Purpose & Values

Purpose

Since 1967, CAMD has worked to provide the leaders of major museums with opportunities to:

  • share information, ideas and data and consider collective priorities
  • collaborate with other cultural institutions and museum organisations on mutually beneficial campaigns and projects
  • inform and shape museum and cultural policy agendas in Australia and New Zealand
  • represent the interests of members and their museums to Government and other stakeholders; and
  • promote the social, educational, scientific, cultural and economic benefits of the wider museum sector to Government and the community.

Regular Activities

CAMD meets twice a year; on each occasion at a different member museum.  It conducts an annual survey of member museums to assist in benchmarking and to gather a snapshot of the performance of major museums in the Australasian region.

Recent collaborative projects have included:

Representations

CAMD makes representations and submissions on matters of concern to relevant Government agencies.  Most recently it has commented on :

CAMD is a non-Government, independent body.  It is funded by its member museums which allows it to maintain a part-time member of staff.

Values

CAMD meets twice a year; on each occasion at a different member museum.  It conducts an annual survey of member museums to assist in benchmarking and to gather a snapshot of the performance of major museums in the Australasian region.

Recent collaborative projects have included: