2016 annual report Contents
About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)...... 2 Treasurer’s Report...... 3 President’s Report...... 4 Executive Director’s Report...... 5-6 Management...... 7-8 Awards, Conference, and Events...... 9-10 Communications...... 11 INSITE...... 12 Green Museum Project ...... 13 Museum Accreditation Program...... 14 Exhibition Services...... 15 Victorian Collections...... 16 Acknowledgements...... 17-18 Financial Reports...... 19-22
1 Museums Australia (Victoria) About Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria)
Mission: Enabling museums and their people to develop their capacity to inspire and engage their communities.
Statement of Purpose total membership. We represent the sector. The Awards are generously Museums Australia (Victoria) provides Victorian members and provide services sponsored by a range of industry and professional services to develop and for them and for the museum and gallery cultural supporters. sustain the roles and interests of museum community regardless of membership communities across Victoria, including: status. At the end of December 2016, the Conference and Forum Victorian membership comprised 252 The Victorian Museums & Galleries • Expert advice on museum practice and organisations spanning archives, art Conference takes place every other year in development. galleries, botanic gardens, historical regional Victoria, alternating with our • The Roving Curator Program, which helps societies, natural and social history Forum in Melbourne. Both are curated to museums and galleries develop engaging museums, and specialist collections, as appeal to a broad audience, from large and dynamic exhibitions. well as 252 individual members, most of State institutions to small volunteer-run • Accreditation and application of the whom are working either professionally or organisations. National Standards for Australian Museums voluntarily in museums and galleries. and Galleries. Exhibition Services • The Green Museum Project, which Events and On-site Training Our Exhibition Services Manager delivers promotes environmental sustainability in In 2016, we offered 130 events and on-site advice, professional development, and the museums and galleries. training ranging from exclusive viewings to Roving Curator Program, which provides • Victorian Collections, a central online lectures, seminars, workshops, and small museums and galleries with portal to the cultural treasures held by masterclasses catering to beginner, exhibition development assistance. museums, galleries, and other mid-level, and expert museum staff and organisations distributed across the state. volunteers. We cross-reference our INSITE • Professional development. program with participant feedback and our Our stimulating and informative member • Advocacy and profile raising of the matrix of museum and individual types to magazine, published four times a year, is Victorian museum sector. offer a balanced program. sent directly to members with the latest news on Victorian museums and galleries, Values Victorian Collections sector events and topics. Contents from • Recognising that museums and galleries A free online cataloguing system created back issues are available online: occupy a vital place in the community. especially for community collecting www.mavic.asn.au/insite/editions • Recognising the contributions of our organisations and small museums in members to the sector. Victoria. Introductory workshops in Green Museum Project • Supporting access to and the care of the collection management, cataloguing, The Green Museum Project is a Distributed National Collection. object handling, and photography are held sustainability initiative developed by MA • Recognising and celebrating diversity throughout the year. Browse items on the (Vic) and made possible by the generous including Indigenous cultural heritage. Victorian Collections website: support of Lord Mayor’s Charitable • Recognising the importance of being a www.victoriancollections.net.au Foundation with additional support from forum for ideas. Creative Victoria. The program provides • Upholding the highest ethical professional Museum Accreditation Program practical training on preventive standards. At the end of 2016, there were 100 conservation and environmental museums participating in our gold- sustainability practices. Background standard Museum Accreditation Program, MA (Vic) is a state branch of Museums a wholistic, peer-supported model of Communications & Resources Galleries Australia, a not-for-profit excellence developed according to the The weekly e-bulletin and MA (Vic) website national membership association founded National Standards for Australian Museums offer a range of up-to-date museum sector in 1993 to bring together people concerned and Galleries. The program enables strong information and resources. Online training with the care and communication of mentoring between museums and tools include training videos on museum Australia’s natural, artistic, and cultural museum experts to share best practice, best practice and selected seminar heritage. Through the direction of an upskill museum staff and volunteers, and presentations. Special disaster response elected Committee, the Victorian branch raise the profile of participating museums. areas of the website are available for provides support, representation, and affected communities when required. professional development services to the Awards museum and gallery sector across the Since 1994, we have recognised the The MA (Vic) office is housed on the lower State. achievements of museum individuals and ground floor of the Melbourne Museum. organisations at the annual Victorian Members enjoy easy access to services Membership Museum Awards. The Awards are peer- and staff. MA (Vic) is grateful for the MA (Vic) represents approximately one reviewed and celebrate the hard work of generous ongoing support of Museums third of Museums Galleries Australia’s staff and volunteers in creating a vibrant Victoria in making this space available.
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 2 Treasurer’s Report
The twelve months ended 31 December Cash and Cash Equivalents stood at Museums Australia (Victoria) remains in a 2016 produced a slight surplus of $600. $525,624 at 31 December 2016 with strong financial position to undertake its This is on-trend with our break-even Current Liabilities amounting to $504,191. planned activities in 2017. results over the last four years. Creative Victoria approved core funding Ian Scott Total expenses for the year were $713,306. through the Organisations Investment Treasurer This was a 15% increase from the previous Program for the four years commencing year’s expenses of $619,420 due to an 1 January 2017. uplift in grant income.
With this slight change in Members Funds, Retained Earnings remain stable at $66,033 at 31 December 2016.
3 Museums Australia (Victoria) President’s Report
I’m delighted to be reporting on another now accessible on the Victorian Collections As well as the vital core funding we receive successful year for Museums Australia website, with an expanded team from Creative Victoria, our work is made (Victoria) and to thank and acknowledge coordinating and delivering this project. possible by a range of philanthropic and our staff, members, participants, and government supporters. Thanks to the supporters who generously share their Our other programs have also achieved Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, the time and expertise throughout the year. great results this year. The Green Museum R E Ross Trust, the Veterans Branch of the Project has trained over 80 individuals in Department of Premier and Cabinet, the One of the big highlights of the year was energy auditing for museums. Our Roving Department of Communications and the our State Conference in Phillip Island. I Curator took her skills to four museums to Arts, and City of Melbourne for their want to acknowledge the extraordinary support the development of interpretation support in 2016. support of the Bass Coast Shire Council, and exhibits. Our website Content Churchill Island Heritage Farm, and Phillip Management System has been upgraded Thank you to our major sponsor, Museums Island Nature Parks for their excellent and provides us with improved security and Victoria, and to all our other supporters welcome and hosting. Thank you to all of a better interface for managing website and members who have contributed our members and supporters who made content. speakers, event spaces, and other the journey to attend, especially those who resources. Thank you to our industry travelled from other regional locations. The Events program delivered a fantastic sponsors, often small businesses range of seminars, training, and themselves, who generously support our Congratulations to all the nominees and networking opportunities with nearly 1,500 events and programs with cash and winners (listed on page 9) at the Victorian participants in 2016. Four excellent expertise: Archival Survival, IAS Fine Art Museum Awards. The State Library of editions of INSITE Magazine went out, Logistics, Deakin University, Mal Padgett Victoria were our gracious hosts and it was inspiring a series of blog posts on the Design, and Alan Randell-Smith Florist. wonderful to hear from CEO Kate Torney Culture Victoria website. And I want to about the exciting plans for the future of make special mention of an important Finally, on behalf of all our members, I’d the Library. piece of research completed this year by like to give an enthusiastic thank you to Kitty Owens, Local Government & Cultural our dedicated MA (Vic) branch team who Martin Foley MP also spoke at the Awards Collections in Victoria, which illuminates really do go above and beyond in ceremony, where his admiration for our the important contributions made by supporting our sector. diverse Victorian museums and galleries council collection activities to Victorian sector – from the large institutions to the cultural life, and identifies opportunities Lauren Ellis small but much-valued community for enhancing this work. President organisations – was very genuinely expressed. I would like to extend a warm The Museum Accreditation Program has thank you to the Minister, and to Creative reached 100 enrolled museums across Victoria, for their ongoing support of and Victoria. If you haven’t seen it yet, have a participation in our work. look at the short film celebrating this milestone on the MA (Vic) YouTube channel It’s been a successful year of fundraising, (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK16- with a major grant secured from the RhD6qs) – it’s a gorgeous snapshot of our Veterans Branch for intensive cataloguing sector. and community engagement work with military heritage organisations and their local communities. Over 86,000 items are
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 4 1 At the Victorian 2 Networking at the Museum Awards 2016: Victorian Museum left to right: Michael Awards 2016, State Executive Director’s Report O’Leary, Director, Library Victoria. Agencies and Infrastructure, Creative Victoria, Laura Miles, Executive Director, MA (Vic), Lauren Ellis, President, MA (Vic), and Martin Foley MP, Minister for Creative Industries.
