ABORIGINAL / WEST AUSTRALIANA 140 p. : ill. (some col.), forms, plans ; 30 cm. #270522
This report, co-authored by Greg Wallace and Kim Akerman and published by the Western Australian Museum in 2008, details a project carried out to ascertain current cultural object stores requirements.
Reports on Cultural Objects Stores Project which is designed to protect Aboriginal movable cultural material; identified scope of current and emerging needs for cultural material holdings and preservation; highlights key requirements to address needs and presents recommendations; outlines central resources to assist relevant parties.
Aboriginal Australians — Antiquities — Collection and preservation — Western Australia. | Aboriginal Australians — Material culture — Western Australia. | Cultural property — Protection — Western Australia. | Museum conservation methods — Western Australia. | Museum buildings — Western Australia — Design and construction. | Cultural heritage – Protection – Museums and keeping places – Conservation. | Western Australia — Antiquities — Collection and preservation. | Western Australia (WA)
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- Executive summary: key principles; Key findings; Strategic recommendations: liaison processes and cultural protocols; Archaeological repositories; Sustainable building design
- Introduction: project objectives; Methodology
- Key findings: Cultural stores; Cultural centres and other multi function organisations
- Review of previous cultural store projects: traditional approaches; Projects from the 1960s to the 1980s; Needs identified and expressed
- Communication, processes and protocols
- Storage purposes, principles and challenges; Climate and security challenges and adaptations
- Cultural store needs and options: Robust weatherproof portable containers; Erected sheds and sea containers – issues in common; Erected sheds – specific considerations; Sea container adaptations : KALACC Cultural Store – a case study in progress; Purpose built structures : Pilbara Pirmal – a case study of a regional cultural store; A building design challenge in Northern Australia
- Appendix 1: Cultural Object Stores Project – preliminary investigations at Warburton Ranges and the Kimberley
- Appendix 2: Storehouses for the protection of significant cultural materials provided to Aboriginal communities by the Western Australian Government 1964-1983
- Appendix 3: Archaeology collections management guidelines
- Appendix 4: Preventive conservation
- Appendix 5: Environmental control & standards
- Appendix 6: Local government regulations – shire of Roebourne
- Appendix 7: National Archives of Australian report on using sea containers for record storage
- Appendix 8: BHP Billiton Health, Safety, Environment and Community Awards 2004 – the Pirmal Project
- Appendix 9: A cultural stores kit
- Appendix 10: Draft checklists for cultural stores projects
- Appendix 11: Draft outline for a basic information package on cultural stores