In Victoria, it is mooted that by 1 June galleries, museums and libraries will be able to re-open and we’ll be able to have small gatherings. This is conditional on there being no second wave of course – our future plans must remain flexible and contingent. The RHSV has pulled together some advice, using our own experience, for historical societies wanting to re-open their museums and research facilities. We are happy to modify and amend this advice if you have some good ideas to add.
https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/HN-COVID-article-reopening.pdf
AMaGA Victoria has just released an excellent guide, Reopening Museums & Galleries during COVID-19. Click HERE to access the PDF.
Heritage collections face new risks when people aren’t in the building on a regular basis. The updated Version 1.2 of Closed by COVID-19, a Practice Guide for managers of heritage collections that are closed at short notice because of an epidemic or pandemic, was published on 29 April 2020 and is accessible on two Australian websites: Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural Material and Blue Shield Australia.
And the results from the Australia-wide survey into attitudes towards returning to cultural events in a post-COVID world can be found here.
And there are great posters you can download from many sites on the web: here are a selection
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources#posters
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-campaign-resources#posters
Good luck with the next phase
Cheers
Rosemary
239 A'Beckett Street Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 
03 9326 9288 
office@historyvictoria.org.au 
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