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2016 was a year of advocacy: for our has been confirmed for the next four years. our exhibitions and storytelling seminar, members, for the creative industries, and We thank the Veterans Branch of the the special Victorian Collections Day, our for our next four years of core funding to Victorian State Government for funding us amazing Victorian Museums & Galleries support the sector as the peak industry since 2014 to commemorate stories of Conference in Phillip Island, a loans and body. We recognised some significant service and sacrifice in military heritage deaccessioning masterclass, and our achievements among our museum and collections. workshop on caring for textiles and works gallery members, and reached the on paper. milestone of a full 100 museums and We have also been generously supported galleries enrolled in our Accreditation with two years of funding from the Lord Attendance trends are increasing steadily, Program. We also expanded our programs Mayor’s Charitable Foundation for our with a mean annual average attendance of to include environmental sustainability Green Museums Project, with additional 1,660 in 2016 (1,622 in 2015) thanks to a training, student placements, intensive support from Creative Victoria. We thank loyal core membership and growing hands-on support for military heritage, the R E Ross Trust for a three year gift to participation from military heritage online storytelling, and oral histories. build capacity in our Accreditation volunteers and veterans, emerging Program, and the City of Melbourne for professionals, students, individuals within MA (Vic)’s major agency members, the web accessibility improvements. organisational members, and non- Australian Centre for the Moving Image, members. Members continue to benefit Museums Victoria, the National Gallery of Our industry supporters include Archival from our group discount offers and ‘bring a Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria, and Survival, Deakin University, IAS Fine Art friend’ giveaways of double passes to State Library Victoria are the custodians of Logistics, Mal Padgett Design, and Phillip events promoted via social media. over 35m items worth an estimated $5bn. Island Nature Parks. We received extensive Our community museums steward an support in 2016 and the full list of Victorian Museum Awards additional 8m items worth an estimated sponsors, supporters and donors is on Our 2016 Awards were hosted by Kate $850m. Staff and volunteers at community pages 17 and 18. Torney, CEO, at State Library Victoria, with museums have digitised and uploaded over MC Diana Nguyen and Martin Foley MP, 86,000 items onto Victorian Collections, Financial Minister for Creative Industries. Nine making our cultural collections searchable 2016 was the third year of our triennial Awards were presented to high achieving and discoverable. funding agreement under Creative museums, galleries, and individuals, and Victoria’s Organisations Investment one newly Accredited museum received We warmly acknowledge our major Program (OIP) and our second year of their certificate from Minister Foley. The museum supporter, Museums Victoria, as ongoing Victorian Collections funding. This full list of winners is shown on page 9. the sponsor of our Victorian Branch office contributed 53% of turnover, with and for our Victorian Collections remaining income sourced from earned Exhibition Services partnership. Museums Victoria provides income and fundraising. In 2016 we applied 16 museums received tailored advice on the technical expertise and hosting for for a total of $250,289 and we received exhibition development and working with Victorian Collections, alongside its $559,279 thanks to a range of generous their local government cultural officers in leadership to the sector. We thank sponsors and project funders. 2016. Four museums received hands-on Museums Victoria for providing our office, intensive Roving Curator support on IT support, meeting spaces for events, and Programming display techniques, interpretation, and access to the expertise of their staff and We offered a wide range of programs with planning temporary exhibitions. volunteers at Melbourne Museum, the 49 events plus 74 site visits to museums. In addition, we published an exhaustive Immigration Museum, the Royal Exhibition We achieved a 59.5%:38% split of research report into all 79 Victorian local Building and Scienceworks. metro:regional attendance plus 2% government collections. The report is interstate and 0.5% international. Total available to download from our website We thank Creative Victoria for core attendance at group training events (www.mavic.asn.au/resources). operational and Victorian Collections including site visits at museums and funding, and for the core funding which galleries was 1,943. Highlights included
5 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 ‘Future Partnerships’ 3 Conference Keynote discussion panel at the Speaker Dr J. Patrick Victorian Museums & Greene OBE, then CEO of Galleries Conference Museums Victoria, gives 2016. a talk entitled ‘Looking Back, Looking Forward 2 IAS Fine Art Logistics – Do Museums Have a representatives at the Future?’ Conference Trade Exhibition.
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Museum Accreditation Program Marketing/Access News (Royal Historical Society of Victoria), In 2016, we celebrated reaching 100 Four full-colour editions of INSITE Neos Kosmos, The Courier, The Miner, Civic museums and galleries in the program, magazine were issued in 2016, with the (Municipal Association of Victoria), thanks to core support from Creative themes ‘Kids’, ‘Philanthropy’, ‘Careers’, Pharos (Professionals Historians Victoria and our three year gift from and ‘Security’. INSITE is carefully compiled Association (Vic)), Dandenong Journal, and the R E Ross Trust to build capacity. To in line with our communications to Mildura Midweek. mark the occasion we produced a new promote professional practice and the online interactive map of museums, and a achievements of our sector, including Our activities are the result of our staff, special film showcasing a sample of eight Awards nominations and winners, major board, and extensive network of generous MAP museums and galleries which can be events such as conferences and Victorian and highly skilled supporters, ranging from viewed on our YouTube channel (www. Collections Day, and Roving Curator and our core members to industry sponsors, youtube.com/watch?v=ZK16-RhD6qs). Accreditation deadlines. Culture Victoria philanthropic supporters, tertiary has also supported INSITE in 2016-2017 education providers, federal, state and Victorian Collections with a commission for five special articles local government colleagues, donors, Our digitisation program, operated in on Culture Victoria in partnership with Accreditation panellists, mentors, partnership with Museums Victoria with Writers Victoria, to showcase objects and volunteers, Awards judges, emerging core funding from Creative Victoria boasts places inspired by INSITE. professionals, and students. Our work over 86,000 digitised cultural treasures couldn’t be done without significant from over 400 collecting organisations. Our online presence continues to expand, contributions from within and beyond the These collections can also be found via as more museums and our supporters creative industries sector. Culture Victoria (www.cv.vic.gov.au) and engage with electronic, online, social, and Trove (www.trove.nla.gov.au). A two-year traditional media. Our website views and This support enables the MA (Vic) team to project grant from the Veterans Branch is downloads totalled 851,545, and views of provide the best support for our diverse building on our previous Veterans Branch- our videos on our YouTube channel and and deeply creative mix of museums and funded work with veterans and military Culture Victoria totalled 51,781 including galleries. In turn, this means Victorians historians to include oral history training the new #MAP100 film. Our most popular and visitors continue to enjoy our cultural and workplace learning for secondary downloads were the Small Museums treasures now and into the future. students, with a corresponding uplift in Cataloguing Manual, the ‘Display Basics’ staffing. infosheet, and the National Standards for Laura Miles Australian Museums and Galleries v. 1.5. Executive Director Green Museum Project Our total number of ‘likes’, followers and In 2016, we launched a two-year project to subscribers on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, offer practical training in environmental and Slideshare was 4,733. sustainability for museums, thanks to a grant from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable In 2016, we also published our usual suite Foundation with additional funding from of print publications: our annual program, Creative Victoria. The training provides a annual report, conference handbook, pathway for small museums to make sponsorship collateral, and flyers. We sustainability and preventive conservation issued 93 weekly and program-specific decisions. This follows pioneering electronic bulletins with a total circulation sustainability initiatives in museums such of 97,487. We achieved media coverage as Ballarat Tramway Museum, Museums from Bay 93.9 Geelong, The Stawell Times- Victoria, the National Wool Museum and News, ABC 1602, Centre News Magazine Sovereign Hill Museums Association. (Jewish Holocaust Centre), J-Wire, History
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 6 1 Branch Committee 3 MA (Vic) Office members at the 2016 Coordinator Sarah MA (Vic) General Craven in the Forest Management Meeting, Old Treasury Gallery at Melbourne Building. Museum.
