CURATORIAL AND COLLECTIONS SUMMARY SNAPSHOT

This quarter has been dominated by exhibition work, public programmes and continued work on the collection. The HJ King: Cameras and Carburettors exhibiton has been extremely popular with visitors, and has generated a large number of public enquiries. Staff have also been regularly changing over photographs and specimens in this exhibition to minimise their light exposure and to keep the exhibition fresh.

QVMAG’s new Assistant Curator Public History has already made a significant contribution.

The Signwriters shop has reopened with the new displays focussing on the work of the signwriters themselves, and includes full-wall displays of signs produced in the space and photographs of the space in use. A case changeover outside the Guan Di Temple now focusses on the Chung Gon family.

Work has continued on developing content for the upcoming Wetland and Botanica exhibitions. Staff have also been preparing for a range of upcoming Public Programs, and working with QVMAG Marketing and Communications to create a range of content for social media.

During this quarter, QVMAG objects and photogaphs were on display at the National Film and Sound Archive as part of their exhibition The Marvellous Corricks, and further historically significant loan objects were on display at the Port Arthur Historic Site and the Cascades Female Factory.

Jan-Mar 2023

154 OBJECTS ACCESSIONED

Jan-Mar 2023

44 RESEARCH & COLLECTION ENQUIRIES

Jan-Mar 2023

1 COLLECTION OFFERS

Jan-Mar 2023

1,331 FOUND IN COLLECTION RECORDS CREATED

Jan-Mar 2023

1 ACQUISITIONS

During this quarter, 1331 additional records were bulk uploaded to the museum’s CMS. These were all FIC (Found in Collection) records, and reflect the rehousing and listing of items in the collection that have not yet been assessed for collection and added to the Museum’s official holdings. These FIC records enable us to assess and compare potential accessions, and will enable any items identified as being suitable for the collection to be easily transferred into the collection.

The History section has also increased its volunteer object registration program, with three volunteers now engaged in registration and re-housing of collection items, including the Halls Island Collection, organisation and re-housing of the numismatics collection and registration of a range of smaller collections including the Kaw collection. In addition, work on the Kaw Family collection of archives, in collaboration with the Library and Archives section, has resulted in almost three quarters of this collection being sorted, identified and listed.

Parks and Wildlife-funded cataloguing work has continued, with QVMAG staff working on the Miscellaneous Shipwrecks collection registration.

QVMAG has also continued to work on the listing and identification of all ex-railway workshop site material for redistribution. This work is funded with a grant from the Phillip Archer Trust.