New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme 

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Here’s a good New Year resolution for your museum − commit to formally complete the Standards Scheme. What’s more, we have $2000 worth of Conservation Supplies vouchers as an incentive.
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How to recieve a Standards Scheme folder

Contact us to receive your complimentary folder, or download the manual in either PDF or Microsoft Word formats. If you want to complete the modules electronically at a later date, download them in MS Word format.

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Application Forms

To formally register for the New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme Self and/or Peer Review please complete the following two forms. You can download these in PDF or Word format.

Self Review Declaration Form
Word 106 KB | pdf 68 KB

Self and Peer Review Registration Form
Word 106 KB | pdf 54 KB

Download the Introduction to the Standards Scheme and the five modules in PDF or Word format.

Introduction to the New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme
pdf 195 KB

Module 1: Governance, management, and planning
Word 1,073 KB | pdf 177 KB

Module 2: Care of collections and taonga
Word 925 KB | pdf 159 KB

Module 3: Public programmes (including exhibitions)
Word 761KB | pdf 117 KB

Module 4: Customer service
Word 817 KB | pdf 125 KB

Module 5: Relationships with communities
Word 697KB | pdf 105 KB

Standards Scheme folder