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OUTPUT GROUP 1.2: NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND EVENTS - PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Major changeovers of objects occurred in the permanent galleries, including 25 new stories in Eternity.
- A new exhibition, Paipa, was launched in the First Australians gallery.
- The pilot exhibition, Melting Pots of Culture, was installed off-site at Reconciliation Place.
- The Anzac pilgrims appeal was launched.
- Four major temporary exhibitions were launched and four are in development.
- The Museum's first international exhibition, Stories from Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, opened in China.
- Four travelling exhibitions opened across Australia.
- The storytelling program for children and adults, at the Museum and outside Canberra, was a great success.
- Sky Lounge was fully booked out.
- 60 youth groups across Australia participated in online musters as part of the 2002 Year of the Outback.
- 113 public lectures, forums, seminars, conferences and workshops were presented.
- 81,748 students and 1734 schools visited the Museum on booked tours.
- More than 1000 teachers attended professional development workshops.
- Nine Talkback Classroom forums were held involving more than 1000 students and nine national and well-known figures.
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Our Voices teaching resource won a national award for excellence in educational publishing and Australian History Mysteries was shortlisted for a national award.
- The Museum was contracted to develop content for interactive online curriculum materials for primary schools.
- The largest conference on desert archaeology ever held in Australia was attended by 90 delegates from 16 countries.
- Over 100 volunteers dedicated more than 3000 hours of their time to Museum activities.
- 93 per cent of the media coverage of the Museum was judged by an external consultant as favourable. The level of unfavourable coverage dropped from eight to two per cent.
- A new sponsorship was launched with APN News and Media Ltd.
- There was a 55 per cent increase in visits to the Museum's website.
- The Museum was invited to advise the National Museum of World Cultures in Sweden on the development of information and communication technologies.
- More than 825,000 people visited the Museum, with increasing numbers attending travelling exhibitions and public programs.
- 95 per cent of visitors surveyed recorded a satisfied or very satisfied visit; a five per cent increase from last year.
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MULTIMEDIA
Play a range of videos that feature in or promote the Museum's exhibitions and programs during 2002-2003.
ANNUAL REPORT 2002-2003 PDF
Download the PDF version.
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