Join us in Jervis Bay NSW 9 - 10 May 2019

Workshop Theme: How to be a ‘must visit’ museum

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Come join us for the AMMC Regional Workshop hosted by the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum. 

The theme of the Workshop is centered on How to be a 'Must Visit' museum.  There will be sessions on brand, marketing and ideas for interpretation.  Read more here and view the Program here.

As Jervis Bay is 3 hours south of Sydney, travel may be required, so we recommend arrival in Huskisson or near by on the 8th May 2019. 

Plus it will be followed by a workshop dedicated to developing your submission for the next AMMC / ANMM travelling exhibition, What Floats Your Boat – Remarkable stories of Australians and their vessels. 

Start preparing your stories!

Exhibition Content

Every town holds many stories of local people and their vessels; tales of tragedy, survival, heroism, discovery, adventure or love. It is these stories that give a unique insight into the lives of individuals and their communities.

The AMMC membership will have the opportunity to supply the content for the exhibition by nominating stories that relate to a person that has an important, unusual or unexpected connection to a vessel. These narratives need to have happened in Australia, though the person or vessel need not to be Australian. Most importantly the chosen stories should be engaging and interesting.

Story Submissions

The stories will be submitted to What Floats Your Boat? Remarkable stories of Australians and their vessels and uploaded onto the AMMC website.  AMMC members will have the opportunity to take part in the selection process of the stories that will be part of the final banner exhibition.  Read more HERE. 

There are many ways to participate in this project, please contact Sabina Escobar

at sabina.escobar@sea.museum

Thank you to AMMC members who attended the

Regional Workshop in Hobart

In the run-up to Hobart’s 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival, an AMMC Workshop was hosted by the Maritime Museum of Tasmania in Hobart on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th February 2019.

And what better theme for the Workshop than Australians and their boats - What floats your boat? Remarkable stories of Australians and their vessels, the next AMMC/ANMM Travelling Exhibition. Plenty of delegate Workshop interaction and the chance to learn about writing for exhibitions and target audiences.

ALL THE WORKSHOP DETAILS AND THE PROGRAM HERE

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And here’s a flavour of AMMC Regional Workshops - read about the October 2018 Echuca event, held in paddle steamer territory

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Thank you to AMMC members who attended the

Regional Workshop in Echuca 

What a wonderful place to hold a Workshop!  Echuca lived up to all expectations; the place, our hosts, the hospitality, the organisation.

A very big thank you to Mesh Thomson and her team at the Port of Echuca Discovery Centre, our guides on the various tours, and to Dot Hammond and Margaret Hart from the Echuca Historical Society. But above all, thank you to all our members who for took part and shared in the lively discussions, helping to demonstrate once again the value of AMMC’s Regional Workshops.

WHAT’S NEXT?

• The next Workshop will be 9th - 10th May 2019 at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum NSW. 
• The Bass Strait Maritime Centre in Devonport, Tasmania will host 2019’s final Regional Workshop and the 2019 AGM. Pencil in the dates Thursday 31st October and Friday 1st November 2019. Details will be confirmed as soon as possible. 

   

  Click here to see a photo gallery of Workshop pictures.