To fill the gaps left by the recent cancellation of face-to-face training and events AMaGA Victoria is working in partnership with the National Office to provide a series of online webinars, workshops and tutorials. We are in the process of converting previously scheduled in person events to digital platforms, whilst introducing a series of more responsive events. All events will be added to this page as they are confirmed.
Whilst the AMaGA Vic team is working remotely, we are contactable via email. If you have any events / PD questions, concerns or requests please email cmallard@amagavic.org.au.
For any questions regarding Victorian Collections workshops please contact: admin@victoriancollections.net.au.
Victorian Collections: New CMS Information Session - Webinar
Mon 01 Jun, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The new Victorian Collections CMS is live and ready to be explored! We have rebuilt Victorian Collections from the ground up to make it easier than ever to manage your collections. This information session will introduce you to the new system and help guides, as well as answer any questions you have about the redeveloped site.
Please note: This information session is intended for current users of Victorian Collections. If you are new to the system and don't know where to start, please consider registering for a "Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop".
Details on how to join the information session will be provided to you the week prior to this event.
Venue
Zoom
Silver Linings 3: Now Normal to New Normal
Thu 11 Jun, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In the middle of May ENVi wrote a description for our next Silver Linings session: As our cultural organisations and workplaces reimagine themselves in a variety of reopening scenarios we take a moment to consider what programming might look like in a post-pandemic Victoria. But the future has come sooner than everyone thought, and ‘reimagining’ is not the leisurely, considered approach we thought it might be. Join us again on Zoom to consider what we might keep and what me might work with and the imminent possibility that the general public and school groups are back. We invite you to attend our third in this COVID-inspired-series with an open mind, generosity of spirit and willingness to support your peers.
This presentation will be introduced by Christine Healey, ENVi President and Incinerator Gallery. Conversation facilitated by Michelle Kiag, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) with Sue Burgess, Shrine of Remembrance and Andrew Hiskens, Museum Consultant. Hosted by Celia Mallard, Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria.
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A link to Zoom will be emailed to registered attendees prior to the meeting. You can try the Zoom Test Room earlier if you are keen to see how it works.
Venue
Zoom| Members and Non-members | Free |
Victorian Collections: New CMS Information Session
Mon 15 Jun, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The new Victorian Collections CMS is live and ready to be explored! We have rebuilt Victorian Collections from the ground up to make it easier than ever to manage your collections. This online information session will introduce you to the new system and help guides, as well as answer any questions you have about the redeveloped site.
Please note: This information session is intended for current users of Victorian Collections. If you are new to the system and don't know where to start, please consider registering for a "Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop".
Details on how to join the information session will be provided to you the week prior to this event.
Venue
Zoom| Member | Free |
| Non-member | Free |
Increasing access to Museums and Galleries programming
Thu 18 Jun, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join AMaGA and a panel of professionals, for a webinar exploring the practices, policies and procedures museums and galleries can implement in physical and virtual spaces to ensure programming is accessible to audiences with disabilities.
In this webinar we aim to cover:
- Virtual procedures for accessibility Including:
- W3C standards,
- transcriptions,
- audio descriptions
- Physical procedures for inclusivity
- With consideration for various reopening standards
Members: $30, Non-members: $60
Venue
Zoom
Victorian Collections: New CMS Information Session - Webinar
Mon 22 Jun, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The new Victorian Collections CMS is live and ready to be explored! We have rebuilt Victorian Collections from the ground up to make it easier than ever to manage your collections. This information session will introduce you to the new system and help guides, as well as answer any questions you have about the redeveloped site.
Please note: This information session is intended for current users of Victorian Collections. If you are new to the system and don't know where to start, please consider registering for a "Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop".
Details on how to join the information session will be provided to you the week prior to this event.
Venue
Zoom| Member | Free |
| Non-member | Free |
Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop – Webinar
Mon 29 Jun, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
This online workshop provides an introduction to the principles of digitisation and collection management. Participants will learn how to catalogue collection items using the free, online and custom-built Victorian Collections cataloguing system.
