Museum and Gallery Work 

"By which we mean": Career trajectories, mentorship, remuneration, salary equity transparency and benchmarking, succession planning, volunteer labour

For museums and galleries:

First Nations: Critical redress of cultural load for First Nations arts workers, sustainable career pathways for Indigenous arts and cultural workers throughout the sector. 

National Voice: Championing positive, respectful and appropriately remunerated working conditions for museum and gallery professionals. Sector professionals are recognised as a unique and essential workforce, trained for sector mobility.

Strengthening Capacity: Whole career support with mentorship and succession planning program delivery at the core of AMaGA professional development offerings. Seek to understand and better support the vast volunteer contribution throughout the sector.

Inside AMaGA:

AMaGA prioritises team wellbeing through supported professional development and by proactively and transparently working towards sector-benchmarked salaries and entitlements as resources allow. Staff able to access salary packaging incentives available to not-for-profit workers. Consistent enhancements to workplace culture, encompassing strategic plans for engaging remote workers. Focus on staff retention, staff well-being, and AMaGA being acknowledged as a preferred employer.

AMaGA operational plan

2024

Finalise and disseminate findings from Visual Arts Work: sustainable strategies for the Australian visual arts and craft sector, 2020-2024 ARC Linkage project (AMaGA industry partner)

Participate in Revive(NCP) Cultural and Creative Sector scoping study roundtables

AMaGA professional development programming program online

AMaGA conference and communications channels utilised to facilitate work-place discussions

2025

Continued advocacy and participation in research addressing museum and gallery workplaces and employment

Professional development program, including mentorship program, support sector skills development

2026

Review advocacy and research impact for museum and gallery workplaces and employment

Review professional development programming, identify gaps via sector needs study