cultural role of qld small museums
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Lecture Dr Brian Crozier & Faye Schutt May 23 2013 UQ Lecture Series Museums and HeritageTRANSCRIPT
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THE CULTURAL ROLE OF QUEENSLAND’S
SMALL MUSEUMS BRIAN CROZIER AND FAYE SCHUTT CROZIER SCHUTT ASSOCIATES MUSEUM, HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE CONSULTANTS
CS h3p://www.museumandhistoryservices.com
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BACKGROUND
• The History Ins@tute, Victoria • History Trust of South Australia and Owning the past
• Queensland Museum and Museums Australia • Museum and Gallery Finder • Consultants’ Register
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HOW MANY MUSEUMS?
• Queensland Museum, Directory of Queensland Museums, 1991 192
• Jane Lennon, Hidden heritage, 1995 250 • Search for Museum and Gallery Finder, 1997 350 • MAGSQ and MRCN, 2013 400 • Museums on MAGSQ database 264
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OWNING THE PAST
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MUSEUMS IN THE UK, US AND AUSTRALIA
Kylie Winkworth: • UK one museum per 24,000 • US one museum per 17,000 • Australia one museum per 7458
How many museums is enough?
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KILCOY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Giles Vitrex hair dryer
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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES BY FOUNDATION DATE
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WHAT ARE THEY COLLECTING?
Mostly – Social History Given by 213 museums in the Museum and Gallery Finder
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CULTURAL ROLE THROUGH STAKEHOLDERS
• The community • Volunteers • Audiences • Funding bodies
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THE COMMUNITY
• Collec@ng, preserving and interpre@ng cultural heritage
• Breadth and depth of regional collec@ons a ra@onale for QM to be less ac@ve in social history?
• Regional collec@ons hold the bulk of Queensland’s social history collec@ons
• Many items of na@onal and interna@onal significance
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THE STATE OF PLAY
• Becer collec@on management • Advisory services – MAGSQ and MRCN • Some professional co-‐ordina@on by amalgamated councils
• But there’s a long way to go
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MERCY HERITAGE CENTRE
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UQ PATHOLOGY MUSEUM
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VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
0-‐20 volunteers 28 socie@es 21-‐50 21 51-‐100 19 101-‐150 5 151-‐200 2 201-‐250 4 251-‐300 2 More than 301 8
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VOLUNTEER NUMBERS
• 15,000 across the state in museums? • 54% of museums totally volunteer run
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RESTORATION
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VOLUNTEERS NEED…
• More training – happening through MRCN and MAGSQ
• More money – compare with Landcare’s $500m 1995-‐2000
• Access to more sources of funding • 54% volunteer run museums – galleries 14% • 27% museums receive opera@onal funding – galleries 75%
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KINGAROY
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VISITORS
2.5 million visitors to small museums and regional galleries – compare QM/QAG’s 2 million But visitors need more emphasis and funding for exhibi@ons
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FUNDING BODIES
• Museums not well accommodated by funding criteria
• Eg RADF – for “ar@sts” and “arts prac@ce”
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NOOSA MUSEUM
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NOOSA MUSEUM ARCHIVES
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NOOSA MUSEUM OBJECTS
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GUBBI GUBBI KEEPING PLACE AT NOOSA MUSEUM
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COBB AND CO CHANGING STATION, SURAT
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CHANGING STATION EXHIBITIONS
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TAMWORTH POWER STATION MUSEUM
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TAMWORTH POWER STATION MUSEUM
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POWER STATION MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
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INDIVIDUAL ITEMS
• The small museum sector • Assessment of items of special significance is part of the significance assessment process
• In CSA, Faye looks amer these assessments
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A PIECE OF WOOD
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A SCHOOL MAGAZINE (“keep this clean”)
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X-‐RAY EQUIPMENT 1896
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STOPFORD HOME PLAQUE
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ROAD CLOSURE SIGN
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AUDREY’S WEDDING DRESS
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NURSES’ HANDOVER REPORT BOOK
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PARABELLES BADGE