Access to Funding

Successfully obtaining funds for your museum or gallery requires knowledge and creativity. Access to Funding is a workshop delivering specialist knowledge to make accessing funds a reality.

 This workshop by Museum & Galleries of NSW will provide you with a chance to talk about projects face to face with funding representatives and give you hints on writing winning grant applications.

For full details and registration form click here.

The ENCOUNTERS PROJECT - Historic indigenous objects return to Australia

Australia

27 February 2015 Last updated at 00:27

Historic indigenous objects return to Australia

A collection of rare objects, including a shield thought to have been picked up by Captain Cook in 1770, are set to return to Australia for the first time.

The exhibition is part of a new deal signed between the National Museum of Australia and the British Museum.
It will feature 151 indigenous objects, most of which have not been seen in Australia since they were collected.
National Museum director Mathew Trinca said the exhibition will "encourage Australians to consider their history".
'Remarkable treasures' "This is an important exhibition for our nation. It includes objects from the very earliest contacts between indigenous and non-indigenous people in this country right to the present day," Mr Trinca told the Canberra Times.
He said displaying the "remarkable treasures" was the culmination of "an extraordinary process of consultation with 25 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia over several years".
Peter Yu, chair of the National Museum Indigenous Advisory Committee, said: "Addressing these sometimes confronting issues and exploring the complex history of early encounters... is a crucial component of reconciliation."
The Encounters exhibition will open in November. It will be followed in 2016 by the British Museum's acclaimed A History of the World in 100 Objects and the third exhibition of the series will come to Canberra in 2018.
Arts Minister George Brandis welcomed the "significant" partnership, saying it will give Australians "a remarkable opportunity to view objects from the world's oldest national public museum".
"It will also encourage cultural exchange and provide a platform to showcase our rich Australian heritage to audiences overseas," he added.
The iconic Yumari canvas by renowned Papunya artist Uta Uta Tjangala is one of the National Museum objects being sent to the British Museum to be part of a sister exhibition.
Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation, which opens in London in April, is the first in the UK devoted to the history and culture of both Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders

Click on Encounters exhibition to explore this Project.

Details of Workshop and Exhibition below.   

Canberra

Workshop: 16–17 March 2015
Workshop with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives to discuss the Encounters exhibition and the Museum’s broader engagement with Indigenous communities.
Exhibition opens: 26 November 2015
Encounters opens at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
Conference: February 2016
Encounters conference at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
Exhibition closes: 28 March 2016
Encounters exhibition closes at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra.

Workshop - Museum security

Ref: Elaine Kaldy, President, Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia

Gastronomy in the Museum: interpretation and programming through food

Hello Museum people.
 

I have been asked to give you notice of the following workshops.

Kind regards Elaine Kaldy President Central table lands Chapter of Museums Australia

Gastronomy in the Museum: interpretation and programming through food

24 October 2014

The Master Class is aimed at anyone working in museums.

Jacqui Newling, resident gastronome and assistant Interpretation curator from Sydney Living Museums is presenting a Museums’ Master class, Jacqui runs SLM’s Colonial gastronomy public programs, Jacqui is working with Villages of the Heart program with Orange Council and Central NSW Museums.

In this full day interactive program, participants will learn to develop interpretation concepts from their museums’ food-related collections and local community heritage, themes and stories. The master class has a strong focus on audience development and advocacy through activating the museum experience through visitor engagement, education and public programming.

Bookings are available through museum@orange.nsw.gov.au or Alison Russell on 63938170 by 7 October 2014 and are essential. Cost is $30.00.

Further information: http://www.centralnswmuseums.com.au/wp/2014/09/01/gastronomy-in-the- museum-interpretation-and-programming-through-food/ or email arussell@orange.nsw.gov.au

VIM Grants: Participants can make an application for a Leg Up Grant. Two participants are eligible to attend on the one application. Go to the M&G NSW website for more information or phone Margot on toll free number 1800114311

Please note The Australian National Field Days and Wine Week are held on this date, if you are having trouble with accommodation, please contact Alison.

These other training programme is in the planning stages
Mosaic Collection Management Database Training in Wagga Wagga, 10-11 February 2015

Do you have Mosaic installed at your museum, but are unsure how to use it? Have you had Mosaic training in the past, but have now forgotten the basics?

I’m thinking of holding two Mosaic training courses, both catering for beginners, on 10 & 11 February next year.
Each course will accommodate a maximum of 12 people.

