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Museums Australia National Conference 2010 Interesting Times: New Roles for Collections 28 September – 2 October 2010 University of Melbourne Conference Papers Published in 2011 by Museums Australia Inc Canberra, Australia ISBN 978-0-9580290-2-5 CONTENTS Kim Allen Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 6 The international loan of cultural property – Australia’s legislative framework David Arnold National Museum of Australia 11 Engaging Rural and Remote Primary Schools through the Snapshots Project Professor Warren Bebbington University of Melbourne 15 Cinderella Awaits the Wedding: Managing University Collections Stacie Bobele Ian Potter Museum of Art 22 A collection, a print and an intern: a story of the unique opportunities provided through collection research internships Amanda Burritt and Andrew Jamieson Ian Potter Museum of Art 26 Antiquities in a Contemporary Context: The University of Melbourne’s Classics and Archaeology Collection Professor Kate Darian-Smith University of Melbourne 30 & Jean McAuslan Shrine of Remembrance New Technologies, New Interpretations: the visitor experience at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne Rhonda Davis & Leonard Janiszewski Macquarie University Art Gallery 35 Integrated Vision: A New Direction Aimee Deaves Australian Tennis Museum 41 Backyards to Centre Court – A Museum’s Search for Funding Paula Dredge Art Gallery of New South Wales 45 Collections of paint colour charts, paint tins and paintings as a source for developing an understanding of paint making history. Christine Elias University of Melbourne 51 Discovering Egypt: Egyptian antiquities at the University of Melbourne Dianne Fitzpatrick University of Melbourne 54 A Collections Management Plan for Near Eastern Artefacts: Preservation and Significance Dr J. Patrick Greene Museum Victoria 62 New wine in old bottles – presenting natural history collections in the 21st century Carole Hammond Immigration Museum, Museum Victoria 66 The Eco Museum; reimagining exhibition production Lyn Hicks Macquarie University 72 What price passion? New ways of contextualising volunteerism in the museums sector Christine Horn Swinburne University of Technology 79 Memories of Sarawak – An investigation of archival photography and social memory in the upriver communities of Malaysian Borneo Dr Alison Inglis University of Melbourne 87 Art Collections and Art Curatorship: the professionalization of the art curator in Australia Chris Keeler Koorie Heritage Trust 92 Meerreeng-an - Here Is My Country: the Story of Aboriginal Victoria told through Art: A Collection-based Resource for the Victorian Aboriginal Community Alison C. Leeson Macquarie University 97 Vital Connections - Increasing Interest in Museums amongst University Students Helen McHugh & Deb Sulway Museum of Australian Democracy 101 Look, Think, Respond: Simple RFID technology helping students engage at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House Dr Christopher R. Marshall University of Melbourne 104 ‘Monumental’ Sculpture and Institutional Identity at The National Gallery of Victoria: From Here To Eternity, And Back Nicholas Martland The British Library 112 Hidden leaves: Australian Botanical, Taxonomic and Economic Botany Resources in the British Library’s India Office Records and Library [Janie] EA Mason Northern Territory Nursing Museum 118 It could only happen in the North – Collecting in Darwin Dr Paul Meszaros, Lyn Hicks & Dr Andrew Simpson Macquarie University 124 The renewed science: bridging the gap between museum scientists, museum practitioners and volunteers Dr Petronella Nel University of Melbourne 129 New Conservation education and research roles for a Cypriot pottery collection Dr S Peoples, Dr E Beckmann & Dr K Message Australian National University 136 Internships: Students and Collections Philippa Rogers City of Wanneroo, Western Australia 142 A new beginning – why we need national guidelines for museum buildings Karen Schamberger Museum Victoria 144 Resistance, advocacy and education: Collecting and exhibiting ‘race’ Charlotte Walker, Marcelle Scott & Caroline Fry University of Melbourne 152 Protecting cultural heritage in bushfire prone areas. Graham Shirley National Film & Sound Archive 158 The archive as intermediary between past & future Rosemary Simons Exhibition Designer 162 Designing the Dre amtime: The place of exhibition design in shaping understanding of Indigenous history and culture. Morwenna Pearce & Dr Andrew Simpson Macquarie University 169 A recent survey of the current status of university natural history museums and collections in Australia. Susanna Lai Kuen Siu Hong Kong Government 174 Meeting the Challenges – The New Roles of Museum Collections of Hong Kong Kate Spinks Victoria Police Museum 192 A Forgotten