An M&G NSW guide to selecting and using media players and projection systems in museum and gallery settings. Covers key considerations such as compatibility, file formats, and reliable playback to ensure seamless digital exhibition delivery.
Thinking about touring an exhibition? This M&G NSW resource addresses the basics to consider before your show goes on the road.
Australian artists and not-for-profit arts organizations can access discounted group and membership-based insurance packages through peak bodies like NAVA and Duck for Cover.
Needing to build a survey to get data from your touring exhibition venues for your funding acquittals or annual reports? This guide provides surveys in a range of accessible formats so participants can choose what works best for them.
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Touring exhibitions require the creation of contracts and agreements between the many parties involved. This non-exhaustive list put together by NETS Australia is designed to provide a general outline for specific circumstances for different agreements and contracts that might be required.
Needing to build a survey to get data from your touring exhibition venues for your funding acquittals or annual reports? This guide provides surveys in a range of accessible formats so participants can choose what works best for them.
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Touring exhibitions require the creation of contracts and agreements between the many parties involved. This non-exhaustive list put together by NETS Australia is designed to provide a general outline for specific circumstances for different agreements and contracts that might be required.
The legislation across States and Territories in Australia varies in regards to WWVP Registrations. There is no single “national check” for wwvp registrations. Check out this resource from NETS Australia to see what your state or territory legislation is.
This information sheet by Arts Law and M&G NSW is designed to give best practice guidance to museums and galleries when they exhibit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art as part of a touring exhibition.
If you are staging or participating in an event where you need to bring equipment to Australia on a temporary basis, then you need to organise clearance with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Department of Home Affairs.
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Laws and regulations vary from state to state, while different by-laws may apply in different local government jurisdictions. For the gallery and museum context, M&G NSW have listed some of the areas of activity that might have legal implications in this handy resource page.
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Looking for contract templates for different aspects of your touring project? Arts Law’s contract templates help artists and businesses build good legal contracts so everyone is on the same page. Each contract template includes a How to Guide and has example clauses you can edit to suit your situation.
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There are restrictions on what you can take as you cross state and quarantine borders within Australia. This link will help you to understand rules about moving these items and help to minimise the risk to Australia’s unique environments and valuable agricultural markets.
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Research project Precarious Movements is a free resource focusing on choreographic work in the context of museums, addressing how we can better serve artists in this context. The prompts and suggestions in this resource can also be applied to the broader arts community and practices.
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The Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act is designed to provide a balanced, nationally consistent framework to protect workers and workplaces from harm. Developed by Safe Work Australia, its primary goal is to harmonize health and safety laws across all Australian jurisdictions.
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The Collections Law & Ethics publication addresses the key legal and ethical issues that arise in public museums, galleries, libraries and archives in Australia and New Zealand, distilling the authors' expertise into a comprehensive, practical text.
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Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 is the Australian Government’s plan to make life better for people with disability.
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Accidents can happen when you operate a business or conduct your creative activity. It is important you understand your ‘liability’ or legal responsibility to compensate for damage or injury to people and property. This information sheet by Arts Law explains liability, risk management and insurance.
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The Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) provides protection for everyone in Australia against discrimination based on disability. It also aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disability.
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As part of the Working Internationally Regional Project (WIRP) and the Supporting International Engagement Project, ICOM UK and the British Council commissioned and developed a template international touring exhibitions agreement after research showed that one of the key issues for museums undertaking international touring exhibitions is the contractual aspect. This template agreement with guidance notes was produced in response to this demand.
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Risk Management planning helps you detail and mitigate any potential risks that might arise through the development and implementation of a project/event or the running of an organisation. Use this handy fact sheet designed by NAVA to assist with and guide your planning processes.
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All exhibitions are now likely to involve copyright and reproduction in some way, but what are the guidelines, rules and agreements to be aware of? It does not necessarily confer that the owner of an object or artwork, be that a museum or gallery or private individual, is the copyright holder. This handy guide by The Exhibitions Group (UK) centres around assisting with understanding copyright, reproduction, loan agreements and other kinds of intellectual property (‘IP’) that might be required.
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Thinking about loaning works for a touring exhibition but don’t know where to start? This handy guide from The Exhibitions Group (UK) examines how borrowing from museums, galleries and arts organisations can be very different from borrowing from private lenders, artists and dealers.
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NAVA's Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design covers good practice approaches to working relationships, ethical standards for access and inclusion, and payment rates for artists and arts workers.
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