Victorian Collections workshops offer a relaxed and open environment and cater for participants with any degree of museum and computer literacy, as well as ongoing cataloguing support for community museums, and small to medium-sized collections.
Please note: This workshop is designed for users who are new to Victorian Collections. If you are an established user and would like assistance with the redeveloped system, please consider registering for our "Victorian Collections: New CMS Information Session".
Details on how to join the webinar will be provided to you the week prior to the workshop.
Venue
Zoom| Member | $10.00 |
| Non-member | $20.00 |
Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop - Melbourne
Tue 07 Jul, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the principles of digitisation and collection management. Participants will learn how to catalogue collection items using the free, online and custom-built Victorian Collections cataloguing system.
Victorian Collections workshops offer a relaxed and open environment and cater for participants with any degree of museum and computer literacy, as well as ongoing cataloguing support for community museums, and small and medium collections.
Please note, this workshop is designed for users who are new to Victorian Collections.
Venue
Melbourne Museum11 Nicholson Street
Carlton VIC 3053
| Members | $10.00 |
| Non-members | $20.00 |
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General Meeting (online)
Tue 14 Jul, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Our 2020 General Meeting will be hosted online, offering our members (both existing and new) a chance to catch up on developments at AMaGA Victoria.
Venue
Zoom| Members | Free |
Victorian Collections Day
Tue 08 Sep, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
A full day of information and workshops aimed at the community collecting sector to help you achieve the best care for your collection.
Hear from museum and gallery industry experts on topics including collection management, conservation and exhibition skills. Talks will cover ways to approach these topics with small budgets in mostly volunteer organisations, ideal for the small-medium groups who use VC to catalogue their collections.
Venue
ACMI Tour
Wed 16 Sep, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Enjoy a guided tour of the newly redeveloped Australian Centre for the Moving Image, led by Senior Curator Sarah Tutton.
Venue
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)Federation Square
Flinders Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
| Members | Free |
| Non-members | $10.00 |
Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum
Thu 22 Oct, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
‘Collecting (in) 2020’ will bring together members, professionals, volunteers, students and the wider community to hear museum and gallery professionals from around the world discuss current issues in the sector.
Venue
Castlemaine| Early bird | $120.00 |
| Members | $150.00 |
| Non-members | $225.00 |
Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop - Melbourne
Tue 27 Oct, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the principles of digitisation and collection management. Participants will learn how to catalogue collection items using the free, online and custom-built Victorian Collections cataloguing system.
Victorian Collections workshops offer a relaxed and open environment and cater for participants with any degree of museum and computer literacy, as well as ongoing cataloguing support for community museums, and small and medium collections.
Please note, this workshop is designed for users who are new to Victorian Collections.
Venue
Melbourne Museum11 Nicholson Street
Carlton VIC 3053
| Members | $10.00 |
| Non-members | $20.00 |
Look History in the Eye at the Archives Centre
Wed 11 Nov, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Targeted at curators with an interest in Victorian history, this workshop, presented in partnership with the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) will provide training on how to research their collection catalogue, which features three new photographic collections. Includes a tour of the PROV Collection.
Venue
Victorian Archives Centre99 Shiel Street
North Melbourne VIC 3051
| Members | $10.00 |
| Non-members | $20.00 |
Victorian Collections Introductory Cataloguing Workshop - Melbourne
Tue 24 Nov, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to the principles of digitisation and collection management. Participants will learn how to catalogue collection items using the free, online and custom-built Victorian Collections cataloguing system.
Victorian Collections workshops offer a relaxed and open environment and cater for participants with any degree of museum and computer literacy, as well as ongoing cataloguing support for community museums, and small and medium collections.
Please note, this workshop is designed for users who are new to Victorian Collections.
Venue
Melbourne Museum11 Nicholson Street
Carlton VIC 3053
| Members | $10.00 |
| Non-members | $20.00 |