2 Branch Committee members Padraic Fisher, Lauren Ellis, and Lauren Bourke at the 2016 MA (Vic) General Meeting.
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Management Staff Warren Doubleday, Manager, Ballarat MA (Vic) relies on the ongoing and Executive Director Tramway Museum dedicated support of a range of museum, Laura Miles Samantha Hamilton, PhD Candidate, arts, and cultural heritage workers that Office Coordinator University of Melbourne (on leave from voluntarily serve on committees and Sarah Craven Museums Victoria) panels. We thank these volunteers for their valuable insights and their time and we Communications Manager Elizabeth Marsden, Collections Manager, also thank the organisations that support Raphaël Fiorese Sovereign Hill Museums Association them in their contributions to MA (Vic). INSITE Editor Bryony Nainby (June to December 2016), Roisin O’Dwyer Director, Benalla Art Gallery Branch Committee Executive Committee Exhibition Services Manager Linda Peacock, Collections Manager, Burke President Kitty Owens Museum Lauren Ellis Events Coordinator Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges Exhibitions Manager, Immigration Museum, Bridget Forbes Regional Museum Museums Victoria Museum Accreditation Program Managers Melanie Twomey, Senior Associate, Vice President Caroline Deighton Harwood Andrews Padraic Fisher Rosemary Hanscombe Director, National Wool Museum Museum Accreditation Program Panellists Victorian Collections Project Managers Secretary Jo-Anne Cooper, Special Collections and Cameron Auty Jim McCann Grainger Museum Manager, University of Belinda Ensor Manager, Victoria Police Museum Melbourne Victorian Collections Communications & Treasurer Elle Credlin, Art and Heritage Collections Education Coordinator Ian Scott Officer, Bayside City Council, and History Brigid Moriarty (from July 2016) Museum Consultant and Heritage Programs Officer, Glen Eira Victorian Collections Operations City Council Ordinary Committee Coordinator Monica Cronin, Curator, Geoffrey Kaye Peter Abbott Frances Paterson (from August 2016) Museum of Anaesthetic History Chief Executive Officer, Bendigo Heritage Finance Officers Attractions Lyn Gorman, President, B24 Liberators Meredith Windust Memorial Lauren Bourke Tammy Currie Community Archives Coordinator, Public Ren Gregoric, Manager, Green Museum Record Office Victoria Advisory and Steering Committees Project, Museums Australia (Victoria) Museum Accreditation Program Advisory Samantha Fabry Samantha Hamilton, PhD Candidate, Committee Collections Manager, Freemasons Victoria University of Melbourne (on leave from Chair Museums Victoria) Andrew Hiskens Euan McGillivray (to December 2016), Manager, Learning Services, State Library Collections Manager, MCC, National Sports Louis Le Vaillant, Director and Curator, Victoria Museum, and Museum Consultant Johnston Collection Louis Le Vaillant Lauren Bourke (from February 2016), Jim McCann, Manager, Victoria Police Director and Curator, The Johnston Community Archives Coordinator, Public Museum Collection Record Office Victoria Euan McGillivray, Collections Manager, Dr Nurin Veis Jo-Anne Cooper, Special Collections and MCC, National Sports Museum, and Manager, Scienceworks, Museums Victoria Grainger Museum Manager, University of Museum Consultant Melbourne
7 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Members enjoy a tour 3 Participants inspect of the Melbourne damage to objects at the Museum’s studios and Castlemaine Preventative workshop areas during Conservation and the Museum Preparator Integrated Pest Tour. Management workshop.
2 MAP Reaccreditation visit: hydrographic tools on display at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum.
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Julie McLaren, Curator, Ballarat Art Ruth Redden, Conservation Architect and Contractors and Consultants Gallery Heritage Consultant, Heritage Alliance Joel Checkley: photography for the Victorian Museums & Galleries Conference Claire Muir, Art Collection Officer, Art Barbara Reeve, Head, Collection Services, Collection and Galleries, Deakin University Australian War Memorial Simon Fox: photography for the Victorian Museum Awards Frances Patterson, Operations Coordinator, Helen Sheedy, Sustainability Officer, Victorian Collections, Museums Australia Warrnambool City Council Madman Printing: print publications and (Victoria) flyers Nicole Tse, Lecturer and Academic Linda Peacock, Collection Manager, Burke Coordinator, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Dimity Mapstone: MAP website Museum Materials Conservation, University of development and MAP postcards design Melbourne Maggi Solly, Director, Yarra Ranges Mecca Medialight: MA (Vic) website Regional Museum Amanda Wild, Senior Conservator, development Exhibitions and Loans, State Library Michelle Stevenson, Curator, Politics & Tiny Empire Collective: MAP 100 film Victoria Society, and Coordinator, Humanities Eric Townsend: Auditor Collections Online, Humanities Department, Exhibition Services Advisory Committee Museum Victoria Chair Tim Sullivan, Assistant Director, Branch Lauren Bourke, Community Archives Head National Collection, Australian War Coordinator, Public Record Office Victoria Memorial Caroline Carter, Manager, Exhibition Ian Tully, Director, Swan Hill Regional Art Collection Management, Museums Victoria Gallery (on leave from November 2016) Melanie Twomey, Senior Associate, Rhonda Diffey, Collections Archivist, Greater Harwood Andrews City of Dandenong Cassie May (from November 2016), Green Museum Project Advisory Museum Consultant Committee Chair Julie Skate (to July 2016), Gallery Elizabeth Marsden, Collections Manager, Supervisor, Bayside City Council Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Angie Taylor, Exhibitions Coordinator, Rolf Greeve, Head Technician, Production & National Exhibitions Touring Service, Technical Services, Museum Victoria, Victoria Carole Hammond, Senior Sustainability Victorian Collections Advisory Group Officer, Moonee Valley City Council, and Caroline Carter, Manager, Exhibition Sustainability Consultant and Researcher Collection Management, Museums Victoria Brenton James, Lead Technician, Lighting (on leave from November 2016) Projects, Museums Victoria Monica Cronin, Curator, Geoffrey Kaye Chris Jensen, Lecturer, School of Museum Architecture, Building and Planning, Euan McGillivray, Collections Manager, University of Melbourne, and Sustainability MCC, National Sports Museum, and Consultant Museum Consultant Jacqueline Peel, Professor, Melbourne Law Elizabeth Triarico, Heritage Consultant School, University of Melbourne
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 8 1 Participants at the 2 Morgan Brady of the Preventative Footscray Community Conservation and Arts Centre welcomes Awards, Conference, and Events Museum Governance attendees at the workshop admire a Engaging with Indigenous recently conserved Communities seminar. Chinese banner at the Robert O’Hara Burke Museum in Beechworth.
