building and JJ Clark...........11 Wild Colonial Boys........................................12 Christmas in the Old Treasury Building.........14 Melbourne: Foundations of a City................16 Melbourne as National Capital 1901-27........18 The Exhibition Program – Incoming Early Melbourne Paintings, 1840-1880.........20 Behind the Lines 2016..................................20 Ibuki..............................................................20 Public Programs....................................................................22 Programs Arranged in Partnership..........................23 Education Programs..............................................................24 Adult Tours............................................................................25 Marketing.............................................................................26 Museum Rebrand.....................................................26 Digital........................................................................28 Who are our visitors..................................................28 Volunteer & Guide Program..................................................30 Maintaining Heritage Value..................................................33 Administration and Finance.................................................34 Other Income............................................................34 Security and Risk Management.................................34 FInancial Outcome 2016-17.....................................36 Operating Statement................................................36 Budget Forecast........................................................37 Governance and Administration Committee of Management......................................39 Human Resources.....................................................39 Organisational Structure...............................39 1 LEFT: Detail of base of cast iron lamp. Photo by Katie Dunning. Katie by lamp. Photo iron of base cast Detail LEFT: Dunning. Katie by lamp. Photo iron one cast Building showing The Old Treasury COVER: Dunning. Katie by Building. Photo Old Treasury to Entrance BACK: THE YEAR IN REVIEW MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGER This has been an outstanding new exhibitions. The first was the weekend. The façade of year at the Old Treasury Building. an introduction to the building, the building was lit in orange New exhibitions and programs its architect and the museum to participate in Take Action – drove a surge in visitor numbers. itself. This opened in the foyer Go Orange for Victoria against Digital engagement doubled, in September. It was followed in Violence. Many thousands also and a new responsive website April and May by two galleries watched the Australian Football improved our presence online. - Melbourne: Foundations of a League’s Grand Final Parade In the Committee’s view it has City and Melbourne as National launched from the building. more than met its commitment Capital 1901-1927. These last two to provide public access to the galleries chart the extraordinary The Old Treasury Building building, while preserving its growth of Melbourne from tiny maintains a large public program heritage value. rural village to world metropolis from a very small base of paid and have proved to be of great staff. It could not attempt this The growth in visitor numbers interest to visitors and to visiting without the assistance of its large was perhaps the most exciting school classes. The exhibition group of skilled volunteers and achievement of the year. A total program is presented in guides. We would like to thank of 75,866 people visited the partnership with Public Record each of them sincerely for their museum – an increase of 11,000, Office Victoria. ongoing commitment to the or 17 per cent. This was a far higher building and its programs. rate of growth than projected Three incoming exhibitions and in fact met the target set for were also shown this year. This year we also pay tribute 2020! Digital engagement also World War I and the Ibuki was to our former chair Jeff Byrne, grew substantially. We estimate created by the Veterans Branch whose term ended in February. that the Old Treasury Building of the Department of Premier Jeff chaired the Committee of reached approximately 4.4 million and Cabinet and exhibited in Management from 2010-17, accounts online, largely through December and January. ‘Early steering it through a difficult its active social media program. Melbourne paintings, 1840- transition period to a time of 1880’ was received from the settled growth. His was a steady The exhibition program was Roy Morgan Research Collection, hand and a wise head. We miss especially busy, with two new and shown on the ground and him and thank him for his long temporary and three new long- first floors from May. Behind the contribution to the building and term displays completed in Lines 2016, a touring exhibition the museum. house, along with two incoming of political cartoons from the temporary displays. Wild Colonial Museum of Australian Democracy Thanks are also due to the other , 16 December 2016. Photo by Katie Dunning. Katie by , 16 December 2016. Photo Boys: Bushrangers in Victoria in Canberra, was installed in June. members of the Committee of opened in the new temporary Management, our colleagues at exhibitions gallery in September Once again the Old Treasury Public Record Office Victoria and and proved an immediate hit Building participated in many of on the Treasury Reserve, and with visitors. It was followed the state’s festivals and events. to the wonderful staff, whose Mapping Melbourne in December by a small display We presented special events in 11 commitment to the building about Christmas in past times, external festivals, including Open and its programs drives them to located in the basement flat that House Melbourne, the Heritage achieve extraordinary things. was once home to the Maynard Festival, the History Festival and family. Improving the long- Seniors’ Festival. The building was term displays was identified by the second-most visited in the Marian Quartly, Steve Schinck, the Committee as an ongoing Open House Melbourne program Margaret Anderson priority and a good beginning for the third year running, with was made this year with three more than 5,000 visitors over 3 LEFT: Performance by artists from Studio J for Studio J from artists by Performance LEFT: Our VisiOn- The Old Treasury Building- inspiring museum and cherished heriTage icOn- STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OLD TREASURY BUILDING THE BUILDING We present lively and inclusive GOVERNANCE The Old Treasury Building is one programs that tell Victorian The Old Treasury Building is of Australia’s finest nineteenth- stories, contribute to community managed by the Old Treasury century buildings. It was connectedness and inspire a Building Reserve Committee constructed between 1858 and sense of place. of Management Inc., under 1862 to store the gold then the Crown Land Reserves Act flooding into Melbourne from We bring the Old Treasury (1978). Committee members the Victorian gold fields. Above Building to life and nurture it are appointed by the Minister ground it provided offices for for the people of Victoria and for Finance. The building is senior government officials, beyond. part of the Treasury Reserve including the Governor of Precinct and is included on the Victoria. The historic Executive Victorian Heritage Register. The Council Chamber is still used on Committee’s responsibilities a weekly basis, in a remarkable under the Act are to: sequence of continuous use. -Ensure public access to the building through a mix of cultural The ground floors and basement and promotional activities vaults now house a free public -Preserve the building’s heritage history museum, open on six value days each week. Accommodation -Use its best endeavours to in upper floors is leased to a operate on a self-funded basis. range of tenants, including a former governor and former premiers. Income derived from these tenancies funds museum operations. 5 LEFT: Detail of Old Treasury Building (Chief Secretary’s Office) drawing, date unknown. PROV VPRS 3686/P1 unit 457 TPM 1.2 VPRS PROV unknown. date drawing, Office) Secretary’s Building (Chief of Old Treasury Detail LEFT: highlighTs Of 2016-17 VISITORS PUBLIC PROGRAMS -75,866 visited the site – an increase -A program of 76 talks, lectures and of 17% events was presented -6,464 school students visited in a booked tour -A partnership with the History Council of Victoria and Monash University saw the first of six seminars -The Old Treasury Building (OTB) was awarded a in the Making Public Histories series presented at TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2016 the OTB. -Events were presented in 11 external festivals EXHIBITIONS (in-house) -Wild Colonial Boys: Bushrangers in Victoria opened -OTB was the second most popular site in Open September 2016 House Melbourne -The Old Treasury Building and JJ Clark opened -The Grand Final Parade was launched from the September 2016
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