Schramm's Cottage gains museum accreditation (2013)
Posted by Surindar Cheema on Aug 24, 2013
Media Release: Tuesday 6th August, 2013
Schramm’s Cottage has been granted Museum Accreditation after a recent visit from Museums Australia (Victoria) . The museum has worked hard to meet set criteria from the National Standards of best museum practice.
Built in 1874, reopened on its current site in 1976 and managed by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society , Schramm’s Cottage is a heritage stone building surrounded by lush gardens and a historically significant German settler cemetery.
A special focus of the Museum is the local orchard industry history and the development of Doncaster from the 1840’s.
To become accredited, museums spend 2-3 years developing procedures, policies and practice to meet recognized museum standards. Training, advice and other resources are available to assist museums in meeting these standards.
The Victorian based Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) is now in its 20th year and is run by Museums Australia (Victoria), the professional association for the museum and gallery sector. There are currently fifty four organizations accredited and a further twenty five working towards this goal.
“We are delighted to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by the team at the Schramm’s Cottage. Caring for our shared heritage is an important task and by becoming accredited, the Schramm’s Cottage has proven to be a leading museum in Victoria “
Elizabeth Marsden, Manager, Museum Accreditation Program, Museums Australia (Victoria)
A formal presentation of the Schramm’s Cottage certificate, signed by the Hon Heidi Victoria MP, Minister for the Arts, will be made at the 2013 Victorian Museum Awards, to be held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on Thursday 8th August.
Further Information:
http://www.mavic.asn.au/museum accreditation program
For all media enquiries please contact:
Dimity Mapstone, Communications Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria)
Notes for editors:
Museums Australia (Victoria) was established as the peak body for museums in Victoria in 1994. Our 740+ museums include galleries, science centres, Indigenous Keeping Places, historical societies, historic houses, botanic gardens, zoos, aquaria, cultural centres and archaeological monuments. Two thirds of these are volunteer - run ‘community museums’ caring for an estimated 1.5m objects in Victoria. The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) is a framework used by museums to improve museum standards and increase profile, 10% of museums in the state are involved in MAP.
Source: Rotary Club of Doncaster Website
Media Release: Tuesday 6th August, 2013
Schramm’s Cottage has been granted Museum Accreditation after a recent visit from Museums Australia (Victoria) . The museum has worked hard to meet set criteria from the National Standards of best museum practice.
A special focus of the Museum is the local orchard industry history and the development of Doncaster from the 1840’s.
To become accredited, museums spend 2-3 years developing procedures, policies and practice to meet recognized museum standards. Training, advice and other resources are available to assist museums in meeting these standards.
The Victorian based Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) is now in its 20th year and is run by Museums Australia (Victoria), the professional association for the museum and gallery sector. There are currently fifty four organizations accredited and a further twenty five working towards this goal.
“We are delighted to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by the team at the Schramm’s Cottage. Caring for our shared heritage is an important task and by becoming accredited, the Schramm’s Cottage has proven to be a leading museum in Victoria “
Elizabeth Marsden, Manager, Museum Accreditation Program, Museums Australia (Victoria)
A formal presentation of the Schramm’s Cottage certificate, signed by the Hon Heidi Victoria MP, Minister for the Arts, will be made at the 2013 Victorian Museum Awards, to be held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on Thursday 8th August.
Further Information:
http://www.mavic.asn.au/museum accreditation program
For all media enquiries please contact:
Dimity Mapstone, Communications Manager, Museums Australia (Victoria)
Notes for editors:
Museums Australia (Victoria) was established as the peak body for museums in Victoria in 1994. Our 740+ museums include galleries, science centres, Indigenous Keeping Places, historical societies, historic houses, botanic gardens, zoos, aquaria, cultural centres and archaeological monuments. Two thirds of these are volunteer - run ‘community museums’ caring for an estimated 1.5m objects in Victoria. The Museum Accreditation Program (MAP) is a framework used by museums to improve museum standards and increase profile, 10% of museums in the state are involved in MAP.
Source: Rotary Club of Doncaster Website
2023 Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society confirmed again as an accredited Museum by Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria. AMAGA Website
After a rigorous review and visit by AMAGA representative, Caroline Wall, DTHS was confirmed as an an accredited Australian Museum.
Schramm's Cottage Gains Museum Accreditation
As mentioned in the Stop Press in the September 2013 DTHS Newsletter, Schramm's Cottage recently gained Museum Accreditation. Schramm's Cottage was one of six museums that gained accreditation in 2013.
The official statement reads: "Schramm's Cottage Museum has been independently appraised and meets appropriate standards of museum practice in accordance with Museum Accreditation Requirements."
"Accreditation demonstrates a high level of commitment to the future of the museum and its continual improvement."
We gained this accreditation through a process provided by Museums Australia (Victoria), a body that supports the development of quality museums, collections care, knowledge and specialised skills for museum work in both small and large museums throughout Victoria.
The Museums Australia (Victoria) website http://www. mavic.asn.au/ lists the benefits of accreditation as:
- achievement of best museum practice
- recognition and promotion by MA (Vic) as the gold standard for museums
- a framework to promote a museum's achievements, needs and practices to funding bodies, government and other supporters
- a direct line of support for all museum issues • access to templates, model documents and other information to help meet standards
- constructive and positive feedback from museum peers throughout the process and in written reports • participation in an informal network of museums associated with MAP
- promotional material, including a monthly e-blast, to highlight and promote a museum's accredited status, news and achievements
- national recognition as an Accredited tourism business
Members of Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society spent a good deal of time over the past three years or so documenting and improving our practices. Our documentation was then assessed and a group of three members met with an assessment team to answer questions and show them over the museum.
The documentation is available for all members to read. It is contained in a binder that is currently housed on top of the display bookcase in the Schoolroom. A smaller binder on that bookcase sets out the procedures for members who volunteer, particularly those who open the museum to visitors of Sundays and public holidays.
Now that we have achieved accreditation this is not the end. As well as maintaining the standards that we have already reached, we have been given a number of specific goals for further improvement and will be re-assessed in three (now two and a half) years' time to see that we continue to fulfil appropriate standards.
You can help with this. There is a great range of tasks that need to be done to maintain the museum, to make it known to the public, and to make it a worthwhile experience for the people who visit us. These tasks range from housekeeping, gardening, maintenance work, changing displays, cataloguing, researching, publicity, administration, opening the museum and welcoming or guiding visitors, website maintenance, and photocopying, assisting with special functions. (You may be able to think of others.)
Please consider whether there is some area in which you would like to be more involved and let this be known. Basic training can be provided within the society, and various training opportunities come up from time to time through Museums Australia (Victoria) and other organisations.
Source: Kay Mack DTHS Archivist writing in 2013-12 DTHS Newsletter
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