Annual Report 2010-2011 - Western Australian Museum

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Western Australian Museum ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 In 2010/2011 the Museums Development Service delivered 59 training sessions to communities throughout the State. Training is conducted in all aspects of care for objects aligned with the National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries. This includes: documentation, database management, digitisation; climate control monitoring and management; preventive conservation and cleaning; exhibition planning development and installation; and museum and staff management and planning. The Development Service also conducted 134 visits to communities to deliver its services. These are delivered via regional circuits that cover the majority of the populated areas of the State. In recent years the Development Service has been working to build ‘learning circles’ and mentoring groups in regional areas so that groups of clients can work together with some support from the Museum as they manage the State’s valuable collections. The latest request to form a learning circle is from the Kimberley where up to 10 client groups are keen to network in this way. The Anthropology and Archaeology Department continued its program of visits to the eight Aboriginal heritage reserves under its care visiting three sites this year. These visits are intended to provide an opportunity for discussions to be held with local community groups about how they can most effectively care for their heritage values. The WA Museum Aboriginal Advisory Committee continues to provide critical support and advice to the Museum in the area of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander interests. Three meetings were held this year, with members contributing significant input into the Museum’s Strategic Plan and ensuring that recognition of, and commitment to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is embedded in the Museum’s vision. The Museum values the ongoing dedication and contribution of the Committee’s Chair, Irene Stainton, and her long-term commitment to the work of the Museum in this area. It was with regret that the Museum accepted the resignation of long-standing member Michelle Webb whose other work commitments prevent her continuation on the committee. The Museum continued its work on returning Aboriginal ancestral remains and significant cultural objects through the national Return of Indigenous Cultural Property (RICP) program. Highlights during 2010/2011 included the ongoing assistance given to the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre in their efforts to complete a program of reburials, with three reburial events either completed or organised during this period. The Museum also received a request for the return of three sets of ancestral remains to the Albany area, 19 sets to the Bunbury region and more than 100 secret/ sacred objects to senior Wongatha men in the north-east Goldfields. WA Museum – Geraldton The Museum received a major grant from the Mid West Development Commission to develop a masterplan for its Geraldton site with a view to future development. A project team has been formed and tenders let for the master planning work. Unearthed: Mining Stories from the Mid West (http://museum.wa.gov.au/unearthed/), an exhibition exploring mining activities in the Mid West region – since the time that Aboriginal communities mined for ochre some 30,000 years ago – began its five-month display in May 2011. The community-based exhibition was created in response to the recent, rapid expansion of mining in the Mid West and contains contributions from many ex-miners and their families, the many historical societies in the area, mining companies past and present, and staff from the WA Museum. The Museum’s profile as an important tourist attraction for the region was confirmed in November, when it received a silver award at the 2010 Western Australian Tourism awards. The Museum’s partnerships with organisations such as the Geraldton yacht Club and the City of Geraldton-Greenough for the Clipper Round the World yacht race and well-attended community events for the International year of Astronomy and the International year of Biodiversity contributed to a strong submission. 28 BACK CONTENTS FORWARD
WA Museum – Albany Western Australian Museum ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 After two years of detailed planning and community consultation, the Museum’s Albany site opened the doors on its extensively renewed and refurbished exhibition galleries. State Government funding of $250,000 enabled the galleries to be brought up to modern, national museum standards, recognising the region’s status as a major tourist attraction and internationally recognised biodiversity hotspot. Visitors can now explore stories of the Great Southern’s natural and social history, spanning its early geological formation, its Aboriginal history and its early settlement, as well as more recent events such as the introduction to the region of Australia’s largest wind farm. A grant of $36,364 from the Albany Port Authority’s Atlantic Eagle Community Fund has also funded an interactive table-top display that tells the past and present history of the port and reflects its key role in the region’s development. The upgraded exhibitions are housed in the refurbished Residency Building, built in 1850, which originally served as a store and offices for the nearby convict-hiring depot and was later extended to accommodate the Government Residents and the Resident Magistrates. In March, the Albany site hosted an event as part of the Perth International Arts Festival (Great Southern Program) with the Minang Mainitch Indigenous Weavers Festival (http://museum.wa.gov.au/minang-mainitch-indigenousweavers-festival/). Workshops in weaving traditions and techniques were accompanied by traditional and contemporary weaving stories and songs, with participants shown how to adapt materials from the landscape for their weaving projects. The Museum also showcased entries from Western Australian primary schools in the 2010 ‘Snapshots’ program, which encourages students to explore the history and uniqueness of their local community through photography and storytelling. Schools from a number of locations around Australia have participated in ‘Snapshots’ since the program commenced in 2003. WA Museum – Kalgoorlie-Boulder BACK CONTENTS FORWARD Like its regional counterpart in Albany, the Kalgoorlie-Boulder site also revitalised its exhibitions this year in the first major upgrade to its displays in more than 20 years. The new Stories from the Goldfields exhibitions examines the region from the days before European arrival, through the gold rush era and into the modern day. The exhibitions take a fresh look at the area’s Aboriginal history and heritage and the subsequent ‘settlement’ period, including the gold rushes, the continuing struggle for water, modern day mining activity and the popular horseracing carnival, the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Race Round. Again, the upgrades were made possible with funding of $250,000 from the State Government as part of its ongoing commitment to the WA Museum and its six public sites. During the year, the Museum also hosted the compelling National Museum of Australia travelling exhibition From Little Things Big Things Grow: Fighting for Indigenous Rights 1920-1970. The exhibition explored key moments in Aboriginal activism including the 1938 Day of Mourning and Protest, the 1965 Freedom Ride, the Gurundji ‘walk-off’ and the 1967 Referendum. 29
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