A new gallery focusing on the Indigenous connection to sea country is set to become a reality after Portland Maritime Museum was awarded a Commonwealth grant.<\/p>\n
Glenelg Shire Council has secured funding of $14,990 through the Australian National Maritime Museum under the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Scheme (MMAPSS), which will be used to develop a First Nations gallery.<\/p>\n
The gallery will be co-curated with Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owner Aboriginal Corporation and the content will be informed by the newly-released Gunditj Mara Nyamat Mirring (Sea Country Plan).<\/p>\n
This project will see the development and installation of Gunditjmara and First Nations interpretation and story telling within the museum.<\/p>\n
It will be delivered through a partnership between Council and GMTOAC, who will provide cultural advice as well as leading and steering the development of content for the space.<\/p>\n
The new gallery will form an important entry way into the museum incorporating a commissioned mural by a local Gunditjmara artist putting Gunditjmara connection to sea country front and centre of the museum.<\/p>\n
The National Maritime Museum has also committed to providing in-kind support through a subject matter specialists.<\/p>\n
Staff from the Museum\u2019s Curatorial, Conservation, Education and Exhibition Teams will support the project during the development phase.<\/p>\n
Council is the only recipient of 26 in the grants round to receive both funding and in-kind support.<\/p>\n
Work on the design phase of the project is due to start in August.<\/p>\n
The MMAPSS program also offers museum staff the opportunity to attend an onsite museology course.<\/p>\n
Council\u2019s Collections Management Coordinator has been accepted onto this course and will take part in a week-long program at the Maritime Museum that will support the care and management of Glenelg Shire Council\u2019s Cultural Collection.<\/p>\n
MMAPSS is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts and the Australian National Maritime Museum.<\/p>\n
MMAPSS provides grants of up to $15,000, as well as museological training opportunities valued at up to $3,000 and in-kind support from Australian National Maritime Museum experts.<\/p>\n
MMAPSS offers funding to museums and other not-for-profit organisations to help preserve or display objects of national and historical maritime significance.<\/p>\n
It also supports staff or volunteers, including from remote or regional organisations across Australia, to spend time learning specific skills and making valuable connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new gallery focusing on the Indigenous connection to sea country is set to become a reality after Portland Maritime Museum was awarded a Commonwealth grant. Glenelg Shire Council has secured funding of $14,990 through the Australian National Maritime Museum under the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Scheme (MMAPSS), which will be used to develop […]<\/p>\n