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Padgett Design, also provided a cash “Excellent, thought-provoking speakers contribution to MA (Vic) and supplied the winner of the Victorian Collections highlighting the work of a range of Cataloguing Award (Volunteer-Run) with a Brightsign media player which uses institutions and individuals. I particularly still or moving content to create a video. Many thanks also go to our other Awards liked the lightning talks session.” sponsors: Alan Randell-Smith Florist, State Library Victoria, and Deakin 2016 Conference survey respondent University. Victorian Museums & Galleries Victorian Museum Awards Institutions Conference The 2016 Victorian Museum Awards were • The Archival Survival Award for Under the theme of ‘Future-Proofing’, the held at State Library Victoria. The evening Volunteer-Run Museums 2016 Conference was held in Cowes, was hosted by performer Diana Nguyen Winner: Stawell Historical Society Phillip Island, and focused on innovative and featured special guests Martin Foley ways to achieve financial, social, and MP, Minister for Creative Industries, and • The Archival Survival Award for Small environmental sustainability. Topics Kate Torney, CEO of State Library Victoria. Museums (2-7 Paid Staff) covered included: the impact of climate The Victorian Museum Awards celebrate Winner: Bonegilla Migrant Experience change on museum buildings and the wonderful achievements of the collections, developing regional museum and gallery sector. My thanks go • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award audiences, interpretation and storytelling, to the expert panel of judges for 2016; for Medium Museums (8-50 Paid Staff) and adapting to change. John Cunningham, Emily McCulloch Joint Winners: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Childs, and Euan McGillivray. Village and the Koorie Heritage Trust Thank you to our 2016 Conference sponsors and supporters: IAS Fine Art We congratulate the Victorian museum • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Logistics, the Department of sector on the number of high-level for Large Museums (51+ Paid Staff) Communications and the Arts, Deakin nominations received this year, and were Winner: Sovereign Hill Museums University, Museums Australia Education, pleased to present the following Awards: Association Phillip Island Nature Parks, Bass Coast Shire Council, Destination Phillip Island, Individuals Victorian Collections Awards the Phillip Island Chocolate Factory, • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award For the fifth year, the Awards Ceremony Archival Survival, and Culture Victoria. for Excellence (Volunteer) also comprised the Victorian Collections Winner: Phillip Maisel AOM, Jewish Cataloguing Awards. See page 16 for a Partnerships Holocaust Centre full list of winners. We continue to highly value the access to unique venues provided by museums and • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award Awards Sponsors galleries across the state. Venues for for Excellence (Paid Staff) We are very grateful to our Victorian seminars and workshops, tours, and Winner: Dr Robin Hirst, Museums Museum Awards Sponsors. Archival talks, were generously supplied by Victoria Survival have continued to provide award Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical recipients with the generous prize of Museum, Centre for Contemporary • The Museums Australia (Victoria) Award $1,000 of archival products in two award Photography, Chinese Museum, Churchill for Lifetime Achievement categories, as well as a cash contribution Island Heritage Farm, City Gallery, Cowes Winner: Martin Hallett to MA (Vic). This year, a new sponsor, Mal
9 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Ian McDonald, Special 3 Delegates board a bus Counsel at Simpsons bound for Churchill Solicitors, facilitating the Island Heritage Farm and Loans & Deaccessioning the Conference dinner. Masterclass at Heide Museum of Modern Art.
2 Conference Keynote Speaker Dr Nurin Veis, Manager, Scienceworks, gives a talk entitled ‘Looking into the Crystal Ball – Adventures at Scienceworks’.
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Cultural Centre, Footscray Community In April, the sell-out seminar It’s a Kid’s End of Year Arts Centre, Geelong Library and Thing brought together producers and The End of Year celebration was held at the Heritage Centre, Heide Museum of educational staff from all over the state to Centre for Contemporary Photography Modern Art, Ian Potter Museum of Art, hear from professionals about the planning (CCP). Members, sponsors, and guests Kyneton Museum, Museums Victoria, process for exhibitions and programs for enjoyed an evening of great photography at National Gallery of Victoria, National Wool the 0 to 5 year old audience. Another the CCP Salon exhibition. Naomi Cass, Museum, Old Treasury Building, Robert popular session was the Exhibitions and Director of the CCP, welcomed us, and O’Hara Burke Museum, State Library of Storytelling seminar held in Geelong. The Laura Miles, our Executive Director, spoke Victoria, and Town Hall Gallery. We also General Meeting was held at the Old of the achievements of the year for continued to partner with the Education Treasury Building with a welcome from the MA (Vic). Our host for the evening was Network of Victoria (ENVI) on the event Manager, Margaret Anderson. Kenneth Park. As usual, a highlight of the Travellers’ Tales, and with Museums evening was the door prizes gratefully Australia Education (MAE) on the In May, the workshop Caring for Textiles and received by guests and generously donated education day immediately preceding the Works on Paper was fully booked, as was by our member museums and sponsors. Conference. the June Masterclass on loans and deaccessioning. Following on from the Acknowledgements Seminars, Training, Member Events, and release of our Local Government and I would like to sincerely thank all guest Tours Cultural Collections Report, we held a speakers, host venues, sponsors, and A total of 1,498 people attended our sector event for local government arts and supporters of the Awards, Conference, and events in 2016. cultural staff which proved popular and a our events in 2016. The program is great networking session. consistently developed through In February, we held a member’s tour of consultation with MA (Vic) staff, member two of Melbourne’s multicultural After the Victorian Museum Awards in July, feedback, industry experts, the volunteer highlights: the Hellenic Museum and the August saw a fascinating seminar on the sector, and leaders in the museum Chinese Museum. Thank you to the staff art of curation, where a panel of curators industry. and volunteers who gave their valuable spoke candidly about their views and time providing us with informative guided experiences on the importance of curating. A full list of speakers is listed in the tours. It’s always a privilege to hear the Acknowledgements (page 17). hidden stories behind collections and In September, while the office prepared for buildings. We also held an exhibition the Conference, we provided a member’s Bridget Forbes viewing and lecture of the NGV’s Andy tour of the Melbourne Museum Events Coordinator Warhol | Ai Weiwei exhibition. preparatory studio space. It was a unique opportunity to learn about taxidermy, In March, the first of a series of three modelling, and mounting. Following the regional workshops on preventative conference, we had another free member’s conservation, museum governance, and tour, this time at the Hawthorn Arts Integrated Pest Management, supported Centre’s Town Hall Gallery. by the R E Ross Trust, was held in Castlemaine, with the others in In November, our last seminar for the year, Beechworth and Geelong. Another Careers in Museums, was full of students workshop which focused on respectfully eager to gain tips about career directions engaging with Indigenous Communities and pathways. was held in Footscray.
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 10 1 MA (Vic) e-blasts promoting the Victorian Museums & Galleries Communications Conference, the Green Museum Project, the Roving Curator Program, and the End of Year Celebration.
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to be popular, with 51,781 total views “Thank you for all your support in the (37,432 on YouTube and 14,349 on Culture Victoria). We once again invited a number promotion of our Victorian Museum Award. of Museum Studies students to be MA (Vic) guest tweeters during the Conference, with The media release and other collateral excellent trending results for our #mavic16 hashtag. Also, we continued to offer provided were outstanding and allowed us to Facebook ticket giveaways – a great way to increase exposure of our brand, audience gain media coverage and promote our Award engagement, and page ‘likes’. This year, we also commissioned a short film to win beyond the museum sector.” celebrate the MAP program reaching 100 participants (www.youtube.com/ Brett Dunlop, Director, Museums, The Sovereign Hill Museums watch?v=ZK16-RhD6qs). Association Website Visits to the website increased by 11% The Communications Manager, together new e-blast templates. Altogether, compared to 2015 and totalled 851,545. with the support of the INSITE Editor and circulation for the e-bulletin and e-blasts There were 152,802 publication and Office Coordinator, oversees all MA (Vic) amounted to 87,607. In addition, both the collateral downloads. In the second half of communications, both print and digital, MAP and Victorian Collections programs the year, we completed the first stage of with the aim of raising the profile of the send their own newsletters (21 issues in the MA (Vic) website upgrade. This organisation and of the Victorian museum 2016; total circulation: 9,880), and other consisted in moving to a new CMS and and gallery sector. regular electronic communications include implementing a number of back-end membership renewal reminders and improvements. The upgrade provides us Print Publications membership renewal thank you notices. with a better interface for managing In 2016, we produced three main print content, increased security, a streamlined publications: Other Communication Materials and booking process, and a number of small • The 2016 MA (Vic) Annual Program (A3 Collateral visual enhancements. Stage two will folded to DL; distribution: 1,200). Other materials produced this year consist in a full visual redesign of the • The 2015 MA (Vic) Annual Report (A4; 24 include: website, in particular to include more pages; distribution: 100). • Slideshows and signage for our images, provide easier navigation, better • The 2016 Victorian Museums & Galleries workshops, Awards, and Conference. accessibility, and improved mobile Conference handbook (A4; 16 pages; • Print flyers for MAP (A6; x5,000) and responsiveness. Together with the MAP distribution: 131). Victorian Collections (A5; x1,500). Managers, we also completed the upgrade • Media packs (photos, a media release, and to the MAP geolocation website (www. E-Bulletins and E-Blasts an e-banner) for all Award winners. victorianmuseums.com.au). Our weekly member e-bulletin contains • MAP and Awards certificates, e-flyers, information about our programs and advertisements for INSITE Magazine, new Media Coverage upcoming events, sector news, grants, and member ‘welcome packs’, and our Media coverage of our programs and other opportunities. Following a redesign traditional Seasons Greetings e-card. participating museums and galleries was in 2014, the e-bulletin continues to be once again extensive in 2016 and included popular with an average open rate of 50.3% Social Media and Online Videos stories in ABC 1602, The Stawell Times, The (48.5% in 2015). We produced a total of 51 Our social media audience keeps growing Courier, The Miner, Bay 93.9 Geelong, e-bulletins in 2016. We also sent 21 special steadily. At year end, we had 1,040 Dandenong Journal, Mildura Midweek, and a e-blasts to promote the Awards, the Facebook‘likes’, 3,366 Twitter followers (for number of specialised publications. Conference, the Green Museum Project, both the MA (Vic) and Victorian Collections the Roving Curator Program, and the End accounts), and 327 subscribers on YouTube Raphaël Fiorese of Year Celebration. We designed three and SlideShare. Our online videos continue Manager, Communications