I’d like to see if there is any interest out there for this training – and whether we need to hold two courses.

To help me get an idea of numbers, could you let me know if you’d be interested please? Rachael Vincent Regional Museum office Museum of the Riverina Phone 6126926 Mobile 0405773770 email Vincent Rachael@wagga.nsw.gov.au

 Save the date

The Gordon Darling Foundation and Museums Australia are happy to announce the dates for the next Museum Leadership Program to be held in 2015. Professor Jeanne Liedtka OAM will return as the MLP 

Program Director.

Museum Leadership Program 

4 - 9 October 2015

Register your interest in the program by emailing Lee Scott, Museums Australia National Office, at:

ma@museumsaustralia.org.au

Further information will be available on the MA website and announced in 

MA e-Bulletins as it comes to hand.

The Central Tablelands Chapter of museums Australia will be holding a workshop on Museum Security on the 14 March 2015 hosted by7 the Kandos historical Society further information contact the Co-ordinator Elaine Kaldy at hazelgrove@sharpdsl.com

CONDUCTING SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENTS

Dr Roslyn Russell - Photograph courtesy: Dr Roslyn Russell

There will be something for everyone at the upcoming Conducting Significance Assessments Workshop, which is being held on 6 November 2014 at History House. This is an all-day workshop (10.00am – 3.30pm) and lunch is included in the $60.00 fee. It is being held in collaboration with the Professional Historians Association and the Australian Society of Archivists (NSW Branch).

We are most fortunate that historian and curator Dr Roslyn Russell who co-authored, with Kylie Winkworth, Significance 2.0: A guide to assessing the significance of collections (2009), the accepted methodology for significance assessment in Australia, will be presenting this workshop. Dr Russell has undertaken significance assessments of social history and visual arts collections and conducts workshops around Australia and overseas.

For historians and archivists wanting to develop new skills for their professional development this will be an opportunity to learn about significance assessment methodology and criteria and their applications in collection management. At the end of the day they will be ready to write a statement of significance for either a single object or an entire collection.

For the more experienced who have carried out significance assessments in the past, this will be an opportunity to hone your skills and contribute to the discussion.

If you are a member of an historical society planning to engage a consultant to undertake a Significance Assessment you will also find this workshop very helpful. You will receive lots of useful advice on the steps you will need to take in preparing for the assessment as well as the same guidance as the likely cost estimate and the format of the Significance Assessment report that you can expect to receive from the consultant.

Report on CTC of MA workshop 16 Aug 2014

Central Tablelands Chapter N.S.W of Museums Australia

A very successful workshop on Aboriginal protocols for Museums was held by the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia on Saturday 16th of August at the Golden Memories Museum in Millthorpe and was hosted by the Millthorpe and District Historical Society.

The leading Presenter was Phil Gordon the Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Phil Gordon preparing the Power Point Presentation before the workshop began


Phil presentation covered the many issues facing museums on how to display, store and handle Aboriginal objects that museum’s may have in their collections.




The workshop also focused on Developing a Community Practice: Museums and Reconciliation in Australia from the book Museums, Society, Inequality by Lynda Kelly and Phil Gordon.

Museum’s Australia’s Aboriginal Protocols Titled “Continuous Cultures, Ongoing Responsibilities was made available to members
 
This document is on the Principles and Guidelines for Australian Museums working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage.
 
A copy of this document is available on the Museum’s Australia wed site or by contacting Elaine Kaldy at hazelgrove@sharpdsl.com.


In support of the Workshop a committee of 7 People from The Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council attended the workshop. This Committee was lead by Neil Ingram whom performed a touching Welcome to Country ceremony.

Left to right front row John Gerard and Doug Sutherland. Back row Greg Ingram Terry McLean Uncle Pat Neil Ingram, members of Orange Local Aborigine Land Council
Phil Gordon, Aboriginal Heritage Project Officer Anthropology Research at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Elaine Kaldy President of Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia and Brain Turnbull from the Orange Local Aboriginal Land Council

After lunch an inspection and a talk was given by Elaine Kaldy about the Golden Memories Museum’s Display WIRADIJURI DREAMING and the Museum’s collection of Aboriginal objects.

This was followed by a presentation of the Dabee project which is being funded by the Department of Heritage and Conservation and Moolarben mine.

Presenters were Lyne Syme and Colin Jones Project managers.

