When to show, when to tell: New ways to apply the National Standards

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Laura Miles, Museums Australia (Victoria)

National Standards for Australian Museums & Galleries: http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/107

National Standards for Australian Museums & Galleries: http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/107

Principle B2 & B3presents significant collection…to current and potential audiences

Principle C1 & C2:significant stories, preserved for the future

http://sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to-discover/fishbourne-roman-palace

http://sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to-discover/fishbourne-roman-palace

Significance 2.0, Collections Council of Australia, archived at:http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/significance2-0/

• Historic• Artistic / aesthetic• Scientific / research• Social / spiritual

• Provenance• Rarity / representativeness• Condition / completeness• Interpretive capacity

Or…

Significance 2.0, Collections Council of Australia, archived at:http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/significance2-0/

…group your selected objects:

• Thematically• Geographically• Chronologically

Courtesy of the Brighton & Hove Museum, UK

Courtesy of the Brighton & Hove Museum, UK

www.victoriancollections.net

http://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/bright-and-district-historical-society

http://victoriancollections.net.au/regions

https://twitter.com/VicCollections

Courtesy of Google Earth

Roadsigns in Wales and Romania

www.mavic.asn.au/museums

Text based resources on MA (Vic) website www.mavic.asn.au/resources

Adding videos to our online resourceshttp://youtu.be/oUgG7HEpvyo & http://youtu.be/GGeYd1ivRSg

Visiting museums on-site to photograph examples of best practice

Purchased a microphone online for less than $50

Editing voice over using Audacity

Combining still photos and audio recording to create a video

Sharing our videos on YouTubewww.youtube.com/museumsaustraliavic

Open invitation at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK

Display at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK

Henry VIII’s fort at Deal, Kent, built in 1540, has low walls to present less of a target to cannon.

Sharing collection photographs using HistoryPinwww.historypin.com

Contributing photos and stories via ABC Openwww.abc.net.au/open

Carroll/Fletcher Gallery, Londonwww.carrollfletcher.com

Carroll/Fletcher Gallery, Londonwww.carrollfletcher.com

http://pinterest.com/spacebeagle/

www.janbanning.com/books/bureaucratics/

www.janbanning.com/books/bureaucratics/

What’s on your desk?

From little things…

…big ideas grow

Australia: the first country to fully convert to polymer banknotes

The Bedlington Terrier

Conventions: spot the heritage attractions

Conventions: spot the heritage attractions

Centre for natural knowledge

Julio Beobide (local painter’s) museum

Local (things)Thalassotherapy (seaweed therapy) centre

San Telmo church

Flysch = geologically significant cliffs

Beach

“Art lives in the small town of Arratia with this small workshop…”

Alboka, from the Arabic ‘al-bûq’ meaning ‘the trumpet’ or ‘the horn’

Juan Mari Beltran playing the alboka, courtesy of adancingfool:http://youtu.be/Hbq3lsDTd_g

National Standards for Australian Museums & Galleries: http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/sector_info_item/107

Principle B2 & B3presents significant collection…to current and potential audiences

Principle C1 & C2:significant stories, preserved for the future

What is best shown? How?What is best told? How?

Why are these objects significant?

Can they be grouped by theme, origin, time?

What annoys you?What inspires you?

Can you borrow ideas from museums and other places?

Takeaways:Factsheets & videos: www.mavic.asn.au

Slides and images on Pinterest and Slideshare

Follow on Twitter: @laura_miles and @_mavic

Conference hashtag: #masa2012