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Blogs, Discussion Networks and News

• Musematic blog
• Museum Headlines and News
• Global Museum news
• Museum An-no-log - a blog about new books and articles in museology
• MuseumBlogs.org - compilation of museum blogs
• Museum News - from MuseumStuff.com
• Heritage News - from the Heritage Canada Foundation
• World Heritage Alert!
• Smithsonian Institution blogs
• H-Public, H-Museum, H-Material-Culture - Very useful discussion lists.
• PreservationNation - blog from the National Trust
• Museum-Ed blog
• Young Museum Professionals blog
• The Uncatalogued Museum blog
• ActiveHistory.ca
• Historians TV - from the American Historical Association
• Off the Wall - blog from the National Council on Public History

Online Journals and Newsletters

• Public History News - back issues of the newsletter of the National Council on Public History
• ICOM News - quarterly newsletter published by the International Council of Museums
• Public History Review - from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
• Heritage Canada Foundation magazine
• Currently - the Ontario Museums Association newsletter (access for members only)
• Muse - selections from the newsletter of the Canadian Museums Association

Online Resources

• Mouseia
• MuseumStuff.com
• Museum Computer Network
• Canadian Museums Association - museum policies and reports
• Public History Resource Guide - compilation of bibliographies and websites
• Resources for Public Historians - by the American Historical Association
• Ontario Ministry of Culture - heritage guides
• Canada's Historic Places
• Archives and Museum Informatics
• Museum Market
• UWO Public History News and Resources - a clearinghouse for news, jobs, conference calls, publications and grants
• Public History Resources, American Historical Association
• National Council on Public History YouTube Channel
• Canadians and their Pasts project

International Organizations

• National Council on Public History -  The NCPH is the North American professional organization for the discipline and publishes the major journal in the field, The Public Historian.
• Public History Resource Center - Another excellent US-based source for information on Public History.
• International Council of Museums
• American Association for History and Computing
• Center for History and New Media
• Virginia Center for Digital History
• 250+ Digital Libraries and Archives

National Organizations and Institutions

• Canadian Heritage Information Network - The "electronic gateway to the museum community in Canada and beyond." Its Virtual Museum of Canada, Artefacts Canada and directories sections are especially useful.
• Library and Archives Canada
• Parks Canada
• Historica-Dominion Institute
• History Television
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Canada Science and Technology Museum
• Canadian War Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• National Gallery of Canada
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Canada's National History Society
• Canada's Immigration Museum
• Canadian Committee for History and Computing
• Society for Digital Humanities
• Public History Group, Canadian Historical Association
• Canadian Association for Heritage Professionals
• Interpretation Canada

Provincial Organizations

• Ontario Museums Association
• Archives of Ontario
• Royal Ontario Museum
• Community Heritage Ontario
• Archives Association of Ontario
• Living History Multimedia Association

Local Organizations

• London and Middlesex Historical Society
• Fanshawe Pioneer Village
• London Regional Children's Museum
• Museum of Ontario Archaeology
• Museum London
• Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
• Guy Lombardo Music Centre and Museum
• Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
• Heritage London Foundation
• London Advisory Committee on Heritage
• London Heritage Council
• City of London Heritage Inventory
• Doors Open London
• Secrets of Radar Museum
• McIntosh Gallery, UWO
• Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, London Branch
• Imagining London project
• Archives and Research Collections Centre, UWO, virtual exhibits
• Garrison Theatricals

Professional Development

• Canadian Conservation Institute - workshops across Canada in heritage planning, conservation and preservation
• Cultural Resources Management Program, University of Victoria - on-campus and distance education courses in museum studies, heritage conservation and cultural management
• Certificate in Museum Studies - from the Ontario Museums Association
• Cultural Human Resources Council - guides to human resources issues, some of which applies to heritage institutions
• Lyrasis - courses in library and archives administration, marketing and fundraising, preservation, and digital technology, many of which are online
• Knowledge Exchange - online courses, some of which are free, from the Canadian Heritage Information Network
• Museum-Ed - online courses for museum educators
• Getty Leadership Institute - workshops in museum leadership, management and policy issues
• American Association of Museums - hosts occasional workshops
• Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices - at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Society of American Archivists - workshops
• Northern States Conservation Center - online museum classes
• National Council on Public History
• American Association for State and Local History - workshops
• UWO Student Success Centre - employment and career help, workshops, job fairs
• International Heritage Studies - from University of UMass Amherst

Public History Jobs and Internships

• UWO Faculty of Grad Studies (Social Science Specific Funding) - Note especially: PH students are given preference for the Lambton Student Fellowships in History (which are worth about $6000). Internship work may also qualify for the United Empire Scholarship for Local History.
• Job postings from CHIN
• CMA
• Young Canada Works
• Canadian Centre for Architecture
• Summer Career Placements
• Ontario Internship Program
• National Council on Public History job listings
• Smithsonian Institution career center
• Student Conservation Association, an American program that allows foreign
• applicants for its internships.
• University of Waterloo Scholarships Database includes internships.
• Margaret Angus Research Fellowship - Museum of Health Care at Kingston
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canadian War Museum, Canadian Postal Museum, Canadian Children's Museum Fellowships
• Canadian Conservation Institute Internships
• National Gallery of Canada Research Fellowship Program
• Parks Canada - jobs and internships in national parks, historic sites, marine conservation areas and historic canals
• Federal Student Work Experience Program - through the Public Service Commission of Canada
• Winterthur Research Fellowship Program - using the Winterthur's material culture collection
• Wolfsonian-Florida International University Fellowships - using the Wolfsonian collection
• Getty Graduate Internships
• Canada Science and Technology Museum - Summer Student Employment Program
• McCord Museum Internships and Fellowships
• American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology internships
• Lord Global Internship Program - run by Lord Cultural Resources
• National Council on Public History - internship listings
• JobBank - listings from Service Canada, including the heritage sector
• National Capital Commission
• CultureWorks - from the Cultural Human Resources Council
• Job Desk - from the University of Leicester
• Museum Market jobs
• MuseumProfessionals.org
• MERX - a database of government contracts including independent research and the heritage sector
• H-Net Job Guide - includes museum and public history jobs not requiring a PhD
• Ontario Museums Association (members only)
• Ontario Association of Art Galleries
• Museum Employment Resource Center
• Global Museum
• Cultureconsultants.ca - a place to advertise as a consultant in heritage, film, tv and radio, writing and publishing