This display is planned as a travelling exhibition so that local schools and Museums can host this exhibition that relate to the early Aboriginal occupation and history of Dabee Wiradijuri people’s.
 
For details of the touring display contact Colin Jones on the following link oldcuriosityshopmud@bigpond.com

National Family History Month

 

 

National Family History Month

It’s time to dust down your ancestors. August is National Family History Month. Throughout the month there will be events of interest for the experienced family historian as well as the beginner. All events are free, but places are limited and bookings are essential.

Talk: Introduction to family history

Date:

Friday 1 August 2014

Time:

10.30 AM to 12.00 PM

Venue:

Flinders room, lower ground floor, Macquarie street building

Cost:

Free, but bookings essential. Limit of 20.
(Email us at group.visits@sl.nsw.gov.au to book)

An overview of the many and varied Family History resources in the Library, plus the catalogues and online guides that can help you navigate them. A tour is included.

Read More for another 9 events

A workshop about Indigenous protocols - Millthorpe

You are invited to join us in a workshop about Indigenous protocols you need to observe when displaying or accepting Aboriginal objects and storage protocols.
 
The workshop is being hosted by the Golden Memories Museum Park St Millthorpe on the 16 th August next.

This workshop is under the auspices of the Central Tablelands Chapter of Museums Australia and deals with important issues relating to Museums and indigenous artefacts.

The presenter will be Phil Gordon Australia’s most prominent Aboriginal Museum Officer.
Phil Gordon is currently Head of the Australian Museum’s Indigenous Heritage. Phil is a leading person in the development of Museum’s policies and procedures, dealing with indigenous cultural issues and the development of public programs at the Australian Museum’s along with other important Indigenous cultural heritage issues.

The subjects Phil Gordon will cover include .Discussions of policies. Continuing ongoing responsibilities of Museums where indigenous objects are held.  The implications for and your museum
 
Phil Gordon will also be discussing with you, your collection or your Museum’s Collection  of Indigenous Objects.
Presentation of Photographs or Indigenous Objects from your museum’s collection or your private collection, to followed by a  open discussion .

After lunch a Parks and Wild life’s Paul Histonson wild explain the Current Federal  Heritage Law.           

This workshop is free.

There is  a catering cost of $18 to Millthorpe and District Historical  Society for morning tea and lunch. Morning, tea with homemade scones. Lunch Soup Sandwich’s and slices.

Please advise Phil Stevenson on 0263623257 mobile 0402412188 or email ibiswines@bigpond.com before the 1st of August for catering requirements and you


Kind regards to you all 
Elaine Kaldy  Workshop Coordinator

Free EDO NSW community workshop

Free EDO NSW community workshop in Orange

Central West Environment Council in conjunction with Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange and Orange Field Naturalist & Conservation Society will host a free EDO NSW workshop explaining how the community can have their say about decisions impacting the environment, including decisions about mining, water, and planning & development.

The workshop will also demonstrate how the community can use our new online tool ‘Have Your Say' to effectively engage in decisions impacting the environment under the law in NSW.

When: Sunday 15 June 2014

Where: Environmental Learning Facility (ELF), Orange Showground, Leeds Parade, Orange, NSW

RSVP is essential: Visit http://www.edonsw.org.au/orange_2014http://www.edonsw.org.au/orange_2014 or contact education@edonsw.org.au or 02 9262 6989.

RAHS & PHA WORKSHOP: What‘s in a Name?

Place names, or toponyms, fill our maps and street signs and place histories, but how often do we really give them much thought? We often look upon a landscape and read it, seeing the road and street patterns, the towns and parks, the valleys and hills, but how often to we see the ‘toponymyscape’?

Any landscape, in the town or country, will be composed of complex layers of place names. Not all place names are created at once. A great many place names have vanished or been forgotten. Others have changed or gradually altered or been moved to other locations. One place may be known to different groups of people by different names. New place names are always being invented. Place names form dynamic layers in the landscape, and connect to wider social and historical patterns.

If we can read these layers of place names, and treat them as historical records in their own right, we gain another tool for researching local and place histories. This CPD activity will introduce historians to this class of historical records looking at the sort of questions that can be asked of place names, the sorts of records that can be researched for place name histories, ways to discern layers of place names in a landscape, the ways that the idea of ‘place’ can include not just localities but also buildings, under-water fishing grounds and other such sites, and how the historic significance of a place name can be assessed.

