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Resources for school museums
This collection of resources support and promote the work of school museums across Australia, including the members of the ANME national network.
Sponsored by the National Museum of Australia, this website promotes museum practice and museology. It provides numerous online publications discussing museum visitation and other issues. Museums can join Museums Australia.
Assessing the significance of cultural heritage is a key challenge facing local museums. This resource outlines a national framework for such assessments.
Case studies of good museum practice are available through the work of museums such as which has a rich website that illustrates how they approach issues like significance, documentation and display.
School museums handbook
If you have wonderful historical items on display or in your school 鈥榩resses鈥�, this handbook will help you care for them.
鈥� Cheryl O鈥機onnor CEO, Australian College of Educators
How our handbook can help:
- The concept of 鈥榓 museum of schooling鈥�
- Purposes and goals of a school museum
- Categorising items for exhibitions
- Documenting and displaying items
- Administrative procedures
- Caring, storing and conserving items
- Preventative conservation techniques
- Writing a brief school history
The Handbook is available from the ANME office located in the 糖心原创vlog.
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