The Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum has been awarded a Community Heritage Grant to fund a significance assessment of the collection.
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The $6,143.50 grant was announced at the National Library of Australia in Canberra among a total of $415,075 distributed to 77 community groups and organisations from around Australia to assist in the identification and preservation of community owned but nationally significant heritage collections.
In addition, museum custodian Donna White and archivist Kerry Guerin attended a three-day intensive preservation and collection management workshop held at the National Library, the National Archives of Australia, the National Museum of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra.
Ms White said the grant was important in supporting the effort to preserve the highly significant collection at the grassroots level.
“While the grant provides the funds, the workshop offers the expertise to help us protect our collection and make it accessible while it remains in the local context,” she said.
The assessment will be completed by January 2017 and will give the museum national recognition as well as laying a platform for ongoing funding.
Director-General of the National Library of Australia, Ms Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, said the CHG program showed the commitment by the National Library, along with its partner institutions and the Federal Government, in encouraging communities to care for the nation’s heritage, be it in small country towns or capital cities.
CHG is managed by the National Library. It is funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Communications and the Arts; the National Archives of Australia; the National Film and Sound Archive; the National Museum of Australia and the National Library.
