WE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF COUNTRY ACROSS THE AREA KNOWN AS VICTORIA AND RECOGNISE THE UNBROKEN AND UNCEDED SOVEREIGNTY OF TRADITIONAL LANDS, AND CONTINUED CONNECTION TO SKY, WATER, CULTURE AND LORE. OUR DEEPEST RESPECT IS EXTENDED TO ELDERS, PAST AND PRESENT AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE IMMENSE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING, CREATING AND WORKING ON THIS LAND. ALWAYS WILL BE.
COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
↓
Significance assessments
Collection audits
Pre-planning for valuation
Collection policy advice
Asset tracking
Relocation and redevelopment services
Collection and acquisition research
Victorian Collections
Condition reporting
Registration
Museum Accreditation Program (MAP)
ARCHIVAL SERVICES
↓
Digital archiving
Cataloguing
Storage recommendations
Basic preservation
Project plans
Digitisation, images and text
Audio transcription
Facsimile coordination
Donation paperwork
Personal and family projects
CULTURAL HERITAGE
↓
Consultation coordination
Exhibition development
Significance assessments
Interpretation
Cultural mapping
Archival and documentary research
Oral history
SPECIAL PROJECTS
↓
Installation management
Exhibition development
Research and benchmarking
Curation
Public programs
Heritage tours
ABOUT
KAHLGRUPPE is a multi-service consultancy led by Sophie Kahl, providing the museum and private sector with collection management and cultural heritage services.
We understand the importance of being a generalist within this field and having the knowledge, experience and perspective to make compelling connections and deliver long-term value. Our services cover truth-telling, social history, interpretation, public programs, research, collection management and access.
We connect and collaborate with professionals in related fields to provide the best possible outcome and advice for your project. We know that the best solutions and outcomes are delivered when respectful collaboration is demonstrated throughout, and beyond, the life of a project.
We enjoy sharing opportunities, resources and ideas.
Sophie Kahl is an informed GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) practitioner with over 15 years of experience working with collections and delivering interpretation programs and projects in cultural organisations in the private, state and local government sectors. Sophie is keenly aware and actively engaged with the latest conversations around the institution of collecting and the future of storytelling.
Contact us for a chat ! We are always happy to have a coffee and a yarn to learn more about what you are working on, and how we may be able to assist.
MEMBERSHIPS
↗ AMAGA Victoria
↗ International Council of Museums
↗ Regional Arts Victoria
↗ Public Galleries Association of Victoria
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Communication,
Majoring in Professional Writing
Victoria University
Postgraduate Diploma
Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies
Deakin University
EMAIL
sophie@kahlgruppe.com.au
PHONE
0411 243 078
LINKEDIN↗Creative Victoria
Koorie Heritage Trust
Uncle Ray Thomas
Benalla Migrant Camp Inc.
Uncle Col Clark
Circa Museum Services
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2025 Connections to Home: Uncle Col ‘Marra’ Clark, Koorie Heritage Trust
2025 Benalla Migrant Camp Inc. Collection Management Services
2024 Creative Victoria ‘Held Collections’ Project Audit & Recommendations Report
2024 Uncle Ray Thomas, Project Assistance
2024 Repatriation Project with Client and Deal Museum, United Kingdom
2023 Oral History Recording, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Corporation
2023 Darebin Yarning Conference, De-colonising Bundoora Park - Session Facilitator
2023 Uncle Ray Thomas - Mural at Dardi Munwurro - Creative Victoria
2023 The Leader Tapes: Koori Elders Project with Reconciliation Victoria
2023 Victorian Aboriginal News - The Referendum ‘23 Podcast
2023 Bundoora Park Film Project
2023 Traditionally Talking Podcast
2023 Victorian Aboriginal News Podcast
2021 Finding Sanity: in conversation with Greg De Moore and Jack Cade
2020 Culture Online 2020-2021 Darebin Arts Project – Lockdown Reactionary Programming
2020 Darebin Art Collection - CMS system changeover
2019 Valuation of the Darebin Art Collection
2018 2019 2021 2022 Darebin Art Collection Acquisition Selection Panel Member
2018 Bundoora Homestead Heritage Trail - Copland Foundation
