Congratulations to South East Museums!

The Standards Program journey has finally come to an end for eleven museums in the South East region who participated in our 2011 program.

Yesterday Michael, Andrew, Sarah-Jane and I joined South East Arts, local council and other supporters of the museums in Cooma to congratulate the participants on their great achievement. Everyone put in so many volunteer hours and hard work to improve their museums and, despite some very challenging moments, persevered to the finishing line!

Before the celebrations began, each museum had a chance to talk to the group about their experiences in taking on the program. Everyone described significant challenges but also rewarding experiences.

Some of the great feedback we got included ‘the Standards Program got us to focus on what we have as well as what’s missing’; ‘participating in the program brought us together so we know each other’, and ‘we found the independent view and positive feedback about our displays and museum valuable.’ 

Part of the Standards Program includes on site reviews of each participant by Standards Reviewers. It was clear that all the museums appreciated the huge amount of advice and assistance from the reviewers.

Congratulations to everyone who participated, and thank you for being such a great group to work with! Thanks also to Andrew at South East Arts for all the support and helping us make it happen in the South East.

Happy (and relieved) participants of the Standards Program 2011