11 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Feb-Apr INSITE: Kids May-Jul INSITE: Philanthropy Aug-Oct INSITE: Careers INSITE Nov-Jan INSITE: Security
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Historical Museum, Freemasons Victoria “As a long-time member, it is still a pleasure Library & Museum, National Sports Museum, Blacksmiths Cottage and Forge, to sit and read through each new issue. National Gallery of Victoria, and INSITE gives impetus and support, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery. INSITE Distribution particularly to those working in regional and Non-members can subscribe to receive INSITE. In 2016, we introduced an remote museums, helping them stay interstate member rate bundled with the weekly e-bulletin so that staff in museums connected. and galleries over the border can receive INSITE and participate in Victorian Lauretta Zilles, Buda House Curator, Buda Historic Home & Garden programs. In addition to current members receiving INSITE, the magazine is kept at INSITE is the hard copy, themed, each issue is included on the INSITE State Library Victoria and the libraries and membership magazine developed by MA webpage. In 2016, it was authored by the staff rooms of institutional members. (Vic) and distributed to individual and Digital and Emerging Technologies team at institutional members four times a year. Museums Victoria. Revenue The magazine is produced in-house by the The cost of printing and distributing INSITE Editor with content sourced in consultation In the August-October issue, we devoted a is covered by advertising revenue. Most with staff and colleagues in the sector. It is double page to coverage of the Victorian advertisers have supported the magazine printed on recycled paper by Madman Museum Awards and produced the media over many years. Our 2016 advertisers Printing and distributed by post through releases and media packs for the Award were: TASHCO Systems, Archival Survival, the Mail Action mailhouse. recipients so that they could promote their Thylacine, Designcraft Furniture, good news to their own communities and Information Services and Technology, and INSITE Content networks. The Awards media release was Maxus. This year the Royal Historical INSITE is dedicated to Victorian museums made available on the website to further Society of Victoria promoted History Week and galleries and provides an opportunity promote the achievements of the by including a postcard with the magazine. for organisations and individuals to share recipients and their organisations. All of our advertisers supply products and stories about their activities and services to the sector and some also professional practice that is informative The 2016 INSITE themes were: engage with MA (Vic) in program and promotes dialogue in the sector. Each sponsorships such as the Victorian INSITE issue contains approximately six • Kids (February-April) Museums & Galleries Conference and the articles on the selected theme, a few • Philanthropy (May-July) Victorian Museum Awards. general stories and branch information, • Careers (August-October) and museum news. • Security (November 2016-January 2017) The Sector INSITE welcomes articles and news from INSITE is part of a range of This year 32 individuals wrote articles for colleagues working in museums and communications at Museums Australia INSITE. They are listed in our galleries. INSITE themes aim to draw on (Victoria) that includes social media acknowledgments section (pages 17 and all areas of museum practice to promote platforms, a weekly bulletin, and website. 18). Articles covered topics across a range and reflect a range of activities. Enquiries Information is selected to best suit the of organisations, including: ACCA, Shrine can be directed to the Editor at: medium and to keep members informed of Remembrance, McClelland Sculpture [email protected] and engaged. Although INSITE is not Park+Gallery, National Trust (Victoria), published on the website, contents from Museums Victoria, Sovereign Hill Roisin O’Dwyer each issue are listed along with the links Museums Association, Beleura House and INSITE Editor referenced in each article. A full list of Garden, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Bayside links from the Apps & Online column in City Council, Castlemaine Art Gallery and
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 12 1 The Green Museum 2 Green Museum Project Project Advisory Sustainability Workshop Committee: left to right: at Sovereign Hill Green Museum Project Carole Hammond, Museums Association. Christopher Jensen, Nicole Tse, Ren Gregoric, Helen Sheedy, and Amanda Wild.
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• 93% of respondents thought the workshop “Very good venue, very relevant information. they attended was extremely or well organised. Well organised and useful resources. Ren • 83% of respondents said that they were very confident or confident in completing was particularly informed and engaging. The an energy audit by themselves at their best workshop I think I’ve been to.” organisation. Sustainability Seminar Survey respondent On 16 November, the Green Museum Project Manager organised a sustainability In 2016, Museums Australia (Victoria) Action Plan for sustainable operations. seminar to help increase awareness launched the Green Museum Project, a • Light emitting diodes (LEDs). amongst sector staff and volunteers of new sustainability initiative made possible • Climate change programming and sustainability issues specific to the cultural by the generous support of the Lord communication. heritage sector. Attendees heard from a Mayor’s Charitable Foundation with number of experts, including: additional support from Creative Victoria. Training Benefits • Alice Cannon, Manager, Integrated In 2016, the Green Museum Project • Improved environmental performance. Collection Processes, Museums Victoria: Manager offered practical training in • Staff trained for continued sustainability ‘Cultural Property Risk Analysis Model Melbourne and regional hubs to staff and improvement activities. (CPRAM) at Museums Victoria’. volunteers of Victorian museums and • Environmental awareness and basic • Lee Godden, Director, Centre for galleries on preventive conservation and understanding of sustainability issues in Resources, Energy and Environmental environmental sustainability practices. the context of the cultural heritage sector. Law, the University of Melbourne: ‘Legal Workshop participants gained the tools • Identification and evaluation of possible Frameworks for Managing Cultural and knowledge to reduce energy use, save solutions and alternate technologies to Heritage in a Climate Change Era’. money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase organisational sustainability. • Ren Gregoric, Green Museum Project improve lighting facilities, reduce the risk • Assistance with long-term preservation of Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria): of collections to light and ultraviolet collection material. ‘How Victorian Collections and Museums damage, and position their organisation as Will Be Affected by Climate Change’. a local leader in sustainability. The Workshop Program • Rolf Greve, Head Technician, Melbourne Between August and December 2016, Museum, & Brenton James, Technical Training workshops were held at: Officer, Immigration Museum: ‘Applications The Green Museum Project training • Yarra Ranges Regional Museum (Lilydale) of LED Technology at Museums Victoria’. program was designed to complement the • National Wool Museum (Geelong) • Christopher Jensen, Lecturer in Museum Accreditation Program (MAP). • Sovereign Hill Museums Association Construction Management, the University Training was open to all museums and (Ballarat) of Melbourne: ‘Environmental galleries operating in Victoria and covered • Warrnambool Art Gallery (Warrnambool) Sustainability and HVAC Systems in a range of topics, including: • Benalla Historical Society (Benalla) Museums and Galleries’. • The University of Melbourne • How climate change will effect Victorian We thank both the presenters and the museums, collections, staff and In total, 87 individuals participated in the audience for making this seminar a highly volunteers. workshop training, 28 of whom where aged successful event. • How to conduct a basic energy audit. 65 and above. The remaining 59 • How to measure and adjust lighting to participants were in the age group 20-59. Ren Gregoric meet conservation standards. Manager, Green Museum Project • Ensuring long-term preservation of Survey Highlights collection material through object rotation • 85% of respondents thought the workshop schedules. they attended was a lot better or better • Creating and implementing an than expected. Environmental Sustainability Policy and
13 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 The new Victoria’s 2 Bottles and jars from Accredited Museums Palmer’s pharmacy, website maps all Ballarat, 1870-1890, at Museum Accreditation Program Accredited and the Medical History participating MAP Museum. The Museum is organisations across the first of the University Victoria. of Melbourne’s museums to gain Accreditation.
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• City of Port Phillip Arts and Heritage “MAP is particularly important for small Collection • Cyrill Kett Optometry Museum and Archive museums because it underlines that you do • Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre • Hellenic Museum not need to be large to be professional and • Horsham Art Gallery • Kiewa Valley Historical Society dynamic.” • Langi Morgalla Historical Society • Lorne Historical Society Dr Jacqueline Healy, Senior Curator, Medical History Museum, • Man from Snowy River Museum University of Melbourne • Myrtleford Historical Society • Phillip Island Historical Society • Port Albert Maritime Museum The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) Enrolments • Queenscliffe Historical Museum is a peer review program that assesses all There was an ongoing demand for • Running Rabbits Upwey Belgrave RSL areas of museum operations against the enrolment in the MAP program in 2016. • Seaworks Maritime Discovery Centre National Standards for Australian Museums Three museums were enrolled: Charlton • Stawell Historical Society and Galleries. MAP works to build capacity Golden Grains Museum, Daylsford • Talbot Historical Society and best practice in museums and Museum, and Maldon Museum, with many • Warracknabeal & District Historical galleries across Victoria. By the end of more expressing interest in working Society 2016, there were 100 Victorian museums towards meeting the National Standards in • Warrnambool Heritage Works participating in the program. Of these, 71 future years. have achieved Accreditation and 29 are The MAP Advisory Committee & Peer working towards Accreditation, with three Gained Accreditation at the Victorian Review Panellists new organisations enrolled for the year. Museum Awards The MAP Advisory Committee meets The core activity of the program is to assist • Medical History Museum, University of quarterly to discuss the program and to museums with improving their standards Melbourne contribute advice and support to the MAP and to facilitate the peer review processes. Managers. MAP panellists and Committee MAP is funded by Creative Victoria with Re-Accreditations members conduct site visits, provide additional funding from the R E Ross Trust. • Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic mentoring and expert advice, and gain Museum professional development from the 2016 Highlights • Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame program as peer reviewers. In 2016, • Celebrated over 100 museums in the • Melbourne Cricket Club Museum and Lauren Bourke and Bryony Nainby joined program by launching a short film Library the MAP Advisory Committee. We would featuring 10 MAP Museums and Galleries • National Sports Museum Victoria like to thank the Committee members and (www.youtube.com/MuseumsAustraliaVic). • Queenscliffe Maritime Museum peer review panellists (listed on pages 7 • Launched a new interactive website and 8) for their time and contribution (www.victorianmuseums.com.au) that Advisory Visits throughout 2016. In particular, we would maps all Accredited and participating MAP • Anglesea Historical Society like to acknowledge Euan McGillivray for organisations across Victoria. • Australian National Aviation Museum his outstanding committment to MA (Vic) • MAP training provided to 84 individuals at • B24 Liberator Memorial Australia as the Chair of the MAP Advisory three workshops on a range of topics. • Bendigo Historical Society Committee from 2012 to December 2016. Funded by the R E Ross Trust. • Bonegilla Migrant Experience • Record number of advisory visits to • Box Cottage (Moorabbin Historical Society) Caroline Deighton museums across Victoria. • Brambuk Keeping Place Co-Manager, MAP • Six museum studies students placed with • Bright Historical Society MAP organisations for volunteer projects. • Camperdown & District Historical Society Rosemary Hanscombe • 5,734 kilometres travelled visiting • Chiltern Athenaeum Museum Co-Manager, MAP museums across Victoria.
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 14 1 Kitty Owens and Emerald Museum’s Chris Britten discussing Exhibition Services display of photographs of the Nobelius Nursery.
2 Fran Bader, City of Moorabbin Historical Society, showing Kitty Owens the Rietman family albums.
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Manager also presented a talk on the local “Thanks for all the advice and direction, we government report and participated in a mentoring session for emerging will do our best to make the project shine.” professionals at the Victorian Museums & City of Moorabbin Historical Society Galleries Conference. Exhibition Services Advisory Committee In 2016, the Exhibition Services Roving Local Government and Cultural The Exhibition Services Advisory Curator Program engaged with some Collections Report Committee provided advice and support to fascinating museum collections and In 2016, the Exhibition Services Manager the program throughout the year, and contributed to the development of several wrote the report Local Government and played a vital role in assessing the Roving displays. The Roving Curator responded to Cultural Collections in Victoria, which Curator applications for 2017. The the needs of each project, and the identifies current conditions and issues for contribution of the Committee members to assistance provided ranged from local government collections at all 79 enhancing Victorian cultural exhibitions is identifying material for temporary Victorian local government authorities, and appreciatively acknowledged. Members of exhibitions, providing suggestions for makes recommendations to strengthen the the Committee are listed on page 8. paring back displays, advising on layout preservation and access to this vital part of and production issues, and providing help the distributed collection. The report is Thank You selecting key items and images to tell key available on the Museums Australia Thanks to Adelle Talarico, the Local stories. (Victoria) website (www.mavic.asn.au/ Government and Cultural Collections assets/Local_Government_and_Cultural_ Research Project intern, for her major Roving Curator Program Recipients 2016 Co.pdf). contribution to the research and final • City of Moorabbin Historical Society: report. Thanks to Eve Almond for advice on August Rietman 1877–1951: Monument Advice horticultural displays and programs. Thank Carver, WW1 Memorials, Artisan, Sculptor. In 2016, the Exhibition Services Manager you to all the speakers at the Local Assistance with the development of a provided telephone/email advice for 16 Government and Cultural Collections display highlighting the work of sculptor organisations and individuals. Advice Networking Seminar, including my August Rietman, who lived and worked in included suggestions on presenting colleagues at MA (Vic): Belinda Ensor, Ren the original Box Cottage. Indigenous items, mounting techniques, Gregoric, and Rosemary Handscombe; and display cases, funding, and discussions local government cultural staff: Cameron • Emerald Museum: Carl Axel Nobelius – His with service providers in other states about Auty, Eddie Butler-Bowdon, Georgia Contribution to the History of Horticulture in networking for local government heritage Rouette, Maggi Solly, Dr Mark Themann, Australia. collections custodians. and Miriam Troon. Advice and assistance with a contemporary display about the nationally significant Training Kitty Owens Nobelius nursery archive. The Exhibition Services Manager presented Manager, Exhibition Services training on storytelling in partnership with • Tatura Museum: Compassion & Conflict – Culture Victoria. To launch the report Local Life in Australian WW2 Camps. Government and Cultural Collections in Advice on enhancing interpretation in the Victoria, the Exhibition Services Manager permanent exhibition on the WWII organised an all-day networking seminar internment camps in the Tatura area. for local government cultural collection custodians, presenting a talk on the Local • Upper Yarra Historical Society: advice Government and Cultural Collections in about the Society’s current display facilities Victoria report findings, and a session on and assistance with exhibition development funding opportunities for local government for a temporary exhibition. collections. The Exhibition Services
15 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Dandenong- 2 Lara RSL Sub-Branch Cranbourne RSL President, Bruce Sub-Branch Memorabilia Challoner, showing Victorian Collections Coordinators, Michael Cameron Auty and Newbond and Gary Hunt, Frances Paterson the cataloguing their condition of a flag in their collection as part of the collection. Veterans Heritage Project.
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collections. This option is open to all “We have been privileged to have such organisations who use our website and there are currently 44 groups sharing dedicated and knowledgeable people to their collections through both platforms.
instruct us in the cataloguing of our Victorian Collections Day The first Victorian Collections Day was memorabilia.” held at Melbourne Museum on 9 August Ken Egan, Dandenong-Cranbourne RSL Sub-Branch 2016. The day brought together presenters from museums and galleries, covering topics including collection Victorian Collections (VC) is a free, Veterans Heritage Project management, conservation, and web-based collections management In 2016, Victorian Collections launched the exhibition skills. VC Day was attended by system for small to medium Veterans Heritage Project. This two-year 76 participants from 47 collecting organisations. Developed and maintained project, funded by the Veterans Branch, organisations across Victoria. by MA (Vic) and Museums Victoria, the Victorian Government, sees VC staff project is funded by the Veterans Branch, working with 13 ex-service organisations Awards Victorian Government, and the Victorian across Victoria. The project comprises Excellence in cataloguing on Victorian Cultural Network through Creative three parts – a collections training Collections was recognised at the Victoria. This year has seen increased program, an oral histories training Victorian Museum Awards. A new engagement from users and the program, and a workplace learning sponsor, Mal Padgett Design, supplied strengthening of our support for program for secondary students – and will the winner of the Volunteer-Run award ex-service organisations. be rolled out as a series of workshops to with a Brightsign media player, which assist the Australian veterans’ community uses still or moving content to create a Statewide Reach protect and preserve their military history. video. Winners for 2016 were: In 2016, the team travelled 4,561 km • Victorian Collections Award – Paid Staff within Victoria, presenting 17 workshops Staff Changes Winner: Federation University Australia and making 26 advisory visits to VC and In August 2016, Victorian Collections Historical Collection (Geoffrey Blainey ex-service organisations. Museums welcomed two new staff members. Research Centre) Victoria generously sponsored new Frances Paterson joined the team as • Victorian Collections Award – Volunteer- training equipment, making it possible to Operations Coordinator and brings Run reimagine the VC syllabus. With 12 new experience in conservation and collection Winner: Orbost & District Historical iPads and mobile internet devices, the management. Brigid Moriarty is the new Society program is now more flexible and Communications and Education Highly Commended: Warrnambool & accessible for people with low computer Coordinator and has a background in District Historical Society literacy. Workshops in 2016 were offered exhibitions and curation. • Victorian Collections Award – Military in situ at museums and other collecting Memorabilia organisations across the state. Victorian Collections Stories Winner: Geelong RSL Sub-Branch The stories module of the website was Scope of Project launched in 2016. It allows guest curators Cameron Auty The 437 different collecting organisations to tell a story using items catalogued on Manager, Victorian Collections that participated in the program in 2016 VC, creating links between the state’s collectively catalogued 18,345 items. This distributed collections. At the end of 2016 Belinda Ensor brings the number of items on the website there were four stories on the site. Manager, Victorian Collections to 86,272 at year end. Audiences visiting Brigid Moriarty, Communications and the website have continued to grow, along Trove Education Coordinator, Victorian with the average time visitors spend on Victorian Collections has a partnership Collections the website. agreement with Trove that helps Victorian Frances Paterson, Operations Coordinator, organisations broaden access to their Victorian Collections
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 16 1 Filming at the Foster 3 International Keynote & District Historical speaker Adam Rozan of Society for the MAP 100 the Worcester Art Acknowledgements video project. Museum (USA) at the Victorian Museums & 2 Our End of Year Galleries Conference in Celebration mystery Phillip Island. door prizes.
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We warmly acknowledge and greatly Zealand), the Museums Association (UK), ∤∤Emily McCulloch-Childs, McCulloch and appreciate the generosity of our many and the National Standards for Australian McCulloch wonderful supporters in 2016. Museums and Galleries Taskforce. ∤∤Ian McDonald, Simpsons Solicitors ∤∤Malcolm McKinnon, Filmmaker Thank you to… Museums Victoria ∤∤Georgie Meyer, Museums Victoria ∤∤Jonny Brownbill, Manager, Online ∤∤Laura Miles, Museums Australia (Victoria) The Victorian Government through Creative Development ∤∤Clare Needham , Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria, part of the Department of ∤∤Tim Hart, Director, Public Engagement ∤∤Kitty Owens, Museums Australia (Victoria) Economic Development, Jobs, Transport ∤∤Forbes Hawkins, Collection Systems Senior ∤∤Karina Palmer, Museums Victoria and Resources, and through the Veterans Developer, Museums Victoria ∤∤Kenneth Park, Consultant Branch of the Department of Premier and ∤∤Wendy Pryor, Head, Digital and Emerging ∤∤Julia Powles, Heide Museum of Modern Cabinet. Technology Art ∤∤Bronwyn Roper, National Trust of Australia We thank Creative Victoria for supporting Conference and Events Presenters (Victoria) core activities, and in particular: ∤∤Margaret Anderson, Old Treasury Building ∤∤Georgia Rouette, City of Port Phillip · The Hon Martin Foley MP, Minister for ∤∤Cameron Auty, Museums Australia ∤∤Kate Ryan, National Gallery of Victoria Creative Industries (Victoria) ∤∤David Sequeira, Margaret Lawrence · Lisa Calabria, Chief of Staff ∤∤Emma Baker, State Library Victoria Gallery · Lauren O’Dwyer, Creative Industries Advisor ∤∤Ebony Bott, Arts Centre Melbourne ∤∤Jed Smith, Melbourne Cricket Club ∤∤Andrew Abbott, Chief Executive ∤∤Paul Bowers, Museums Victoria ∤∤Maggi Solly, Yarra Ranges Council ∤∤Anna Briers, Shepparton Art Museum ∤∤Steven Sparrey, Museums Victoria We thank the Veterans Branch for ∤∤Eddie Butler-Bowen, City of Melbourne ∤∤Dr. Mark Themann, La Trobe Regional supporting Victorian Collections’ work with ∤∤Rebecca Carland, Museums Victoria Gallery the ex-service community, and in ∤∤Samantha Comte, Ian Potter Museum of ∤∤Deb Tout-Smith, Museums Victoria particular: Art ∤∤Miriam Troon, Bayside City Council ∤∤The Hon John Eren MP, Minister for ∤∤Caroline Deighton, Museums Australia ∤∤Patrick Watt, Burke Museum & Historic Veterans (Victoria) Precinct ∤∤Angela Bourke, Director, Veterans Branch ∤∤Dr Sharon Dickman, Museum Consultant ∤∤Alexis Arrowsmith, A/Manager, Veterans ∤∤Robyn Ellard, State Library Victoria Victorian Collections Day Presenters Branch ∤∤Elysheva Elsass, Jewish Museum of ∤∤Ria Green, Arts Centre Melbourne ∤∤Michael Annett, CEO, Anzac House Australia ∤∤Samantha Hamilton, Museums Victoria ∤∤Robert Webster, RSL State President ∤∤Belinda Ensor, Museums Australia ∤∤Karen J Jakubec, Museums Victoria (Victoria) ∤∤Emily Kocaj, Museums Victoria We thank Museums Victoria for ongoing ∤∤Kathy Fox, Museums Victoria ∤∤Adrienne Leith, Museums Victoria in-kind office space, operational and IT ∤∤Ria Green, Arts Centre ∤∤Jim McCann, Victoria Police Museum support at Melbourne Museum, for ∤∤Samantha Hamilton, PhD Candidate ∤∤Catherine McLay, Context partnering on the Victorian Collections ∤∤Rosemary Hanscombe, Museums ∤∤Helen Privett, Museums Victoria project, and for managers’ and directors’ Australia (Victoria) ∤∤Deborah Tout-Smith, Museums Victoria contributions to MA (Vic) committees, ∤∤Michelle Hocking, Coburg Children’s programs, and services. Centre Contributors to Print Media ∤∤Karen Jakubec, Museums Victoria ∤∤Cameron Auty, Museums Australia Thanks to our fellow associations: the ∤∤Laura Jocic, Curator (Victoria) American Alliance of Museums, the ∤∤Louise Klerks, Chapter House Lane ∤∤Emma Busowski Cox, Castlemaine Art Council of Australasian Art Museum ∤∤Adrienne Leith, Museums Victoria Gallery and Historical Museum Directors (CAAMD), the Council of ∤∤Elizabeth Marsden, Sovereign Hill ∤∤Caroline Carter, Museums Victoria Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD), Museums Association ∤∤Dr Jo Clyne, History Teachers Association ICOM Australia, Museums Aotearoa (New ∤∤Jim McCann, Victoria Police Museum of Victoria ∤∤Elizabeth McCartney, Museums Victoria ∤∤Snjez Cosic, Gold Museum ∤∤Catherine McClay, Context ∤∤Eliza Devlin, ACCA
17 Museums Australia (Victoria) 1 Frances Paterson on a 3 Angela Henricksen of Victorian Collections visit Archival Survival at the to the Warracknabeal Conference Trade Historical Society. Exhibition. Archival Survival is also a 2 The Culture Victoria long-time sponsor of the stand at the Conference Victorian Museum Trade Exhibition. Awards.