2019 Bundoora Homestead Heritage Film Series - Tiny Empire
2017 Tisna Sanjaya, ASIATOPA, Art as a Prayer
2016 William ‘Bill’ Kelly, Peace or War: The Big Picture
2016 Patricia Piccinini ‘Graham’, Transport Accident Commission & State Library Victoria
2015 iPRES International Digital Preservation Conference - State Library Victoria
2014 2015 The R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards
2012 John Kaldor Public Art Project # 26: Allora & Calzadilla, Stop. Repair. Prepare
2012 Keith Murdoch Oration: Paul Keating
EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT & COORDINATION
2023 Us Mob: Celebrating Koori Elders from the RMIT Art Program
2021 Uncle Brian Birch: Under the Clearest Blue Sky
2021 Assemblage
2021 Violent Salt - touring exhibition curated by Claire Watson and Yhonnie Scarce
2020 Beneath our Feet: the Grounds of Bundoora
2020 Larundel - Photographic Survey - George Mifsud
2019 Aunty Frances Gallagher: Gunditjmara Country
2019 Victoria’s Earliest Art Potters, Gregory Hill
2018 2020. 2023 A1 Darebin Art Salon
2017 Self-Made: zines and artist Books: National Touring Exhibition (Touring Show)
2017 2019 2021 Darebin Art Prize
2017 50 Years of La Mama Theatre
2017 On Gunaikurnai Country: Gippsland Aboriginal Elders, leaders & artists
2017 21st Century Portraits: Blue Rotunda & Cowen Gallery
2016 The Irish Rising: A Terrible Beauty is Born University of Melbourne
2016 Katayoun Javan: Building a Home Away from Home
2016 Heroes and Villains: Strutt’s Australia National Gallery Australia
2015 The Big Issue: Paintings by Virginia Hodgkinson in partnership with The Big Issue
2015 2016 The Changing Face of Victoria
2015 2016 Mirror of the World: Books and Ideas
2015 ON AIR: 40 Years of 3RRR
2015 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Awards Exhibition
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & COLLECTION INTERPRETATION
2021 NAIDOC week public program and afternoon tea at Bundoora Park
2014 Victoria at War: 1914-1918 Michael McKernan
2015 Australian Sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of S.T Gill, Prof. Sasha Grishin
2014 Big Ideas under the Dome (lecture series): Elizabeth Broderick & Julian Burnside, QC
2014 Rome: Piranesi’s vision, Colin
2014 Melbourne Writers Festival Panel Discussion From Terrace to Table, from Plot to Plate
2014 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Panel discussion - Everyone’s a Food Critic
2014 2015 State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship Program - Coordination of Application Process
2013 2014 State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship Program Coordination
2013 Big Ideas under the Dome (lecture series): Elizabeth Broderick & Geoffrey Robertson QC
2013 Free, Secular and Democratic: building the Public Library 1853
2012 Rhyme, Rhythm and Rock: Echoes from the Middle East - hosted by Nazeem Hussain
2012 Bohemian Melbourne, State Library Victoria
2012 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Subject Specialist Exhibition Tour
2012 Gusto! A Culinary History of Victoria
2012 Love and Devotion: from Persia and beyond
2011 As Modern as Tomorrow: photography in post-war Melbourne
2011 2012 2013 Melbourne Rare Book Week: White Glove Experience - Collection Viewings
CULTURAL HERITAGE
2022 Darebin Council - Decolonising Bundoora Park
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Park Farm (children’s display)
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Homestead Art Centre AMAGA Victoria Awards Highly Commended
2019 Repatriation of Cultural materials to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Aboriginal Corporation
HERITAGE TOURS
2019 / 2021 / 2022 Bundoora Homestead: The Hospital Era 1920-1993 National Heritage Festival
2019 / 2021 / 2022 Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920 National Heritage Festival
2011 / 2012 / 2013 Open House Melbourne: State Library VictoriaWebsite by [Brett Bevege and/or] FASCINATION COMPANY
Chocolate Lily Flower, Illustration by Carmen Hannay, 2022
KAHLGRUPPE 2©23
WE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF COUNTRY ACROSS THE AREA KNOWN AS VICTORIA AND RECOGNISE THE UNBROKEN AND UNCEDED SOVEREIGNTY OF TRADITIONAL LANDS, AND CONTINUED CONNECTION TO SKY, WATER, CULTURE AND LORE. OUR DEEPEST RESPECT IS EXTENDED TO ELDERS, PAST AND PRESENT AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE IMMENSE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING, CREATING AND WORKING ON THIS LAND. ALWAYS WILL BE.
