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Indicator: NCH-18 Membership of selected peak professional heritage associations

Data

Membership of professional heritage organisations ¹
Australia - 2000-2005

Organisation	2000 4	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Australian Institute of the Conservation of Cultural Materials 2	486	589	646	580	589	na
Australia ICOMOS	374	307	352	402	358	445
Australian Council of Professional Historians		392 3	421	398	399	na
Museums Australia 4	na	na	na	na	na	939
Engineering Heritage Australia						420 5

Notes:
¹ Most of these organisations do not deal with Indigenous heritage,
² AICCM does not restrict membership; on average, 90% of the members are practising or retired conservators,
³ NSW estimate only,
⁴ Note Museums Australia does not have a 'professional membership' category,
⁵ Of the 420 members, 180 are active and regular participants, 210 are associated and participate occasionally while 30 are corresponding members. na - not available

Individual professional organisations, 2005

What the data mean

There has been a small increase in the membership of some professional heritage associations between 2000 and 2005.

Issues for which this is an indicator and why

Natural and Cultural Heritage — Expertise and skills for managing heritage - Training and participation in the heritage industries 

Membership of peak professional heritage associations is indicative of the interest in heritage as a profession and therefore of the capacity of the profession to contribute to the protection of heritage.

Other indicators for this issue:

• NCH-17 Number and distribution of professional heritage-related courses, enrolments and graduates 
• NCH-19 Number of volunteers trained by heritage organisations and institutions 
• NCH-20 Number of people working in indigenous organisations, number of indigenous enrolments in university heritage courses, number of Indigenous people employed by agencies involved in Indigenous programs & management of Indigenous heritage 
• NCH-21 Number of local government heritage advisors 
• NCH-22 Number of professional heritage employees in government agencies 

Further Information

• Intermational Council on Monuments and Sites 
• Museums Australia 
• Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM)