VIM Small Grants: 2013 winners announced

Stuart Spragg, Click go the Shears, 2009

Lockhart Museum Art displayed at the Gunyah Museum.

M & G News

Here are some quick stats to whet your appetite for applying this year:

• 22 of 43 applications were successful
• $51,436 allocated
• The funds will support the work of an estimated 585 volunteers across 21 local government areas in 11 regions of NSW. 

VIM Leg-up grant is currently open.
VIM Skills Initiative grant is currently open.

Read on for the complete list of the VIM Grant winners for 2013.

VIM Development Project Grants – up to $7000

• Australian Scout Museum – Strategic Plan development
• Deniliquin Historical Society Museum – capacity building and collection care
• Murrurundi Museum – Significance Assessment
• Tongarra Museum – capacity building and documentary film development
• Willoughby Museum – exhibition development

VIM Small Grants – Up to $2000

• Australian Country Music Hall of Fame – archival hat boxes
• Great Lakes Historical Society Museum – construction of display cases
• Greens Gunyah Museum – conservation treatment
• Illawarra Museum – archival and textile boxes
• Lawrence Museum – textile storage shelving and materials for outdoor vehicle storage 
• Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum – exhibition development
• Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park and Museum – exhibition development
• Maclean Bicentennial Museum – costume storage boxes
• McCrossin’s Mill Museum – collection management database
• Morpeth Museum – interpretive panels for exhibition
• Moruya Museum – textile storage boxes
• Mullumbimby Museum – conservation treatment
• Museum of Walcha District Historical Society – textile storage boxes and mannequins
• Nambucca Headland Museum – signage purchase
• Narromine Aviation Museum – LED lighting upgrade
• Nowra Museum – storage shelving
• Old Courthouse Museum, Batemans Bay – AV equipment for exhibition
• Port Macquarie Historical Museum – metal shelving for textile storage area
• Rockley Mill Museum – MOSAiC database
• Snowy Scheme Museum – equipment for the upkeep of vehicles in the collection
• Snowy Scheme Museum – outdoor lighting
• Sulphide Street Station Railway & Historical Museum – posters for public program display
• Thredbo Ski Museum – MOSAiC database
• Tinonee Museum – showcases
• Tinonee Museum – archival materials
• Wyalong Museum – storage shelving cabinets
• Wymah School Museum – display cases
• Yamba Museum – exhibition Development

VIM Leg Up Grants – Up to $500

• Clyde River & Batemans Bay Historical Society – Significance Assessment workshop attendance
• Dunera Museum – Access to Funding event attendance
• Fort Scratchley Historical Site – Certificate IV Museum Practice Course at Newcastle TAFE for curator
• Griffith Pioneer Park Museum – Access to Funding workshop participation
• Golden Memories Museum – Oral histories and the digital age workshop attendance
• Golden Memories Museum – MOSAiC database training
• Gulgong Pioneer Museum – MOSAiC database training
• Hay War Memorial High School Museum – IMAGinE awards event attandance
• Holbrook Submarine Museum – Standards Mid Program Workshop attendance
• Holbrook Submarine Museum –  Standards Debrief and Celebration event attendance
• Kempsey Museum and Cultural Centre – IMAGinE awards event attendance
• Mid North Coast Maritime Museum – IMAGinE Awards and the Regional Stake holders Forum attendance
• Tenterfield & District Historical Society – Royal Australian Historical Society Regional Conference attendance
• Wollondilly Heritage Centre – Newcastle TAFE for Cert IV Museum Practice course 
• Yamba Museum – Connecting with the History Curriculum workshop hosting costs
• Yamba Museum – IMAGinE Awards event attendance
• Yeoval Historical Museum – MOSAiC database training