A national cultural policy to 2020

http://www.apo.org.au/research/national-cultural-policy-2020
The Minister for the environment, heritage and the arts has drawn up a discussion framework for the development of the policy and an online forum - http://nationalculturalpolicy.com.au/

Source: Australian Policy Online

Arts and culture in Australia: A statistical overview, 2009

http://www.apo.org.au/research/arts-and-culture-australia-statistical-overview-2009
This publication contains information on a range of topics including employment in culture, time spent on cultural activities, attendances at cultural venues and events, expenditure on culture, and imports and exports of cultural goods and services. It also provides profiles of the cultural sectors, grouped according to the Australian Culture and Leisure Industry Classification.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Collecting cultural material: principles for best practice

http://apo.org.au/research/collecting-cultural-material-principles-best-practice
This booklet has been developed by the Heads of Collecting Institutions (HOCI), which is a forum of the Chief Executives of the National Collecting Institutions within Australia. These guidelines are intended to assist cultural institutions within established legal and ethical frameworks.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Guess who's going to the gallery? (Year 2)

http://apo.org.au/research/guess-whos-going-gallery-year-2
This study aims to draw a picture of the type of people who visit NSW galleries and this year’s results shatter some of the myths associated with gallery goers.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Museums and society 2034: trends and potential futures

http://apo.org.au/research/museums-and-society-2034-trends-and-potential-futures
This report, commissioned by the Center for the Future of Museums at the American Association of Museums, projects current social trends to2034 and suggests how museums can face future challenges whilecontinuing to meet their mission of public service. The report focuses on four major trends: demographic shifts, globalization, the revolutionin information and communication technologies, and new cultural assumptions about the primacy of the individual as creator and curator.

Source: Australian Policy Online

What role should local museums have in remembering events like the Victorian bushfires?

Ian McShane
In a powerful passage in his report on the 1939 Black Friday bushfires in Victoria, Royal Commissioner Leonard Stretton highlighted the failure of public memory to convey the threat posed on that day.

Source: Inside Story