PIMA’S Activities

PIMA has taken a leadership role in the region since its inception and achievements since 1994 have been substantial.

PIMA has taken a leadership role in the region since its inception. It achievements since 1994 have been substantial. A series of very effective workshops funded by a range of donors and presented in different locations throughout the region have addressed many of the basic needs of museums and museum professions working in the region.

PIMA has been involved in a number of educational, promotional and creative activities since 1994.

Training Courses

2006    Governance for Pacific Cultural Institutions (PIMA Training Course 9) Fiji

2006    Building for the Future: Designing New Museums for the Pacific (PIMA Training Course 8) Vanuatu

2006    Sustainable Heritage Development for Pacific Islands Museums and Cultural Centres (Australian National University Training Course with PIMA) Australia

2001     Audio Visual Workshop.  (PIMA Training Course 7) Vanuatu

2001    Cultural Interpretation of Heritage Sites in the Pacific. (PIMA Training Course 6) Palau

2000    Conservation and Design of a Traveling Exhibition, (PIMA Training Course 5) New Caledonia

1999     Museums, Management and the Community. (PIMA Directors Workshop 3) Vanuatu

1998     Techniques of Preserving Pacific Heritage Collections (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 4) Tahiti, French Polynesia

1997     Integrated Pest Management (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 3) Fiji

1996     Preserving Heritage Sites (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 2) Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

1994     Preserving Audio Visual Records (PREMO/PIMA Training Course 1) New Caledonia

1993     Disaster Preparedness.  (PREMO Directors Workshop 2) Palau

1993     Preservation by Museums of the Pacific Island States (PREMO Directors Workshop 1) Palau

Publications

Code of Ethics for Pacific Islands Museums & Cultural Centres 2006

Final Reports, Directors' Workshops 1993 & 1994 & 1999

Final Reports, Courses 1994-2006

PIMA Directory of Museums and Professionals 1994 - 2002

PIMA News (produced quarterly) 1994 - ongoing

Cultural Interpretation of Heritage Sites in the Pacific 2001

Pacific History, Museums and Cultural Centres: 2003
a Guide for History Teachers
(with the Council of Presidents of Pacific Island History Associations)

International Symposiums

May 2008 – PIMA International Symposium “Oceanic Art Today: Status, Production and Tendencies” (in collaboration with the French Embassy in Vanuatu)

October 2007 - Taiwan & PIMA International Workshop and Symposium on Museums and Intangible Cultural   Heritage (in collaboration with the Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan)

Collaborative Exhibition

June 2003-May 2004 Pasifika Island Journeys – at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada

Board Meetings and Annual General Meetings

2007 – 24 November, Canberra; Australia
2007 – 22 October, Tainan; Taiwan
2007 – 10 May, Sydney; Australia
2006 – 29 January – 3 February, Canberra; Australia, (AGM & 3 Board Meetings)
2005 – 10-11 September, Nadi; Fiji
2003 – 29 June, Suva; Fiji
2002 – 21 August, Port Vila; Vanuatu & 19-22 September, Noumea; New Caledonia,
2001 – 13-14 December, Port Vila; Vanuatu
2000 – 19 February, Noumea; New Caledonia & 22 October Noumea; New Caledonia
1999 – 20-21 Feb, Noumea; New Caledonia, 21 Aug, Port Vila; Vanuatu & 29 Oct, Cairns; Australia
1998 –10 -12 October, Melbourne; Australia
1995 – 26-28 July, Port Vila; Vanuatu