Public historian Bruce Baskerville will present the workshop.

CAPTURING MEMORIES - Oral History in the Digital Age

You have an interest in oral history? Don’t miss this very popular and practical workshop, which will be led by experienced oral historians who are 
members of the Oral History Association NSW.  It is also an opportunity to enjoy meeting others 
who share your interest in preserving memories 
of the past.

Topics covered include: an introduction to oral history and the nature and
 reliability of memory; preparing and structuring an oral history 
interview; documentation:  ethical issues, ownership and 
copyright, and choosing and using a digital recorder.

WHEN Saturday, 22 February 2014 from 09:30 am to 04:30 pm
WHERE History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
COST $105 OHA NSW and RAHS Members $95
CONTACT 02 9247 8001, admin@rahs.org.au

Events which may be of interest

Rebecca Pinchin, Regional Services Coordinator, Powerhouse Museum has kindly sent me a list of events which may be of interest in the next few weeks, for those who may be travelling from the Central Tablelands.

Please pass on to to those of your members who may have a potential interest.


Lecture and Workshop in Maitland

Australian Dress Register
Wednesday 11 September 2013
A public lecture and workshop on the Australian Dress Register website will be held at the Maitland Gaol 10am -11.30 (all welcome)
Lunch and afternoon tea included.
Where: Maitland Gaol Auditorium, John Street East Maitland
Cost Lecture- free, Lecture and workshop $5
Booking essential – contact Justine Malinowski – Committee Member AMCAT 0409 929 839 or justinemonstar@hotmail.com  or Rebecca Pinchin rebeccap@phm.gov.au  ph 9217 0220  or  Freecall 1800 882 0922


Part of History Week 7 - 15th September, 2013 Powerhouse Museum 

Caring for Photographs
Tuesday 10th September 9:30am -12:30
Photographs are a wonderful visual record of history and everyone collects them. But that history can disappear if they do are not looked after properly. In this workshop, you can find out about different photographic processes and learn conservation techniques such as surface cleaning, appropriate storage and archival framing of photos. The second session will demonstrate how to get good results from digitising and scanning your collection.
http://sa2.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=100643493&presenter=AUPMUSEUM&venue=&event=&version=
 
Talk: David Mist celebrates the swinging sixties, again!
Wednesday 11 September, 12.30pm – 1.30pm (arrive 12pm)
Modelled on the Birds of Britain book of 1967 which featured photographs of influential young British women like Mary Quant, Dusty Springfield and Marion Faithfull, David Mist’s Made in Australia book of 1969 focused on Australian ‘bird’ life. Revisit the era in conversation with photographer, David Mist and Powerhouse Museum curator, Anne-Marie Van de Ven
 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/whatson/talk_Mist.php

and at Castle Hill

From Streetscapes to Photo Albums 
Presented at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre, the Powerhouse Museum’s off-site publicly accessible collection storage facility at Castle Hill, Powerhouse social history curator, Anni Turnbull and Powerhouse conservator, Dee McKillop will take you on a journey through highlights of the museum’s photography collections, looking at the rationale behind collecting certain photographs, the stories behind some of the iconic photographic images in the collection, as well as providing conservation and storage tips on how to care for your own treasured family photographs.
http://castlehill.powerhousemuseum.com/history-week-seminar-from-streetscapes-to-photo-albums/
 
And don’t forget the   …….
Regional Services Applications for the 2014 Regional Services program now open.
Professional advice, project assistance and regional internships are available across all the collection areas and other areas of museum practice such as developing exhibitions, museum learning, publishing, security and marketing. Closing September 2013

Thanks Rebecca

Significance Assessment Workshop at The Lithgow Small Arms Factory

Ancient Order of the Druids collection that is part of the Nationally Significant Fraternal Societies collection
Golden Memories Museum in Millthorpe.

Hello to you all.

I have now arranged the Significance Assessment Workshop with Kylie Winkworth that was requested at our last meeting at Rockley. I have gained a Museums and Galleries NSW grant to pay for Kylie’s attendance.
 
Our Host will be The Lithgow Small Arms Factory, as offered.
 
They have arranged a sit down lunch of Roast Beef and various salads for a cost of $10, which also  include a substantial morning tea.
 
