Regional Collections Access Program

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

AMaGA Victoria collaborated with Regional Arts Victoria, Creative Victoria, and the Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) to deliver the Victorian Government’s Regional Collections Access Program (RCAP). RCAP enabled equipment and infrastructure upgrades at galleries and museums across Victoria. The Program supported collections care and storage, and facilitated the loaning and touring of collections items from Local, State, National and International lending institutions in regional and Interface Local Government Areas (LGAs). The Program aimed to enable more visitors to access more collections in more locations across Victoria.

FUNDING RECIPIENTS

Three Tiers of funding were made available through RCAP:

TIER 1: Grants of up to $40,000

Anglesea & District Historical Society Inc., ANGLESEA, $14,485
Australian National Surf Museum, TORQUAY, $28,860
Buda Historic Home and Garden Inc., CASTLEMAINE, $31,113
Care Leavers Australasia Network, GEELONG, $37,000
Charlton Golden Grains Museum, CHARLTON, $27,623
Eltham Library Community Gallery, GREENSBOROUGH, $16,703
Friends of Westgarthtown - Ziebell's Farmhouse Museum and Heritage Garden, THOMASTOWN, $17,845
Geelong Football Club, GEELONG, $4,581
Hume Global Learning Centre, BROADMEADOWS, $39,943
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - Barwon Park, WINCHELSEA, $24,480
Queenscliff Maritime Museum Incorporated, QUEENSCLIFF, $20,957
Talbot Arts & Historical Museum Inc., TALBOT, $27,102
Trentham & District Historical Society, TRENTHAM, $9,000
Wandong History Group Inc., WANDONG, $18,529

TIER 2: Grants of up to $150,000

Bendigo Art Gallery, BENDIGO, $80,000
Burke Museum and Beechworth Historic Precinct, BEECHWORTH, $89,900
Burrinja Cultural Centre, UPWEY, $147,647
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, WARRNAMBOOL, $116,401
Geelong Gallery Inc., GEELONG, $109,121
Latrobe Regional Gallery, MORWELL, $71,724
Mildura Arts Centre, MILDURA, $94,400
Montsalvat Art Centre, ELTHAM, $61,192
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, MORNINGTON, $108,020
Port Albert Maritime Museum Inc., PORT ALBERT, $139,932
Portland Arts Centre, PORTLAND, $150,000
Pyramid Hill and District Historical Society Inc., PYRAMID HILL, $30,840
Sovereign Hill Museums Association, GOLDEN POINT, $53,054
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, MOULAMEIN, $99,121
The National Vietnam Veterans Museum Ltd., NEWHAVEN, $147,900

TIER 3: Grants of $150,000+

Art Gallery of Ballarat, BALLARAT, $536,707
Benalla Historical Society Inc., BENALLA, $201,421
Castlemaine Art Museum, CASTLEMAINE, $272,870
Central Goldfields Art Gallery, MARYBOROUGH, $355,215
Hamilton Gallery, HAMILTON, $549,678
Warrnambool Art Gallery, WARRNAMBOOL, $188,000

ELIGIBILITY

Applications were open to members of AMaGA Victoria, PGAV or Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV) who were based in one of the 48 Local Government Areas classified as ‘regional’ by the Victorian Government or one of the following 10 Interface LGAs:

• Cardinia Shire Council

• Casey City Council

• Hume City Council

• Melton Shire Council

• Mitchell Shire Council

• Mornington Peninsula Shire

• Nillumbik Shire Council

• Whittlesea City Council

• Wyndham City Council

• Yarra Ranges Council