January 30, 2014

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



2 comments:

  1. Wal, pleased to see that Lithgow Small Arms Factory and the Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park both received grants for their exhibitions. Jan

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    1. Thanks Jan for your comment - always like to get feedback - Wal

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