What we do

Museum Planning Services Australia (MPSA) offers a wide range of services to support museums, cultural heritage institutions and local governments Australia-wide.

Our areas of expertise include:

• Museum planning. Guidance on the development and/or maintenance of a heritage facility. The range of services offered in this area includes: strategic plans, collection management plans, design briefs, operational & management plans and feasibility studies.
• Interpretation planning. Advice on the most effective means of communicating to the visitor the historical, aesthetic & cultural significance of a heritage site.
• Heritage consulting. Advice on the assessment or management of cultural resources.
• Collection management & development. Collection policy development, advice on collection documentation and storage solutions for cultural heritage sites and institutions.
• Object cataloguing and evaluation. Preparation of moveable heritage object inventories, significance assessment.
• Corporate heritage displays. Concept development, production and installation of small displays in gathering places such as foyers or boardrooms.
• Exhibition development. Concept development, historic research, theme development, picture and object research, copyright clearance, exhibition text writing, conservation, design consultation, fabrication & installation.
• Curatorial services. Specialist conservation cleaning, picture and object research, historical research, object documentation, exhibition development.
• Disaster planning. Preparation of response procedures for the protection and long-term preservation of heritage buildings, sites, museums, galleries and other cultural institutions.
• Project management. Supervision and administration of museum projects from start to finish.
• Fundraising. Grant application writing, advice on revenue raising techniques for museums.
• Teaching & training. Post-graduate level teaching in the field of museum management.

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