Agenda for the Day:
 
   *  9.30am to 10am:  morning tea and registration
 
   *  10am to 10.30am:  meeting to deal with housekeeping issues
 
   *  10.30 am:  workshop commences,
 
   *  Circa 3.30 pm:  workshop finishes
 
This is a wonderful opportunity to gain expert training in what relates to understanding significance objects in your collections the levels of those objects whether they are of local, regional State or possibly National Significance, and how collections of objects and archival material can form significant collections (as  in the photo above).
 
The understanding gained will help you protect your objects and collections. It will also help you gain skills that can be used when applying for grants to help conserve the objects or collections.
 
I look forward to seeing you all at Lithgow on the 21st of September. Please Register with John as soon as possible, as I have documents and a little homework for you to do before the workshop and the sooner you register the sooner we can pass on the documents.

 
 Kind Regards to you all
 
Elaine Kaldy
 
President CTC of MA

Workshop on understanding the significance of objects held in museum collections

Significance Statement Writing Workshop - Kandos Museum

 

  

Significance 2.0: a guide to assessing the significance of collections builds on the solid foundation laid by the first edition of Significance (2001) in defining an adaptable method for determining significance across all collections in Australia. Those who have been guided by this ‘significance method’ since 2001 report that this has translated into better decision-making about their collections in areas like preservation, physical and digital access, and funding support. 

This guide, Significance 2.0 can be viewed/downloaded here.

Workshop - Developing the Visitor Experience

Workshop at Powerhouse Museum

Developing the Visitor Experience
Friday, 8th March 2013
10:00am - 4:30pm

A creative workshop with practical application suitable for all stakeholders interested in developing or refreshing public programs, education activities, tours and talks. Using live interpretation and improvisation methodologies this workshop explores new ways to interpret your existing objects, themes and galleries. The workshop process is designed to unlock rigid patterns of thinking by changing the way we view our work.

Presented by Nigel Sutton. Nigel Sutton, Creative Director of NDS Productions, is recognised as an innovator in the field of live thematic and cultural interpretation. He has developed site specific works or creative consultations for more than 50 major museum exhibitions and arts festivals as well as touring outreach programs for cultural institutions.

$80 per person. Bookings essential. Lunch and morning/afternoon tea provided.

To book visit: http://sa2.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=100597613

ICOMOS-Capturing Environmental Objectives Workshop

  
Held:    20th November 2012
Venue:  The Theatrette, NSW Parliament House

Research Report Summary Presentation
The Independent Survey on the A New Planning System for NSW - Green Paper  by Jo Manion and Marketinfo was presented to the group to provide a context for the discussion.
To view/download the full report - click

Expert Panel Discussion and Work Group Discussion
Comprehensive notes have been prepared by Jo Manion. To view/download notes - click

Better Planning Network - Workshop

Better Planning Network
      Media Release

PO Box 989
Lane Cove NSW 1595
Email: betterplanningnetwork@gmail.com
Website: betterplanningnetwork.good.do
                   An affiliation of more than 100 community groups
 ________________________________________

Workshop Calls for More Community Rights in Planning

Better Planning Network participants in a workshop with senior officers of the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure have called for the community to have mandated rights to participate in and challenge planning and/or development decisions.

“This was a positive and productive workshop,” said Corinne Fisher of the Better Planning Network. “The Departmental staff undertook to present a summary of the issues raised to the Minister so that he is aware of community views before the White Paper is finalised. On the other hand, there is no commitment to implement our suggestions.”

Better Planning Network representatives were adamant that Ecologically Sustainable Development should be the driving factor and prime objective of the new Act. They also argued that State Planning objectives should include conservation of biodiversity, protection of prime agricultural land, heritage protection and promotion of community wellbeing.

“These issues are fundamental to good planning,” said Ms Fisher. “They must go hand in hand with open, transparent and accountable decision-making at all levels of planning and development. All decisions should be open to scrutiny and should be accompanied by written explanations of how and why they were made.”

Participants also pointed out that if the community is to participate meaningfully in the strategic planning phase, as the government has claimed, there must be sufficient resources and time to enable genuine and meaningful dialogue. This will require professional facilitators.

Among the points raised at the workshop were:

  • There must be no direct employment relationship between developers and private certifiers

 • The system should encourage a collaborative relationship between developers and community for code-assessable projects

• Community members must have the right to comment on site-specific and local development
issues including building design, overshadowing and social amenity

• The community must have the same rights to challenge planning/development decisions as those
granted to developers.

For more information contact:      Corinne Fisher 0421 831 889

19th November 2012