Keep up-to-date with latest news, events, resources and initiatives (last updated 9 March 2010).
Read our March 2010 e-newsletter for the latest!
This issue includes:
- Message from the General Manager
- Diary of a volunteer
- Recipients delighted with NZMuseums grants
- In brief: Museum Graduate Internship Programme update
- Get along to this year's Museums Aotearoa conference
- Totally engaging: MEANZ Conference 2010
- It came from the collections
- Advice from the helpline: getting volunteers on board
- Small museums and galleries seminar
- Upcoming workshops
- Request for recycled shelving
- Conservation notes now available online for free
- On-the-road diaries
- Staff changes
- Join us online
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Museums getting their collections online
The National Scout Museum, Mangawhai Museum and Jack Morgan Museum have both received a NZMuseums Five-Year Licence Fee Grant to put their collection online.
Applications for museum projects have now closed
Applications for museums to submit projects to the Museum Graduate Intenship Programme (MGIP) closed on Wednesday 24 February. Over the next two weeks the MGIP committee will be assessing museums' applications and 2-4 projects will be supported. What happens next? Once projects have been chosen Museums Studies graduates from Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington can apply. Programme Directors will be in touch with eligible graduates and distribute further information and application forms.
Find out more about MGIP
$10,000 for digitisation
Don't forget the closing date for DigitalNZ's awards of $10,000 to kick-start your digitisation project is looming, 5 March 2010.
Find out more
Cancellation of youth programming seminars
Due to unforeseen personal circumstances Tristan Sharp can no longer come to New Zealand to present 'Get with the programme: adventures in youth programming'. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Visit our Calendar of events for other professional development opportunities in your area.
Calendar of events
Showcase your museum at ICOM
ICOM, the International Council of Museums, is offering New Zealand museums and galleries an opportunity to profile themselves at this year's World Expo in Shanghai. The attached letter and flyer include further details on the Expo, as well as information on how to submit images and video from your organisation.
Contact Ms Yu Zhang at ICOM for more information
Wonderful NZMuseums helpers
Throughout 2010 six museums studies students are volunteering to help you get your collections on NZMuseums. At first the students will be working with museums on the West Coast, Wellington and the Bay of Plenty.
Goodbye NZLive.com, we will miss you
As you may have heard in February 2010 the Ministry for Culture and Heritage will disestablish NZLive.com. There are two ways this might impact you and your museum:
Cultural Funding Guide has moved:
The ever so useful Cultural Funding Guide that is on NZLive.com is moving to the MCH corporate website in February.
Listing events on NZLive.com:
The Ministry have made a public-private merger with Eventfinder.co.nz. If you are a contributor to NZLive.com, they will contact you with instructions about how to get your events on Eventfinder. NZLive.com are on the ball and have already started the migration of your events and details to Eventfinder. We are working with them to ensure your events are still listed on NZMuseums. If you haven’t heard from NZLive, contact them.
Five-year NZMuseums licences up for grabs
We have three five-year NZMuseums licences on offer to museums keen to use eHive as their collection management system.
Learn more about this offer
Museum networking website
Museum 3.0 is a website set up by colleagues in Australia for you to meet others working in museums, chat, ask questions and learn from your colleagues on all things ‘museum’. There are already lots of Kiwis on the site, so follow the link above to join up!
Metals workshops are here!
The conservation of large metal objects displayed outdoors:
Whangarei 17-18 February, 9am-4pm, Whangarei Museum & Kiwi House Heritage Park
Waiouru 20-21 February, 9am-4pm, National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Blenheim 24-25 February, 9am-4pm, Brayshaw Heritage Park
Taieri 27-28 February, 9am-4pm, Taieri Historical Park
Call for applications: Museum Graduate Internship Programme
We are looking for some great museum projects to offer some great graduates for the Museum Graduate Internship Programme (MGIP).
MGIP aims to provide museums with trained personnel (the interns) who will bring in new knowledge and complete a specified short-term project at the museum. In turn this provides the graduates with the opportunity to take up practical projects in museums. A win-win situation!
Learn more about the MGIP
NZLive.com and Eventfinder merger
In late 2009 the Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced that NZLive would be closing down in February 2010. The Ministry has developed a public private partnership with Eventfinder.co.nz to ensure that services to the cultural sector will continue. As part of this we are working with NZLive and Eventsfinder to ensure your organisations and its events and activities are promoted on the web for free.
Find out more about the merger