Providing a network of support for Pacific heritage professionals

PIMA provides both regional and international networks that offer professional support and expertise to heritage workers in the Pacific. PIMA has a proven record in improving the capacity and promoting standards of Pacific museums and cultural centres and in ensuring these become living entities for the people of the Pacific Island countries and territories.

PIMA’s Training Courses

“PIMA gave us training and information that was uniquely relevant to one’s own museum”

PIMA has delivered a series of very effective workshops funded by a range of donors in different locations throughout the region have addressed many of the basic needs of museums and museum professions working in the region. These courses are based on the philosophy that there is a need to teach conservation practices which are practical for the environmental, cultural and financial conditions of the Pacific region. This is made even more pressing by the fact that most Pacific museum and cultural centre personnel have had minimal formal training or experience in working in a properly maintained and funded museum institution. Below is a list of all the training courses delivered by PIMA and its partners.

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

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

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

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

2001    Cultural Interpretation of Heritage Sites in the Pacific. July (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. (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.  (Directors Workshop 2) Palau

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

PIMA’s Professional Development and Training Strategy

In 2007 PIMA, through its Training and Professional Development Subcommittee headed by PIMA Board Member and International Council of Museums Training of Professionals Committee Member, Ralph Regenvanu, initiated a review of its past training strategy and developed a strategic plan for the next three years.

Download PIMA’s Professional Development and Training Strategy (currently unavailable)

Resources

You can also find out what training and professional development materials are available for Pacific museums and heritage institutions by visiting the resources pages.