25 August, 2020 QMM Chair, Capt. Kasper Kuiper's message & invitation... Your Invitation QMM Members' Update - Onsite and hosted by Chair, Captain Kasper Kuiper Dear Members and Volunteers, We are writing to bring you up to date with your Board’s thinking/position regarding our museum’s future. Whilst our CEO has been keeping us all updated [...]
31 May, 2020 Working Toward Reopening at QMM QMM will reopen as soon as possible If you were thinking that everything about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and our State's responses to it was changing faster than you can keep up with, you aren't alone. Last week's Board meeting reviewed Queensland Maritime Museum's actions that [...]
26 April, 2020 Are you missing Queensland Maritime Museum? Easter, ANZAC Day, and now what? Sadly, we'll be closed till the end of May 2020 When QMM had to close its doors in March, we knew that this would hurt us all: hurt us emotionally, hurt us financially, and hurt us collectively (Employees, Volunteers, Members, [...]
31 March, 2020 Announcing New Chair and Board of Directors for Queensland Maritime Museum Appointment of New Chair Capt Kasper Kuiper During this unusual period it is important that QMM continues to operate On Thursday 19 March 2020, QMM's Board met as usual and accepted my resignation. At the same time, QMM's Board endorsed Capt [...]
17 March, 2020 Temporary Closure Until End Of April 2020 Dear Volunteers and Members, It is with a heavy heart that Queensland Maritime Museum has made the decision to close the museum from midnight on Wednesday 18 March until the end of April, 2020. This decision has not been taken lightly. We believe it to [...]
17 March, 2020 At-Risk Staff Please Stay At Home QMM Operational Update Our Volunteers are Very Important to Us At Queensland Maritime Museum (QMM) our volunteer workforce is very important to us. We know that 50% of these people are over the age of 60. Therefore, after considerable deliberation, QMM has made the decision to [...]
15 March, 2020 Postponing Public Programs Changes to Operations as of Tuesday March 17, 2020 An update regarding Queensland Maritime Museum and COVID-19 Dear Volunteers, Members, and Visitors to our Queensland Maritime Museum, I am writing to provide an update regarding our Museum and COVID-19. In recent weeks we have put in place some precautionary [...]
11 March, 2020 QMM's Response to COVID-19 and the WHO declaration QMM Volunteers' and Members' safety is our priority At Queensland Maritime Museum (QMM), we have been following coverage of the corona virus outbreak and strongly believe it is important to focus on reliable information sources to avoid becoming unnecessarily alarmed. However, with yesterday's declaration [...]
10 March, 2020 March 2020 Update From the CEO's Desk - Feb/March 2020 Keeping you informed as we lead up to our Sat 21 March AGM Did you miss our latest Volunteer and Member Information Session? Once again, it was good to see a room full of volunteers and members participating in the activities of [...]
23 February, 2020 March 2020 - Information Session And AGM Invitation to Information Session - Fri 6 March, 2020 Our first Volunteers' and Members' Information Session for 2020! Please do not forget that Queensland Maritime Museum's AGM will be held from 10 - 11am on Saturday, 21 March 2020 in the Shipping/Board Room. Please sign [...]