Author |
Museums Australia |
Title |
Continuous cultures, ongoing responsibilities : principles and guidelines for Australian museums working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. |
Portion of title |
Principles and guidelines for Australian museums working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : Museums Australia, 2005. |
©2005. |
Description |
26 pages ; 30 cm. |
Level of description |
Item (Corporate series 114) |
Note |
Title from cover. |
"February 2005" |
Available electronically via the World Wide Web. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references. |
Contents |
Preamble: Taking Previous Possessions, new obligations into a new decade -- Principles and guidelines: Guidelines for policy and procedure: collections: management, interpretation, access, ancestral remains, secret/sacred and other sensitive material -- Employment and training -- Direction and management -- New technologies; Relationships and communication - Application of Continuous cultures, ongoing responsibilities. |
Summary |
A review of the 1993 policy document ' Previous Possessions, New Obligations' has resulted in an updated policy document for museums in Australia; updates are in the areas of intellectual and cultural property rights; broadening role of museum and gallery collections; technological advances; regional and local issues; implementation measures for management and interpretation of and access to collections have been adopted; ancestral remains; secret / sacred material. |
Subjects |
Museums -- Collection management -- Australia |
Cultural protocols |
Cultural heritage - Protection - Museums and keeping places |
Cultural heritage - Management |
Cultural heritage - Repatriation |
Death - Human remains |
Religion - Rites - Ceremonial objects |
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia |
Museums -- Moral and ethical aspects |
Human remains (Archaeology) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia |
Museums -- Australia -- Moral and ethical aspects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation |
Australia |
Other Corporate Bodies |
Museums Australia Inc |
Call number |
AU NMA-114 |
Internet Site |
Available online via Internet Archive website |