Yarra Ranges Regional Museum in Lilydale, Victoria, Australia | Arts and entertainment

Yarra Ranges Regional Museum

Locality: Lilydale, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9294 6511

Address: 35-37 Castella St 3140 Lilydale, VIC, Australia

Website: ach.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/ach/Regional_Museum

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23.01.2022 Have you #putoutyourpoetry yet? We’ve now received 600 submissions, so chances are you’ve seen the pink bin stickers when you were out and about in your neighbourhood. Write your own haiku and submit it online, and we can send out your very own sticker. Pop it on your bin and share your creativity with your street! Visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry to order your own bin sticker.

23.01.2022 There is still time to participate in #putoutyourpoetry. Visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry before Mon 30 Nov to order your own bright-pink bin sticker. Express yourself through haiku and share your creativity with your neighbourhood. From poems about kookaburras to odes to Shrek, we’ve received over 600 imaginative submissions. Get writing or order a lucky dip sticker, with a poem written by one of our talented Yarra Ranges writers. Visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry for more information.

22.01.2022 We are excited to share that we have just received The Archival Survival Award for Small Museums/Galleries (2-7 Paid Staff) for the creation of our interactive eBook: My Home, Yarra Ranges. Thank you to the Australian Museums and Galleries Association for presenting us with this award and commending us on the eBook's innovation and support of the creative industries. You can read more about the award and download a copy of the free eBook here bit.ly/MyHomeeBook... Australian Museums and Galleries Association

21.01.2022 There is still time to take part in #stilllifeyarraranges. We are capturing what life has been like this year for residents of the Yarra Ranges. From moments of frustration and joy to the unusual feeling of lockdown limbo, we want to hear about your experience. Join in the #putoutyourpoetry party and stick a poem on your rubbish bin by visiting bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry or share your photos and stories here: bit.ly/StillLifeYarraRanges Everyone’s story is worth sharing.

19.01.2022 The Arts can play a vital and powerful role in helping community to come together, reconnect, and express our local stories. Our Yarra Ranges Community is a strong and creative one and we just know there are some brilliant ideas for projects that can help our community emerge from the impacts of COVID-19 to reconnect, engage creatively and benefit mental and social well-being. This is a reminder that funding of up to $5k is available through the COVID-19 Community Relief ...and Recovery Program. This funding is available for eligible not for profit community organisations, groups, social enterprises, creative organisations, and individual artists. Applications close on 20 November. Visit bit.ly/COVIDrecoverygrant for more information.

19.01.2022 Who hasn’t dreamed of attending a film premiere? Don’t miss the chance to watch the upcoming Premiere Online Screening Event, featuring short films made by Yarra Ranges youth! These talented youngsters have made some creative short films, which you are invited to watch at the screening on Fri 13 Nov 7.30pm. Come and support these budding filmmakers as they screen their films for the first time. Visit bit.ly/YRCCoVideo for more information, or visit the Yarra Ranges Youth page.

08.01.2022 Have you joined the #putoutyourpoetry party? Have you seen some colourful bins on your street and wondered what it was about? You are invited to write and submit your own poem, and have it published on our Online Gallery and printed off as a bin sticker. Too shy to write your own poem? You can choose the ‘lucky dip’ option instead, and a poem written by a Yarra Ranges writer will be sent to you as a sticker. For more information, visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry

07.01.2022 Last call for #putoutyourpoetry! Submissions close on Monday, so get your poems in over the weekend. Do you want to write an ode to your veggie patch? Or celebrate your dog in a haiku? Perhaps you want to receive a lucky dip poem? We can’t wait to see your final haikus. For more information on how to submit, visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry

06.01.2022 Take a look at this sweet poem, inspired by this doggo’s love for the local postie. There’s still time to order your own #putoutyourpoetry bin sticker. Head over to our website to take a look at the poems shared by the community, and submit your own haiku. Almost 600 poems have been submitted to the #putoutyourpoetry project, with themes ranging from the beauty of nature to home schooling to Shrek.... Visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry to order your bin sticker and add #putoutyourpoetry to your social media posts.

04.01.2022 Do you want to look extra spooky this Halloween? The Yarra Ranges Youth team present the SFX Make up tutorial with You Bloody Beauty! Learn how to create your own zombie look, just in time for Halloween. This special effects makeup tutorial is free, but spaces are limited. Visit bit.ly/YRCYouthSFX to book your place or go to the Yarra Ranges Youth Facebook page for more information. We can’t wait to see what creepy looks you create!

04.01.2022 It’s almost time for #putoutyourpoetry to wrap up. Submissions close on Mon 30 Nov, so get start thinking of what you would like to put on your bin sticker. If you don’t want to write your own poem, you can choose a lucky dip bin sticker instead, written by one of our talented Yarra Ranges writer. For more information, visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry

03.01.2022 Although our doors are still closed, Yarra Ranges Regional Museum staff are still working hard behind the scenes. Since the pandemic began, our team has catalogued hundreds of items into the Museum collection. And we have just clocked 13,000 records! Lucky registration number 13,000 is a photograph of a float at the Shire of Lillydale centenary parade in 1972. The gold sequins it features seem fitting for this milestone number! You can find thousands more interesting photos, stories, artefacts and snippets of history from our place at bit.ly/YRRMCollection

02.01.2022 Check out some of our most recent #putoutyourpoetry submissions in the online gallery. These wonderful poems are currently being printed by our hard-working team, on their way to being stuck on rubbish bins across the Yarra Ranges. Have you spotted any bright-pink stickers on your neighbourhood walks? Have you seen our haiku rubbish trucks driving past? Visit bit.ly/putoutyourpoetry to find out how to get your own bin stickers. Write your own or order a lucky dip poem, then share photos of your bin stickers online with the hash tag #putoutyourpoetry

01.01.2022 Calling all TikTok obsessives, short film addicts and budding creatives whip out your phone and start filming, because the brand-new CoVideo Short Film Competition has just been launched. You don’t have to be the next Martin Scorsese or Sofia Coppola to enter young people of all experience levels are encouraged to submit. There are different categories for ages between 12 and 25, each with fun prizes to win! Entries close Mon 26 Oct 11.59pm. Visit bit.ly/YRCCoVideo for more information, or visit the Yarra Ranges Youth page.