Part of the Bathurst Railway Museum collection, the Bathurst Railway Station model is one of 50 objects coming soon to the Storyplace website from the Bathurst region. The 50 objects will be drawn from Museums Bathurst and three other volunteer run museum collections. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst, 2023.

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Digitisation Studio space at Bathurst Regional Council Central Tablelands Collection Facility, 2023. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst.

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Ryan Hernandez from the Powerhouse Museum presented to volunteers on Day 1 of the Museums Bathurst digitisation workshop held in February 2023. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst.

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Digitisation workshop attended by museum volunteers at Bathurst Regional Council Central Tablelands Collection Facility, 2023. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst.

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Volunteers at the Bathurst digitisation workshop learn about digitising large objects outdoors. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst.

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Learning the basics of outdoor photography on Day 2 of the Bathurst digitisation workshop. Image courtesy of Museums Bathurst.

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Working together with Museums Bathurst and its spokes

In late 2022 we began working with Museums Bathurst to bring more content to Storyplace from across its museum and gallery spokes – Chifley Home, Bathurst Rail Museum, National Motor Racing Museum, Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum, Bathurst Regional Council Civic Collection, Bathurst District Historical Society, Rockley Mill and Stables Museum, Bathurst Agricultural Research Station and Bathurst Regional Gallery.

In some ways our partnership with Bathurst is unique – with Museums Bathurst initiating its own digitisation program and the partnership with M&G NSW intended to engage our storytellers to bring 50 stories to the Storyplace website. The Museums Bathurst Hub and Spoke stories will all be published by the end of this year.