SERVICES
INFO
Significance Assessments
Collection AuditsPre-planning for Valuation
Collection policy advice
Asset Tracking
Relocation and redevelopment services
Collection and Acquisition Research
Victorian Collections
Condition Reporting
Registration
Museum Accreditation Program (MAP)
Digital archiving
Cataloguing
Storage recommendations
Basic preservation
Project plans
Digitisation, images and text
Audio transcription
Facsimile coordination
Donation paperwork
Personal and family projects
Consultation coordination
Exhibition development
Significance assessments
Interpretation
Cultural mapping
Archival and documentary research
Oral history
Installation management
Exhibition development
Research and benchmarking
Curation
Public programs
Heritage tours
KAHLGRUPPE is a multi-service consultancy led by Sophie Kahl, providing the museum and private sector with collection management and cultural heritage services.
We understand that within this field you must be a generalist and have the knowledge, experience and perspective to make compelling connections and deliver long-term value. Our services cover truth-telling, social history, interpretation, public programs, research, collection management, access and education.
We connect and collaborate with professionals in related fields to provide the best possible outcome and advice for your project. We know that the best solutions and outcomes are delivered when respectful collaboration is demonstrated throughout, and beyond, the life of a project. We enjoy sharing opportunities, resources and ideas.
Sophie Kahl is an informed GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) practitioner with over 15 years of experience working with collections and delivering interpretation programs and projects in cultural organisations in the private, state and local government sectors. Sophie is keenly aware and actively engaged with the latest conversations around the institution of collecting and the future of storytelling.Contact us for a chat ! We are always happy to have a coffee and a yarn to learn more about what you are working on, and how we may be able to assist.
CULTURAL HERITAGE
2022
Darebin Council
Decolonising Bundoora Park
2023
Truth Telling Space:
Bundoora Park Farm (children’s display)
2023
Truth Telling Space:
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre AMAGA Victoria Awards Highly commended
2019
Repatriation of Cultural materials
to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung
Aboriginal Corporation
EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT
& COORDINATION2023
Us Mob: Celebrating Koori Elders
from the RMIT Art Program
2021
Uncle Brian Birch:
Under the Clearest Blue Sky
2021
Assemblage
2021
Violent Salt - touring exhibition curated
by Claire Watson and Yhonnie Scarce
2020
Beneath our Feet:
the Grounds of Bundoora
2020
Larundel: Photographic Survey
George Mifsud
2019
Aunty Frances Gallagher:
Gunditjmara Country
2019
Victoria’s Earliest Art Potters,
Gregory Hill
2018/2020/2023
A1 Darebin Art Salon
2017
Self-Made: Zines & Artist Books
National Touring Exhibition (Touring Show)
2017/2019/2021
Darebin Art Prize
2017
50 Years of La Mama Theatre
2017
On Gunaikurnai Country:
Gippsland Aboriginal Elders,
leaders & artists
2017
21st Century Portraits:
Blue Rotunda & Cowen Gallery
2016
The Irish Rising: A Terrible Beauty is Born University of Melbourne
2016
Katayoun Javan:
Building a Home Away from Home
2016
Heroes and Villains:
Strutt’s Australia National Gallery Australia
2015/2016
The Changing Face of Victoria
2015/2016
Mirror of the World: Books and Ideas
2015
ON AIR: 40 Years of 3RRR
2015
Nikon-Walkley Press
Photography Awards Exhibition
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
& COLLECTION INTERPRETATION2014
Victoria at War:
1914-1918, Michael McKernan
2015
Australian Sketchbook:
Colonial life and the art of S.T Gill,
Prof. Sasha Grishin
2014
Rome: Piranesi’s vision,
Dr Colin Holden
2012
Gusto! A Culinary History of Victoria
2012
Love and Devotion:
from Persia and beyond
2011
As Modern as Tomorrow:
Photography in Post-War Melbourne
