Australasian Registrars Committee

Connecting professionals in registration, exhibitions, loans management & care for cultural heritage collections across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Oceania & beyond

About ARC

The Australasian Registrars Committee (ARC) then known as the Australian Registrars Committee was founded in Canberra at the CAMA (Council of Australian Museums Association) Conference on 21 November 1990.

Latest News

Protected: ARC Conference Survey

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Greg Hunter April 20, 2023

ARC Conference 2022 – event pricing

Hi all, To make for easier reference for everyone, prices for tickets to the 2022 ARC Conference (Thu 10 & Fri 11 March 2022 (National Film & Sound Archive), Canberra

Greg Hunter November 9, 2021

Call for Abstracts – ARC Conference 2022

The Australasian Registrars Committee (ARC) is now calling for further abstracts for the next conference – ARC (30 something) happening from Thursday 10 – Friday 11 March 2022 at the

Greg Hunter September 8, 2021

Journal Articles

The world needs to see this!

Any professional that has spent time in the museum field has had a simply breath-taking moment – the moment that makes one want to run out the door and drag the nearest person to see what they’re seeing.

Posters with a Purpose – a case study in responsible disposal

In 2012, London Transport Museum made the potentially controversial decision to sell over 300 posters from its collection at a major Christie’s auction, ‘Posters with a Purpose’.

Keeping Museum Collections Moving

As one barrier to the mobility of museum collections is removed with the Australian Government’s recent move to provide immunity legislation, another rears its head in the form of a policy change from Australian Customs that sees the costs skyrocket for lending and borrowing museums.