Great Expectations - Rich Rewards

Community Heritage Grants Program

The Port Macquarie Historical Society Experience

SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT

Significance Assessment Report On the job trainingPriorities for collection management

Dominant themesGaps in the collectionIrrelevant items Fresh view and interpretive potential

PRESERVATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Preservation Needs Assessment Report

Assessment of storage, display & work areas

On the job trainingPriorities for collection management

‘At risk’ objectsFresh view with preservation focus

Textile Storage Shelving – Stage 1

Textile Storage Shelving – Stage 2

Textile Storage Shelving – Stage 3

Textile Storage Boxes

COMMUNITY HERITAGE GRANTS

Collection Significance Assessment 2008

Preservation Needs Assessment 2010

Conservation Treatments No. 1 2012

Conservation Treatments No. 2 2014

CHG Rewards Significance Assessment $5,500

Preservation Needs Assessment $5,500

Conservation Treatments 1 $10,560

Conservation Treatments 2 $12,970

Other Rewards Textile Storage Boxes $727Textile Storage Shelving Stage 1 $1090Textile Storage Shelving Stage 2 $1950Textile Storage Shelving Stage 3 $1537Textile Storage Boxes $604Federation Comes to Port Exhibition

$9900Conservation (MMAPSS) $2215

STATUS

We are still using our Significance Assessment Report

We are still using our Preservation Needs Assessment Report

We are already planning our 2016 Community Heritage Grant application