2011/2012/2013
Melbourne Rare Book Week:
White Glove Experience - Collection Viewings
2014
Melbourne Writers Festival
Panel Discussion:
From Terrace to Table, from Plot to Plate
2014
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
Panel Discussion:
Everyone’s a Food Critic
2015
State Library Victori
Creative Fellowship Program,
Coordination of Application Process
2013
Free, Secular and Democratic:
Building the Public Library 1853
2014
Big Ideas under the Dome (lecture series): Elizabeth Broderick & Julian Burnside, QC
HERITAGE TOURS201/2012/2013
Open House Melbourne:
State Library Victoria
2019/2021/2022
Bundoora Homestead:
The Hospital Era, 1920-1993
National Heritage Festival
2019/2021/2022
Bundoora Homestead:
The Smith Family Era, 1899-1920
National Heritage Festival
SPECIAL PROJECTS2023
The Leader Tapes: Koori Elders Project
with Reconciliation Victoria
2023
Victorian Aboriginal News
The Referendum ‘23 Podcast
2023
Bundoora Park Film Project
2023
Traditionally Talking Podcast
2023
Victorian Aboriginal News Podcast
2020
Darebin Art Collection
CMS system changeover
2019
Valuation of the Darebin Art Collection
2018/2019/2021/2022
Darebin Art Collection
Acquisition Selection Panel Member
2018
Bundoora Homestead Heritage Trail
Copland Foundation
2019
Bundoora Homestead Heritage Film Series
Tiny Empire
2017
Tisna Sanjaya, ASIATOPA,
Art as a Prayer
2016
William ‘Bill’ Kelly, Peace or War:
The Big Picture
2016
Patricia Piccinini ‘Graham’,
Transport Accident Commission
& State Library Victoria
2015
iPRES International
Digital Preservation Conference
State Library Victoria
2014/2015
The R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards
2012
John Kaldor Public Art Project # 26:
Allora & Calzadilla, Stop. Repair. Prepare
2012
Keith Murdoch Oration:
Paul Keating
CULTURAL HERITAGE
2022 Darebin Council - Decolonising Bundoora Park
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Park Farm (children’s display)
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Homestead Art Centre AMAGA Victoria Awards Highly Commended
2019 Repatriation of Cultural materials to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Aboriginal Corporation
HERITAGE TOURS
2011 / 2012 / 2013 Open House Melbourne: State Library Victoria
2019 / 2021 / 2022 Bundoora Homestead: The Hospital Era 1920-1993 National Heritage Festival
2019 / 2021 / 2022 Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920 National Heritage Festival
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2023 The Leader Tapes: Koori Elders Project with Reconciliation Victoria
2023 Victorian Aboriginal News - The Referendum ‘23 Podcast
2023 Bundoora Park Film Project
2023 Traditionally Talking Podcast
2023 Victorian Aboriginal News Podcast
2020 Darebin Art Collection - CMS system changeover
2019 Valuation of the Darebin Art Collection
2018 2019 20212022 Darebin Art Collection Acquisition Selection Panel Member
2018 Bundoora Homestead Heritage Trail - Copland Foundation
2019 Bundoora Homestead Heritage Film Series - Tiny Empire
2017 Tisna Sanjaya, ASIATOPA, Art as a Prayer
2016 William ‘Bill’ Kelly, Peace or War: The Big Picture
2016 Patricia Piccinini ‘Graham’, Transport Accident Commission & State Library Victoria
2015 iPRES International Digital Preservation Conference - State Library Victoria
2014 2015 The R E Ross Trust Playwrights’ Script Development Awards
2012 John Kaldor Public Art Project # 26: Allora & Calzadilla, Stop. Repair. Prepare
2012 Keith Murdoch Oration: Paul Keating
PORTFOLIO
EXHIBITION DEVELOPMENT & COORDINATION
2023 Us Mob: Celebrating Koori Elders from the RMIT Art Program
2021 Uncle Brian Birch: Under the Clearest Blue Sky
2021 Assemblage
2021 Violent Salt - touring exhibition curated by Claire Watson and Yhonnie Scarce
2020 Beneath our Feet: the Grounds of Bundoora
2020 Larundel - Photographic Survey - George Mifsud
2019 Aunty Frances Gallagher: Gunditjmara Country
2019 Victoria’s Earliest Art Potters, Gregory Hill
2018 2020 2023 A1 Darebin Art Salon
2017 Self-Made: zines and artist Books: National Touring Exhibition (Touring Show)
2017 2019 2021 Darebin Art Prize
