Museum Historians' National Network

The Museum Historians' National Network (formerly Special Interest Group) provides an information and support network for museum historians working throughout Australia. It organises sessions at the Museums Australia National Conference each year, and special events such as tours and talks.

Among other activities every year are:

Sponsorship of the Global Curator program
A bursary program for the annual Museums Australia conference
An AGM

The Museum Historians' National Network also issues a periodic newsletter, Timelines, keeping members up-to-date with new museum exhibitions, research projects and special events.

Global Curator Program 2011

Would you like a chance to go to Houston, USA in May to attend the American Association Annual Meeting? This event is one of the largest museum gatherings in the world, featuring hundreds of papers, worshops and a huge trade show. It’s a great opportunity for international networking and exchanging the latest ideas in the museum industry.

The Historians’ National Network of Museums Australia and the Curators’ Committee of the American Association of Museums are pleased to jointly announce the launch of the 2011 Global Curator Exchange Fellowship Program.

This program is open to one curator from Australia and one from the United States. Each will be awarded a stipend of approximately $2700 to attend the other’s national conference.

The Australian curator will attend the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, 22-25 May 2011.

The US curator will attend the Museums Australia conference in Perth, Western Australia, 14-18 November 2011. Support for the 2011 Australian leg of the Global Curator program is generously provided by ICOM Australia.

Closing dates:
28 March 2011 - Australian applicants
8 July 2011 - US applicants

For further information and details of eligibility, please contact Deborah Tout-Smith, Museum Victoria, at dtoutsm@museum.vic.gov.au, ph (03) 8341 7386; or Valarie Kinkade, Museum and Collector Resource, USA, at kinval@aol.com.

2011 MA Conference Bursary Program

Information about the MA Historians National Network bursary to assist members to attend the national conference in Perth will be available after the AGM in May.

Please contact Alison.wishart@nma.gov.au if you have any questions.

Newsletter

The latest issue of Timelines is now available online. Members can access previous issues of our newsletter here.

If you have a contribution for the newsletter please e-mail Catherine Manning: cmanning@history.sa.gov.au.

National Network Structure

The Museum Historians' National Network is co-ordinated by a Committee President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer and Newsletter Editor, with Ordinary Members representing most states and territories.

President: Alison Wishart, National Museum of Australia
Tel: 02 6208 5468
E-mail: alison.wishart@nma.gov.au

Like to join this group?

The cost of membership is $10. Please contact the Museums Australia national office to find out how to join this National Network: ma@museumsaustralia.org.au Please note that, in accordance with the Museums Australia Constitution and By-Laws, all members of Museums Australia Special Interest Groups must be current members of Museums Australia.