Museums Victoria’s Inclusion Program

In 2022, The Scanlon Foundation began a four-year journey with Museums Victoria to advance participation, cultural diversity and belonging across our workforce and museums. So that we can be a museum where everyone feels welcome. Where everyone can belong. From community partnerships to enhance participation to museum jobs programs and diversifying audience experiences, explore the initiatives of our Inclusion Program below.

Group photo of the Inclusion Working Group in the Long Room of the Immigration Museum.

Program Co-design

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program co-design and guidance groups.

Culture Makers

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program creative co-design program introducing new narratives to our experiences and exhibition spaces.

Female students from the River Nile School viewing the Dinosaur Walk exhibition during their visit to Melbourne Museum.

Accessible Visitation & Multilingual Outreach

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program initiative to increase new audiences onsite visitation.

Museums Victoria Education Outreach team undertaking staff development and training with Bi-lingual librarians from Hume City Council, held at Craigieburn Library.

Hume City Council Partnership

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program partnership with local government Hume City Council delivering new audience engagement experiences.

Museum Archivist, Nik McGrath giving a tour of Museums Archives to female students from the River Nile School during their visit to Melbourne Museum.

Careers at the Museum

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program community partnership program exploring careers at the Museum.

Staff attending the Welcoming Australia training held in the Learning LAB, Melbourne Museum.

Welcoming Australia Professional Learning Partnership

Museums Victoria's Inclusion Program Professional Learning Partnership led by Welcoming Australia.

Acknowledgement

Museums Victoria acknowledges the Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations where we work, and First Peoples language groups and communities across Victoria and Australia.

Our organisation, in partnership with the First Peoples of Victoria, is working to place First Peoples living cultures and histories at the core of our practice.

The Inclusion Program was made possible by the leadership generously given to us by Justice Nelson and Uncle Robbie Bundle and the deeply supportive impact they had upon artists, members and staff. We express to them our deepest gratitude.