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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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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