2017 50 Years of La Mama Theatre
2017 On Gunaikurnai Country: Gippsland Aboriginal Elders, leaders & artists
2017 21st Century Portraits: Blue Rotunda & Cowen Gallery
2016 The Irish Rising: A Terrible Beauty is Born University of Melbourne
2016 Katayoun Javan: Building a Home Away from Home
2016 Heroes and Villains: Strutt’s Australia National Gallery Australia
2015 2016 The Changing Face of Victoria
2015 2016 Mirror of the World: Books and Ideas
2015 ON AIR: 40 Years of 3RRR
2015 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Awards Exhibition
PUBLIC PROGRAMS & COLLECTION INTERPRETATION
2014 Victoria at War:1914-1918 Michael McKernan
2015 Australian Sketchbook: Colonial life and the art of S.T Gill, Prof. Sasha Grishin
2014 Rome: Piranesi’s vision, Colin
2012 Gusto! A Culinary History of Victoria
2012 Love and Devotion: from Persia and beyond
2011 As Modern as Tomorrow: photography in post-war Melbourne
2011 2012 2013 Melbourne Rare Book Week: White Glove Experience - Collection Viewings
2014 Melbourne Writers Festival Panel Discussion From Terrace to Table, from Plot to Plate
2014 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Panel discussion - Everyone’s a Food Critic
2014 2015 State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship Program - Coordination of Application Process
2013 Free, Secular and Democratic: building the Public Library 1853
2014 Big Ideas under the Dome (lecture series): Elizabeth Broderick & Julian Burnside, QC
Sophie Kahl is an informed GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) practitioner with a zeal for preserving and highlighting cultural heritage and driving positive social change through interpretation projects. With over fourteen years in the industry, Sophie has left an indelible mark on both private and government cultural and heritage organisations, at the state and local levels.
Sophie is driven by a genuine belief in the power of critical thinking, creative engagement and speaking truth. In an age where tradition meets transformation, Sophie is dedicated to fostering and developing innovative approaches, from both within and outside of the framework of existing structures.
One of Sophie's most compelling attributes is her extensive and well-established network, a testament to her years of dedication and collaborative spirit. This network provides a rich tapestry of resources, ideas, and opportunities for connection.
Australian Museums
& Galleries Association of VictoriaAustralian Society of Archivists
Oral History Victoria
International Council of Museums
Bachelor of Communication,
Majoring in Professional Writing
Victoria University
Postgraduate Diploma
Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies
Deakin University
CONTACT KAHLGRUPPE →
COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT
↓
Victorian Collections
Condition Reporting
Registration
Benchmarking
Collection Overviews
Museum Accreditation Program (MAP)
ARCHIVAL SERVICES
↓
Digital Archiving
Cataloging
Materials Archiving
Storage Recommendations
Basic Preservation
Project Plans
CULTURAL HERITAGE
↓
Research & Writing
Consultation Coordination
Exhibition Development
Significance Assessments
Interpretation
Heritage Recordings
Cultural Mapping
SPECIAL PROJECTS
↓
Exhibition Development
Project Management
Research and Benchmarking
Oral Histories
Program Producing
Curation
PORTFOLIO
Cultural Heritage
2022 Darebin Council - Decolonising Bundoora Park
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Park Farm (children’s display)
2023 Truth Telling Space: Bundoora Homestead Art Centre AMAGA Victoria Awards Highly commended
2019 Repatriation of Cultural materials to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Aboriginal Corporation
MEMBERSHIPS
Australian Museums & Galleries Association of Victoria
Australian Society of Archivists
Oral History Victoria
International Council of Museums
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Communication,
Majoring in Professional Writing
Victoria University
Postgraduate Diploma
Cultural Heritage & Museum Studies
Deakin University