The Council of Tramway Museums of
Australasia was established in Ballarat in 1975 as a peak body to
provide a forum for the discussion of matters of mutual interest to
transport museums, including acting as a clearing house for information,
maintaining and improving the standards of conservation and presentation
of exhibits, together with sharing technologies and access to parts
and equipment required to maintain operating trams, trolley buses
and associated infrastructure.
It is a non-profit making organisation which assists
individual museums achieve their own objectives. It is incorporated
in Australia in the State of Victoria as Victorian Incorporated Association
No. 30417B
Membership of the Council is open to all incorporated
museums having urban transport exhibits within Australia and New Zealand,
and which are open to the public.
The Council operates through an elected Executive
comprising the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Executive Officer, Assistant
Executive Officer , Treasurer, an Australian Museum Liaison Officer
and New Zealand Museum Liaison Officer.
Each Museum appoints a delegate to represent it,
including at the general meetings of the Council held in association
with the biennial Australasian Tramway Museum Conferences, which are
hosted by individual the member museums.
The Council has for over 25 years assisted and improved
the preservation of Australasian urban transport heritage through
it's work assisting member museums in achieving their individual goals.
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