History of the Kelly Gang: Stories from Victoria Police Stephen Thompson Migration Heritage Centre Powerhouse Museum 197 Objects through time: creating and interpreting an online virtual collection Vicki Warden Queensland Museum 200 Collecting Queensland Festival The international loan of cultural My name is Kim Allen, and I am the Assistant property – Australia’s legislative Secretary of the Collections Branch in the Office framework for the Arts, within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Within the Collections Kim Allen Branch sits the Cultural Property and Maritime Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Section which administers the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 and examines Abstract policy issues relating to the international loan of cultural property. I will discuss both this Act and some of these policy issues throughout this The loan of cultural property between nations presentation. brings economic and cultural benefits. It advances the goals of cultural diplomacy, enhances international appreciation of cultural diversity and The loan of cultural property between nations has generates worldwide interest in the careers of a long tradition, and is an activity which has the individual artists, inventors and creators and the potential to bring significant social, economic and ideas, people and movements that have shaped cultural benefits to both the lending and history. borrowing communities. It advances cultural diplomacy, enhances the study of artists, International loans also carry the potential for movements, societies and cultures, and allows for a third party claims, raising the prospect of seizure, better understanding of our world and the people repatriation and restitution. Nations are and cultures which exist within it. increasingly looking to immunity from seizure measures to address concerns relating to claims Particularly when done for the purposes of public and to facilitate the loan of objects between exhibition, the loan of cultural property can be countries from both private and public lenders. very influential and significant, allowing people in a relatively remote country like Australia to experience and view objects from ancient cultures This presentation will outline current legislative in Africa and the Middle East, artworks from the measures in Australia which offer protection from European renaissance or impressionist movement, seizure in specific and limited circumstances and it and countless other objects which tell a story will provide an opportunity for conference about the human and natural history of the world. participants to discuss implications for Australia’s Bringing these objects to Australia provides collecting sector and for the appropriate accessibility, educational opportunities and new international exchange or movement of Aboriginal inspiration for future generations of artists, and Torres Strait Islander objects. historians and anthropologists. It allows objects from distributed collections to be brought together Paper to gain a better understanding of particular artists or societies, and for new research to take place. Good afternoon everyone and thank you for attending and taking up the opportunity to Additionally, in a richly diverse community like contribute to the discussion on this complex and Australia’s, the loan of cultural property for important topic. exhibition can provide a tangible link to the culture and history of our parents’, or Before I begin on the topic of international loans grandparents’ homelands, linking countries and and cultural property, I would firstly like to histories, and often showing a common heritage acknowledge the Wurundjeri people, who are the which connects us all. Many objects relating to Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also Indigenous Australian history and culture, to early like to pay respect to the Elders, both past and settlement and exploration and to significant present, of the Kulin Nation. Australian individuals are also held in collections overseas. In short, it is an extremely important MUSEUMS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010 6 tool for educating, inspiring and enlightening our protracted negotiation times, and, that in the contemporary community. future, the absence of comprehensive anti-seizure legislation could potentially put at risk Australia’s In economic terms, the benefits of international ability to borrow and exhibit cultural objects for cultural property loans are also significant. While the benefit of the Australian public. Several the costs of loaning and borrowing cultural foreign countries have enacted such legislation to property can be extremely high, the economic date, with many seemingly expecting the same impact of ‘blockbuster’ exhibitions can be provisions