Increasing access to Australia’s history
Every day more content becomes available on Trove thanks to around 900 Trove Partners who contribute to Trove. Approximately one third of our Partners are doing so by being Content Contributor Partners. The Content Contributor package is an entry level Trove Partners package, free of annual membership and establishment fees since 2023. This package gives a Partner the opportunity to contribute content and data to Trove directly from their collection management system and reach a wider audience for their valuable and often unique collections.
One such Trove Partner is the Claremont Museum which has contributed its collection to Trove via Collections WA since 2021. Collections WA is a free searchable online platform which represents an array of collecting organisations from Western Australia.
Claremont Museum made its home in the building of the Freshwater Bay School, which was originally constructed in 1862. The Town of Claremont opened the Claremont Museum in 1975, making it the first Perth metropolitan council-owned museum. The Claremont Museum’s collection holds the cultural heritage of Claremont and the Freshwater Bay area.
The resulting visibility of the museum’s collection online has provided the Australian public with greater access to their stunning collection and has given Claremont Museum more ways to share stories they hold.

Enquiries the museum has received since becoming a Trove Partner include one from an archivist working in conjunction with Screen Australia and seeking to use one of their photos in a documentary. Another was a request to use some of their collection as source material to model a commemorative coin.
Fiona McCrossan, Museum Curator & Coordinator shared her experience with Trove:
'Over 1000 images from the Claremont Museum’s photographic collection are currently available on Trove, with many more to come. This partnership helps us reach audiences across the country that may not know what a great resource our museum is for researchers, family history enthusiasts and people interested in the stories of our local district.'
The Content Contributor package is a great way for organisations to Partner with Trove and share their collections online.
Learn more about the Content Contributor package.
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Check out the Claremont Museum’s collection on Trove.