making museums matter
Profile
I am a museums and cultural heritage consultant with over thirty years of experience managing and curating museum and heritage collections, including historic houses, at a senior level, across all levels of government, the not for profit and tertiary sectors. This includes as Head Curator Australian Society and History since 1788 at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Manager, Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Curator and Curator/Manager at the Historic Houses Trust of NSW (Museums of History NSW), Elizabeth Farm, Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, Rouse HIll estate, and Meroogal, Nowra, and casual lecturer at the University of Melbourne and the Johnston Collection, Melbourne in house museums and conservation housekeeping.
My extensive experience is in effective museum management, making museums and collections accessible through empowering strategic planning, best practice collection management, engaging public programs and interpretative exhibitions and diverse community consultation. making museums matter.
Projects
2025 Museum Plan and Significance Assessment for the Wing Hing Long & Co. Store, Tingha, NSW
2025 Significance Assessment of the Burnley Campus Archives, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
2024 Significance Assessment of the Paul and Hettie Wenz collection, Forbes, NSW
2022 Strategic Plan for Carss Cottage Museum, Sydney
2022 Significance Assessment of selected objects from the Moveable Heritage Collection of the Royal National Park, Sydney
2021 Significance Assessment of the Armidale Folk Museum, Armidale, NSW
2018 University of Adelaide ‘Review of University Collections’ Adelaide South Australia
2016-18 National Museum of Australia, Canberra: Head Curator on major educational program ‘Defining Moments in Australian History’ https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments
2017 Management of major acquisition of Repco-Brabham BT23A-1 prototype racing car
2017 Organisation of ‘Remembering the Fall of Singapore’ symposium
2013 Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne management of major exhibition and public programs to celebrate 75th anniversary of the Museum
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr Suzanne Bravery M. ICOMOSPrincipal
making museums matter
NSW
Phone: 0409 912 803
OPERATION AND STAFFING
Year Commenced: 2013Number of Staff: 1
Staff Basis: Sole Operator
AICCM member: N/A
GST Registered?: No
ABN: 42 596 605 967