
Professional bodies and organisations
- Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM)
- Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations Inc (ACPHA)
- Australian Society of Archivists
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
- Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
Copyright
Useful documents
- Significance – A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Cultural Heritage Objects and Collections (PDF, 3.7mb)
Significance assessment report templates
- Significance assessment template - PDF (PDF, 213kb)
- Significance assessment template - Word document (DOCX, 26kb)
Preservation needs assessment report
The Australian Institution of Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) have developed a template for use by all conservators. This template must be followed by all conservators preparing a preservation needs assessment for a CHG recipient.
Digitisation
- Digital NZ’s Make it Digital Guides, a one-stop shop for questions about creating digital content in New Zealand
- Public Records Office Victoria’s Just Digitise It Training Guide
- The Association for Recorded Sound Collections’ (ARSC) Guide to Audio Preservation
- State Library of New South Wales’ Digital practice: Guidelines for digitising images in NSW public libraries
Climate control and lighting
- A Practical Guide for Sustainable Climate Control and Lighting in Museums and Galleries (PDF, 3.8mb)
- A Case Study on Lighting for Museums and Galleries (PDF, 1.3mb)
Other grants
Federal grants
- Funding & Support, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (Office for the Arts)
- Find a grant or opportunity, Australian Council for the Arts
- Heritage Grants, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
- Grants and Awards, Australian National Maritime Museum
- Fund Seeker, Philanthropy Australia
- Veteran & Community Grants, Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Culture Heritage, and Arts Regional Tourism (CHART) is an Australian Government program (administered by AMaGA) that aims to support community cultural, heritage and arts organisations in regional Australia as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
New South Wales
- Arts Grants, Regional Arts NSW
- Museum and Galleries Grants, Museums and Galleries of NSW
- Arts and Cultural Funding Program, Create NSW
- Heritage and Cultural Grants, Royal Australian Historical Society
Queensland
- Funding Opportunities, Museum & Gallery Services Queensland Ltd
Victoria
- Grants and programs, Victorian Government
- Grants, Public Record Office Victoria
Western Australia
- Grants and subsidies, WA Government
- Lotterywest Grants, WA Government
South Australia
- Heritage Grants, Department for Environment and Water, South Australia
- Grants, Community History Unit, History Trust of South Australia
Northern Territory
- History Grants, Northern Territory Government
Tasmania
- Heritage and Grants Funding, Tasmanian Government