Tasmanian Museums Australia Events Blog

The Sustainable Collections
Workshop was presented by Veronica Bullock as a free service to the Tasmanian
community museum sector.
This workshop was made possible through the Community
Heritage Grants Program, Spring Bay Maritime & Discovery Centre, Sue
Atkinson Museum Consultant, and Arts Tasmania.

Veronica Bullock was the project manager of
Significance 2.0 for the Collections Council of Australia. In September 2010
Veronica established ‘Significance International’, with Roslyn Russell, one of
the two authors of Significance 2.0.

Veronica brings a wealth of experience to her
teaching from her work with collections in curation, conservation and advocacy
capacities.

Twenty five volunteer groups attended the two
workshops in Hobart at the Wrest Point Casino and the Country Club Casino in Launceston. On day two we visited the National Trust properties, Runnymede and Clarendon. Thank you to Gemma at Runnymede and Jennie & Linda at Clarendon.

Each participant had a better understand why
significance assessment is important, and where it fits in the broad spectrum
of collection management techniques;

Better understanding what needs to be in place in
order to produce good quality significance assessment of an object or a collection;

Better understanding the role of perspective is significance assessment;

Successfully applied the ‘Australian method’ for
significance assessment, including generating a ‘statement of significance’ for
an object; and confidently approach whole collection significance assessment.

Contact Veronica on info@significanceinternational.com  if you are interested in significance
assessments or other areas.

Please check out the website for more information. www.significanceinternational.com

What will your organisation do for “International Museum Day”? Send me some information so I can advertise this and also check out this website where you can highlight your event. http://network.icom.museum/imd2012/imd-2012/activities-2012.html

Melanie receives farewell present

Friday 9th December conservators from around the State met at St. Andrews in Cleveland for their yearly Christmas lunch and to farewell objects conservator Melanie Fihelly before she heads to Brisbane with her son and husband. Best wishes to Melanie and her family from all of us.

Official Opening of the East Coast Heritage Museum & Visitor Centre was opened by Rebecca White MP at the new & renovated premises at Swansea on Friday 2nd December. Great turn out of local and visitors. Contact the curator Maureen Martin-Ferris by email moeferris@optusnet.com.au

Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Mike Romalis.      John Wadsley & John Lennox

Owen Winters and Pat Lee

Sunday 16 – Thursday 20 October 2011  was the first time that the conference was held in and proudly hosted by Museum Victoria, Sovereign Hill Museums Association, National Sports Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, National Trust, CSIRO, State Library of Victoria, Fed Square, Old Treasury Building, Zoos Victoria, Performing Arts Centre and The Happy Android Company. The conference provided an opportunity for those passionate about all forms of performance in cultural institutions and came together to explore, debate, discuss and connect ideas and practice.
For more information check out website http://www.imtal2011.org/ and check out some photos.