Museums Australia (Victoria) invites you to ‘Come To Life’ in Ballarat for our very first State Conference for museums and communities in Victoria. This forum for ideas will bring MA members and the wider community together to showcase some of the best museum practices, community-building projects and local cultural heritage.

Collect, Conserve, Connect: Museums Australia (Victoria) State Conference 2012 will take place from the 29 – 30 March 2012 at the School of Mines, University of Ballarat.

The two-day format combines traditional keynotes and lectures with hands-on practical sessions, museum theatre performance, a public lecture and an expo of industry suppliers and examples of Goldfields arts and cultural heritage.

Earlybird registrations are now open, and over 20 speakers are confirmed.

>> See our dedicated conference website for more

MA (Vic) is pleased to announce that we will be presenting our first state conference in 2012. Collect, Conserve, Connect: Museums Australia (Victoria) State Conference 2012 will take place from the 29 – 30 March 2012 at the School of Mines, University of Ballarat.

Join us for the very first MA (Vic) State Conference in the beautiful heritage city of Ballarat. Program and registration details will be launched in November 2011.

Register your interest here: MA (Vic) State Conference 2012

A pool of $40,000 has been devolved to seven Victorian Museums from the Museums Australia (Victoria) Exhibition Grants program.

There were very strong applications this round and after much discussion from the committee, the following organisations have been awarded a grant:

• Banyule City Council
• Castlemaine Art Gallery
• Koorie Heritage Trust
• Mission to Seafarers Victoria
• National Alpine Museum of Australia
• National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
• Yackadandah Historical Society