Museums Australia conference, 1999 - a collection of papers

27 Jun 2005

MA National Conference, Albury, May 1999 'Fringe Benefits: Community, Culture & Communication'

Conference Proceedings: DAY ONE: Community, Colleagues and Collections

Keynote Speeches

The development of the National Museum of Australia: A museum for the 21st century by Dawn Casey, Acting Director, National Museum of Australia

Community v. public perceptions of cultural value by Dr David Dolan, Professor and Director, Research Institute for Cultural Heritage, Curtin University

Parallel Session: Community

Shire of Roebourne Local History Officer?s position and how this position can benefit the communities and cultures within the Shire by Llyrus Weightman, Local History Officer, Shire of Roebourne

Public research facilities in a museum environment: The development of the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre by Elizabeth Dracoulis, Manager, Research Centre, Australian War Memorial

Parallel Session: Colleagues

Reaching out: A review of the first three years of a correspondence course in Museum Studies by Margaret Birtley, Coordinator, Museum Studies, Deakin University

Using websites for professional development by Gillian Savage, Environmetrics Pty Limited

Parallel Session: Collections

Why do we save this old junk? by Judith Cornell, Society for the Preservation of the Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine

The Australian War Memorial's website: Taking the institution to the nation by Robbie Braithwaite, Web Manager, Australian War Memorial

Overview of the Museum Victoria's relocation project by Lisa Harvey, Relocation Manager, Museum Victoria, and Michelle Berry, Conservator, Museum Victoria

Parallel Session: Maritime Museums Workshop

Building and rebuilding by Vera Hatton, Lady Denman Heritage Complex Inc.

National Maritime Museum by Michael Staples

Conserving engines - static and operational by Andrew Munns, Australian Maritime Museums Council

Developing a new Maritime Museum in Fremantle by Graeme Henderson, Western Australian Maritime Museum

Conference Proceedings: DAY TWO Developing Collections

Keynote Speech

Living in a bicultural landscape: Colin McCahon's Urewera Mural, 1975 by Dr Chris Saines, Director, Auckland Art Gallery - Toi a Tamaki

Parallel Session: Development

Selecting a computer for collection management by Brian Manns, Australian War Memorial Army History Unit

Who's going to come? Defining the audiences of the National Museum of Australia by Roger Garland, Manager Public Programs, National Museum of Australia

Parallel Session: Focus

Developing access to collections through assessing user needs by Lynda Kelly, Evaluation Coordinator, Australian Museum

'Home-made treasures': Interpretive challenges in developing an exhibition of improvised children's items by Brian Shepherd, Curator, Edith Cowan University Museum of Childhood, and Stephen Anstey, Curator, Edith Cowan University Museum of Childhood

Linking heritage with history: Using authority records to link objects with their past by Gavan McCarthy, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, University of Melbourne, and Bruce Smith, School of Business Information Technology, RMIT

Bunjilaka Aboriginal Centre by Rodney Carter, Manager, Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum

Parallel Session: Promotion

Beyond the divide: Museum skilling in regional New South Wales by Shar Jones, Director, Museum Studies Unit, University of Sydney

On the track: Travelling exhibitions with the Australian War Memorial by Carol Cartwright, Travelling Exhibitions Coordinator, Australian War Memorial

'The loan's the thing - with or without the sting' by Susan Barnett, Museum Consultant, Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists Museum

Parallel Session: Visual Arts and Crafts Together with Regional Galleries Special Interest Groups Joint Workshop

The same but different: Job entry and transition within the curatorial profession by Clare Williamson, Curator of Special Exhibitions, State Library of Victoria

Freelance curators: What do we call ourselves? by Paola Anselmi, Chair, Museums Australia W.A.

Perfect match: Collecting collectors by Joseph Eisenberg, Director, New England Regional Art Museum, and Belinda Cotton, Deputy Director, New England Regional Art Museum

Crafting a positive outlook by Noel Frankham, General Manager, Object Centre for Contemporary Craft

'Alternative Spaces' by Andrew Seward, Platform Artists Group

Conference Proceedings: DAY THREE Audience

Keynote Speeches

Meeting human needs: The potential of museums by Lois H. Silverman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation & Park Administration, Indiana University, USA

Look into my eyes - read my lips: People facing people by Peter Hiscock, Director, Sovereign Hill

Parallel Session: Members and Volunteers Special Interest Group Workshop

Membership - from a torrent to a trickle by David Tunny, Former Executive Director, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales; Executive Director, Friends of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

Getting them in and keeping them there: Membership development through functions by Clare Tizard, Administrator, Friends of the Art Gallery of South Australia

Parallel Session: Education for a Diverse Community

Producing tears, fears and cheers: Migration to Australia, 1788-1998 by Kevin Jones, Curator, Australian National Maritime Museum

Barriers and bandaids: Skill and career development for museum and gallery workers throughout Queensland by Ann Baillie, Coordinator, Training and Professional Development Program, Museums Australia Queensland

Aboriginal Heritage Walk, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne by Dean Stewart, Koori Liaison Officer and Coordinator, Aboriginal Heritage Walk, Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

Reading portraits : a strategy for museum education for the middle school by Sandy Clugston, Manager, Education and Visitor Services, Australian War Memorial, and Wendy Cave, Executive Teacher, Bonython Primary School, ACT

'Sub-urban' by Philippa Winn, Project Officer, Education and Public Programs, National Gallery of Australia

Parallel Session: Evaluation and Visitor Research Special Interest Group Workshop

Evaluation of exhibition text by Linda Ferguson, Australian War Memorial

Parallel Session: Education Special Interest Group Workshop

Canberra Museum and Gallery Youth Ambassador Program by Fiona Hooton, Education Officer, Canberra Museum and Gallery

'Museum on the Road' - linking city to country by Mary Bell, Manager Resource Services, Australian Museum

Waltzing Matilda by Fiona Mohr, Museum Development Officer, Queensland Museum

Conference Proceedings: DAY FOUR Cultural Planning

Keynote Speech

The Australian Indigenous Cultural Network by Patrick Dodson, Former Chair of the Reconciliation Council

Parallel Session: Bringing Local Government on Side

Creating a museum for tourists and the promotion of tourism by Brendon Jarrett, Portland Maritime Discovery Centre

The evolution of the hysterical society by Barbara Russell, Curator, Dubbo Museum and Historical Centre

Parallel Session: Wholistic Approach

Community cultural planning: Harnessing the agenda by Carol Scott, Manager, Evaluation and Visitor Research, Powerhouse Museum

Planning for action by Dennis Cameron, Deputy Head, Australian War Memorial Army History Unit

Planning the preparation of the Indigenous Collections for relocation at Museum Victoria by Karen Peterson, Assistant Collection Manager, Indigenous Collections Department, Museum Victoria

Parallel Session: Putting the Plan into Practice

Titillating, tempting and tracking an audience by Jenny Horder, Museum of Human Disease, School of Pathology, UNSW

The Albert Kersten GeoCentre: A science museum in regional Australia by Greg McNamara, Museum Curator, Albert Kersten GeoCentre

Exhortation no! Involvement yes! Harvesting the future by David Demant, Learning Adviser, Museum Victoria

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