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The Canadian Cultural Observatory lists publications and resources as a public service only and does not promote or endorse them in any way.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Creator(s): Smithsonian Institution | Date Published: 2006
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"MUSEUM International, published by UNESCO since 1948, is a major forum for the exchange of scientific and technical information on museums and cultural heritage."
Creator(s): UNESCO Publishing | Date Published: 2005
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Studies & Reports |
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"An examination of recently-released statistics from Statistics Canada and Business for the Arts related to heritage organizations, art galleries and performing arts organizations."
Creator(s): Hill Strategies Research Inc. | Date Published: 2007-09-26
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"The economic data in this report are based on the 2003/04 fiscal year April 1 to March 31. These data are gathered from surveys given to visitors to the museums, historic sites and interpretive centres managed by the Government of Alberta. The primary role of these facilities is to preserve and tell the natural and cultural history of Alberta – to both Albertans and visitors to the Province. Over 100,000 school children receive educational programs in these facilities each year."
Creator(s): The Government of Alberta | Date Published: 2005-12-01
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"Complete, reliable data about U.S. museums are essential for the development of good policies. These policies will inform federal support for museums, help institute good museum planning and practice, and inform the public about the place and value of museums in their lives and in their communities."
Creator(s): Institute of Museum and Library Services | Date Published: 2005-05
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"Understanding the Future: Museums and 21st Century Life is a consultation paper. It is centred around the 13 questions dispersed throughout the paper and summarised again at the back in the Annex."
Creator(s): Department of Culture, Media and Sport England | Date Published: 2005-01
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"This article reports on a study which used results from 119 scenario–based evaluations of 36 museum Web sites to develop a conceptual framework for analyzing the usability flaws of museum Web sites."
Creator(s): Paul F. Marty and Michael B. Twidale | Date Published: 2004-08
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"The issue of what role the museum - principal custodian of tangible heritage - may play in the collection, conservation, presentation and interpretation of intangible heritage is addressed below, as are the challenges intangible heritage poses to the museum."
Creator(s): Giovanni Pinna - Chair, ICOM-Italy, Member of the ICOM Executive Council | Date Published: 2004
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"The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) is a federal funding program that was created in 1972 for the improvement of Canadian museum collections and displays."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2003-02-24
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"These tables are part of the Museums and Art Gallery Attendance in Canada and the Provinces Report."
Creator(s): Hill Strategies Research Inc. | Date Published: 2003-01-01
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"The philosophy and dynamics of both direct and indirect support for museum and heritage."
Creator(s): N.L. Hushion and associates | Date Published: 1996-01-30
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Projects & Programs |
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"The Virtual Museum of Canada celebrates the stories and treasures that have come to define Canada over the centuries. Here you will find innovative multimedia content that educates, inspires and fascinates!"
Lead Managing Organization: Virtual Museum of Canada | Start Date: 2003
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General Reference |
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"The 24 Hour Museum is the UK's national virtual museum. Our growing database includes over 2,800 museums, galleries and heritage attractions. You can search our site for what's on in the UK by place, date or by any subject you choose."
Creator(s): The National Virtual Museum | Date Published: 2006
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"The worldwide portal to museums and cultural heritage."
Creator(s): Museumland | Date Published: 2006
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"Euromuse.net is a public access portal giving accurate information on major exhibitions in European museums... expanding all the time, euromuse.net now covers more than 100 museums form 14 European countries."
Creator(s): Euromuse.net | Date Published: 2005
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"The Central European Group of ICOM was informally established in Weimar in 1993. Members of the CEICOM Group are the national committees of ICOM of the following countries: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia."
Creator(s): CEICOM - The International Council of Museums Central European Group | Date Published: 2003-11-06
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"Discover Québec's museums along 70 routes, organized according to your interests."
Creator(s): Société des musées québécois | Date Published: 2003
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"This is a portal of museums throughout Northern Ontario. The site contains upcoming events, photo galleries and a description of each museum."
Creator(s): Voyageur Heritage Network and Northshore Developments | Date Published: 2003
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"A broad representation of international museum Web professionals participated."
Creator(s): Museums and the Web | Date Published: 2003
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"Museumstuff.com is dedicated to creating a web based guide to museum related information."
Creator(s): Discovery Media | Date Published: 1999
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Guides & Case Studies |
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"Museums play an important role in Canadian society as the keepers of our heritage — of our artifacts, our history and our collective memories — and as places where we celebrate and explore thousands of years of human creativity and ingenuity. To sustain this role, museums draw on support from all levels of government, from community volunteers, from the private sector and from the millions of visitors who take advantage of the services they have to offer."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2005
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"This case study of the Art Gallery of Ontario provides an analysis of the economic benefits produced by that institution and goes beyond traditional economic impact analysis."
Creator(s): The Outspan Group Inc. | Date Published: 2001
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Statistics |
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"Museum Institutions"
Creator(s): Institut de la statistique Québec | Date Published: 2005-12-06
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"Excluding nature parks."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2005-01-25
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« Les dons constituent la principale source d'enrichissement des collections des musées québécois. »
Creator(s): Conseil des Métiers d'art du Québec | Date Published: 2004-02-19
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"This study estimates the economic impact of 14 heritage institutions in the Yukon as well as the Yukon government’s spending on museums."
Creator(s): Luigi Zanasi and the Yukon Historical and Museums Association | Date Published: 2003-12
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"This report analyzes the attendance of Canadians at various types of museums, including: public art galleries; science, technology and natural history museums; general, human history and community museums; and commercial art galleries."
Creator(s): Hill Strategies Research | Date Published: 2003-03-01
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Related Materials
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"The Heritage Health Index, the first comprehensive survey ever to assess the condition and preservation needs of U.S. collections, concludes that immediate action is needed to prevent the loss of millions of irreplaceable artifacts. These findings were announced at a news conference in New York City on December 6 and are detailed in A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. "
Creator(s): Heritage Preservation - The National Institute for Conservation | Date Published: 2005-12
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"Cultural tourism ethics require all stakeholders to ensure that the visitor combines creative knowledge with the enjoyment of his free time. He should be encouraged to share a social context which, although unfamiliar, invites him to participate in the life and local wisdom of the host community."
Creator(s): International Council of Museums | Date Published: 2004
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"Since the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened in 1997, its goal has been to present the intangible cultural heritage within the museum setting. Traditional skills, oral traditions and social practices are presented in craft demonstrations, folk performances, workshops, exhibitions and projects."
Creator(s): Nguyen Van Huy - Director, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology | Date Published: 2004
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"Bibliography: Musuems and Intangible Heritage"
Creator(s): International Council of Museums (ICOM) | Date Published: 2004
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"Cultural tourism represents an area of significant economic benefit to museums and heritage sites. Challenging economic times in particular require cultural and heritage facilities to explore ways and means to increase attendance and self-generated revenues and to control operating expenses."
Creator(s): Ted Silberberg, CMC | Date Published: 2003
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"Not all museums will wish to explore commercial markets for their intellectual property. For those that do, Like Light Through A Prism joins the other volumes in CHIN's intellectual property series as a tool to assist museums in becoming effective business partners."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage Information Network | Date Published: 2002-04-27
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"Copyright law in Canada falls under federal jurisdiction. Canadian federal law is a composite of both the civil and common law systems. Although Canada's Copyright Act is based on British legislation, reforms in the past ten years have incorporated many concepts from civil law (such as moral rights), and added exhibition rights, as well as a comprehensive system of collective administration of copyright."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage Information Network | Date Published: 2002-04-27
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"This document contains a Checklist identifying key items to be addressed in a licensing agreement between a museum and a person or company wanting to acquire the right to use a museum's images and information to create commercial or consumer products or for the purposes of sub-licensing."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage Information Network | Date Published: 2002-04-27
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"There has been a lot of controversy on the role of intellectual property protection (IPP) regime especially the patent system in fostering innovation, technology and industrial development of a country. IPP is expected to encourage innovation by rewarding the inventor."
Creator(s): Nagesh Kumar | Date Published: 2002
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"Museums and cultural institutions have a crucial role to play in raising among their public more awareness towards the fragility of the cultural heritage they are in charge of and the need to preserve it for future generations."
Creator(s): Nicole Gesché-Koning, Université libre de Bruxelles, Centre de recherches et d’études technologiques des arts plastiques | Date Published: 2000
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"The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion on outsourcing issues among the stakeholders of heritage institutions."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage/ASM Advanced Strategic Management Consultants | Date Published: 1999-08-21
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"Through the multilingual MICHAEL service people will be able to find and explore European digital cultural heritage material using the Internet."
Lead Managing Organization: France, Italy and the UK are working together on MICHAEL | Start Date: 2004-07
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"Not so long ago, the tradition for using and sharing intellectual property (IP) in museums could be best characterized as a "polite policy." Those who wished to use a museum's IP could do so in return for a reciprocal courtesy or a credit line, and perhaps some small payment."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage Information Network | Date Published: 2004-02-06
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"Copyright Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Organizations."
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2002-04-27
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"These tables provide information on finances, attendance, personnel, area, weeks open, and operating hours of non-profit heritage institutions (museums, art galleries, archives, historic sites, exhibition centres, planetariums, observatories, aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens, arboretums, conservatories) and parks (only those with interpretation programs) in Canada."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2006-07-26
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"AIM - the organisation for independent museums."
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"C2RMF a pour mission de mettre en œuvre, en liaison avec les conservateurs responsables des collections, la politique de la direction des musées de France en matière de recherche, de conservation préventive et de restauration des collections des musées de France."
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"Conferences, Consulting, Publishing and Training for Cultural Heritage Professionals."
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"Museums are wonderful places for learning about our diverse cultures, and Chicago is one of the world’s premier museum cities."
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"NEMO is an independent network of museum associations and similar bodies representing the museum community of Europe."
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"Our mission is to enable the collections and services of the museums, archives and libraries sector to touch the lives of everyone."
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"The Alberta Museums Association was incorporated in 1971 as a non-profit society by individuals, both museum staff and volunteers, who wanted to promote the development of Alberta's Museums."
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"The American Federation of Arts (AFA), a not-for-profit organization, develops and organizes art exhibitions and educational, professional, and public programs in collaboration with the art museum community."
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"The Association's role is to enhance the mission of museums as significant cultural resources in the service of Ontario society and its development."
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"The BCMA delivers a number of programs to the benefit of its members and the cultural community, including granting programs, youth work assistance, and technology support. The BCMA is the cultural information hub for British Columbia."
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"The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be an international symbol and celebrate a country that is now one of the most inclusive and tolerant societies in the world. Through its signature architecture, galleries, collections and programs, the museum will address the 21st Century challenges of bridging disagreements and strengthening relationships between communities."
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"The Canadian Museums Association is the national organization for the advancement of the Canadian museum community."
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"The Community Museums Association of Prince Edward Island was formed in 1983 and grew out of a need felt within the provincial museum community for stronger support services for the community museums."
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"The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is an international organisation of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible."
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"The mission of NIMC is to support museums in Northern Ireland in maintaining and improving their standards of collections care and service to the public and to promote a coherent framework of museum provision."
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"The Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador is an organization of individuals and groups working towards the preservation of our cultural and natural heritage."
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"The Museums Act (1990) establishes the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) as a national institution responsible for preserving and promoting the heritage of Canada, and contributing to the collective memory and sense of identity of all Canadians. The Corporation is responsible for two museums, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum."
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"The Museums Association represents people who work in Britain's museums and galleries, and represents museums and galleries as institutions to government and other external bodies. The MA is the oldest museums association in the world and one of the largest."
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"The National Gallery of Canada, a visual arts museum of international stature, holds its collections of art in trust for all Canadians."
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"The purpose of mda is to benefit all those working with collections by providing easy access to quality-assured resources, advice and support on collections management and use."
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"The purpose of the Association of Art Museum Directors is to aid its members in establishing and maintaining high standards for themselves and the museums they represent, thereby increasing the contribution of art museums to society."
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"The ROM is defined as much by its diverse collections of world cultures and natural history as by the international research that supports them."
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"The Scottish Museums Council (SMC) is the membership organisation for local museums and galleries in Scotland."
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"The Yukon Historical and Museums Association was formed in 1977 to serve as an umbrella organization for Yukon museums and historical societies."
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"Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation, and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards, and volunteers across the country to better serve the public. "
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"Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland - the nation’s premier cultural institution and that with the strongest emphasis on Ireland’s art, material culture and natural history."
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"Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization."
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The Association of Manitoba Museums (AMM), formed in 1972, is a not-for-profit, charitable organization governed by an elected Council representing all regions of the province."
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"Museums Act. "
Creator(s): Department of Justice Canada | Date Published: 2005-08-09
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