In accordance with section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994 a copy of this report was provided to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Museum Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria, State Library of Victoria, and the Arts Centre Melbourne with a request for submissions or comments.
The process of registering an acquisition in the collection records as part of a state collection. Once accessioned, an item can only be removed from a state collection by deaccession. The board of each custodian monitors and approves accession processes.
The process by which a custodian purchases, collects or receives by donation, bequest, or research-based field collection, an item or collection—in the case of the Public Record Office Victoria, transfer from other state government agencies.
The state collections comprise $5 billion of items accumulated over nearly 160 years which cannot be replaced. Effective management of the collections is essential to assure their accessibility for current and future generations.
Making their collections easily accessible to the community for education, entertainment and research is a statutory responsibility for Museum Victoria, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Public Record Office Victoria.
Arts Victoria has the primary leadership role in advising and supporting the Minister for the Arts on policy, and effectively oversighting the agencies managing the state collections.
Victoria’s state collections have natural history, scientific, historical, artistic and cultural significance and economic value, and require effective management to make them available to current and future generations. The state has an extensive collection of over 35 million individual collection items valued at around $5 billion.
The National Gallery of Victoria, Museum Victoria, State Library of Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image are custodians of important state collections acquired and developed over nearly 160 years. These collections have natural history, scientific, historical, artistic and cultural significance, and were valued at around $5 billion at 30 June 2012. The collections are a valuable resource to the people of Victoria and include items that cannot be replaced if lost, damaged or stolen.
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VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER October 2012
PP No 185, Session 2010–12