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∤∤Belinda Ensor, Museums Australia ∤∤Daniel Wilksch, Public Record Office · National Trust of Australia (Victoria) (Victoria) Victoria · National Wool Museum ∤∤Samantha Fabry, Freemasons Victoria ∤∤Tanya Wolkenberg, Senior Program · NDS Productions Library & Museum Manager, Content Curator, Creative · Public Record Office Victoria ∤∤Meredith Foley, Council of Australian Victoria · Regional Arts Victoria Museum Directors (CAMD) · R E Ross Trust ∤∤Imogen Good, McClelland Sculpture MA (Vic) Volunteers · RHSV, History Week Park+Gallery ∤∤Amelia Marra · RMIT Gallery ∤∤Martin Green, National Trust (Victoria) ∤∤Natalie Mastoris · Shepparton Art Museum ∤∤Rosemary Hanscombe, Museums ∤∤Adelle Talarico · Shire of Yarra Ranges Australia (Victoria) · Showfront ∤∤Christine Healey, Shrine of Remembrance Sponsors & Supporters · Surf Coast Shire ∤∤Anthony Knight, Beleura House and · Alan Randell-Smith Florist · TASHCO Systems Garden · American Alliance of Museums · Telstra ∤∤Danny Lacy, Mornington Peninsula Art · Anzac House · Theatre Network Victoria Gallery · Archival Survival · Thylacine ∤∤Rebecca Lush, University of Sydney · Arts Access Victoria · University of Melbourne ∤∤Elizabeth Marsden, Sovereign Hill · Arts Industry Council Victoria · VALA – Libraries, Technology and the Museums Association · Australian Centre for the Moving Image Future Inc. ∤∤Maryanne McCubbin, Museums Victoria · Bass Coast Shire Council · Veterans Branch, Department of Premier ∤∤Fiona Menzies, Creative Partnerships · City of Melbourne & Cabinet Australia · Creative Victoria · Victorian Tourism Industry Council ∤∤Pip Minney, National Gallery Victoria · Cultural Development Network · Victoria University ∤∤Kitty Owens, Museums Australia (Victoria) · Culture Victoria/Victorian Cultural Network ∤∤Frances Paterson, Museums Australia · Deakin University (Victoria) · Dell ∤∤Michael Pennell, Museums Victoria · Department of Communications and the ∤∤Kate Phillips, Museums Victoria Arts ∤∤Alexandra Price, Museums Victoria · Designcraft Furniture ∤∤Anne Rowland, Art Gallery of Ballarat · Federation University ∤∤Margaret Simpson, Blacksmiths Cottage · Heide Museum of Modern Art and Forge · History Council of Victoria ∤∤Adelle Talarico, Museums Victoria · History SA ∤∤Miriam Troon, Bayside City Council · IAS Fine Art Logistics ∤∤Helen Walpole, National Sports Museum · International Council of Museums – ∤∤Erin Wilson, McClelland Sculpture Australia Park+Gallery · Leicester University (UK) · Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Victorian Collections Supporters · Macedon Ranges Shire Council ∤∤Jude Beshears, RSL Victorian Branch · Mal Padgett Design ∤∤Joel Checkley, Tiny Empire Collective · Maxus ∤∤Nick Crotty, Museums Victoria · Melbourne Library Service ∤∤Clare Gervasoni, Federation University · Museum & Gallery Services Queensland ∤∤Martin Hallett, formerly Senior Arts Officer, · Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, NSW Creative Victoria · Museums Association (UK) ∤∤Dimity Mapstone, Project Officer, Creative · Museums & Galleries of NSW Victoria · Museums Victoria ∤∤Eleanor Whitworth, Senior Arts Officer, · National Gallery of Victoria Creative Victoria · National Standards Taskforce
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 18 Income Statement for the Year Ended 31 December 2016
REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES 2016 2015 $ $ Grants 486,500 455,305 Other Income 222,711 162,062 Interest 4,696 2,053 Total revenues from ordinary activities 713,907 619,420 Depreciation expense 4,553 4,418 Publications 10,859 10,519 Project and Program Expenses 69,916 51,055 Workshops, Seminars & Events 64,517 41,523 Employee 503,651 414,721 Administration & Marketing 59,810 66,825 Total Expenditure 713,306 619,062 Surplus/[deficit] before income tax attributable to members of the entity 600 358 Income Tax – – Total comprehensive income/[loss] for the year attributable to members of the entity 600 358
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2016
2016 2015 $ $ Current Assets Cash & Cash Equivalents 512,012 136,707 Trade & Other Receivables 8,757 15,332 Prepayments 4,855 4,266 Total Current Assets 525,624 156,305
Non Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment 44,600 48,297 Total Non Current Assets 44,600 48,297
TOTAL ASSETS 570,224 204,602
Current Liabilities Trade & Other Payables 12,711 35,650 Income in Advance – 4,958 Grants in Advance 446,318 66,500 Provisions 32,120 20,772 Total Current Liabilities 491,149 127,880
Non Current Liabilities Long-Term Provisions Payable 13,042 11,289
TOTAL LIABILITIES 504,191 139,169
NET ASSETS 66,033 65,433
MEMBERS’ FUNDS Retained Earnings 66,033 65,433
TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 66,033 65,433
19 Museums Australia (Victoria) Cash Flow Statement as at 31 December 2016
2016 2015 $ $ Cash Flows from Operating Activities Receipts from grants, fees and other income 978,250 702,938 Other revenue 230,286 159,520 Payments to suppliers and employees (837,071) (804,116) Interest received 4,696 2,053 Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 376,161 60,395
Cash flows from Investing Activities Payments for property plant & equipment (856) – Net cash provided (used) by investing activities (856) –
Net increase (decrease) in cash held 375,305 60,395 Cash at beginning of financial year 136,707 76,312 Cash at end of financial year 512,012 136,707
Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to operating profit Operating profit / (Loss) 600 358 Adjustment for non-cash flows in operating profit Depreciation 4,553 4,418 Increase (Decrease) in provisions 13,101 10,063
(Increase) Reduction in Prepayments (589) – (Increase) Reduction in Trade & Other Receivables 6,575 245,091 Increase (Reduction) in Payables & Accruals (22,939) (4,481) Increase (Reduction) in Income in Advance (4,958) (203,366) Increase (Reduction) in Grants Unspent 6,405 – Increase (Reduction) in Grants in Advance 373,413 8,312 Net cash provided (used) by Operating activities 376,161 60,395
Statement of Changes in Equity for the Year Ended 31 December 2016
Retained Surplus Total Equity $ $ 2014 Balance at end of financial year 65,075 65,075
2015 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 358 358 Balance at end of financial year 65,433 65,433
2016 Profit (Loss) attributable to members 600 600 Balance at end of financial year 66,033 66,033
Annual Report 2016 / www.mavic.asn.au 20 Key Statistics
Expenses
Core Operations (Creative Victoria) 68%
Program Admin 29%
Marketing 3%
Income
Core Operations (Creative Victoria) 60%
Other State Government Project Funding* 5%
Participant Fees 13%
Earned Income 7%
Sponsorship/Philanthropic/ Local Government 15%
*Victorian Collections
Participation Profile
Metropolitan 59.5% Regional 38%
Interstate 2%
International 0.5%
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Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) ABN: 83 048 139 955
Statement by Members of the Committee
The Committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity and that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in the financial statements.
In the opinion of the Committee, the financial report:
1. Presents a true and fair view of the financial position of Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) as at 31st December 2016 and its performance for the year ended on that date.
2. At the date of this statement there are reasonable grounds to believe that Museums Australia Incorporated (Victorian Branch) will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
This statement is made in accordance with a resolution of the Committee and is signed for on behalf of the Committee by:
President:
Treasurer:
Dated this the 16th day of February 2017.
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