Resources
Blogs, Discussion Networks and News
- ActiveHistory.ca
- Global Museum news
- Historians TV - from the American Historical Association
- History@Work - blog from the National Council on Public History
- H-Public, H-Museum, H-Material-Culture - Very useful discussion lists.
- Musematic blog
- Museum-Ed blog
- Perspectives - from the American Historical Association
- Smithsonian Institution blogs
- The Uncatalogued Museum blog
Online Journals and Newsletters
- Currently - the Ontario Museums Association newsletter (access for members only)
- Heritage Canada Foundation magazine
- ICOM News - quarterly newsletter published by the International Council of Museums
- Muse - selections from the newsletter of the Canadian Museums Association
- Public History News - back issues of the newsletter of the National Council on Public History
- Public History Review - from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Online Resources
- Archives and Museum Informatics
- Canada's Historic Places
- Canadian Museums Association - museum policies and reports
- Canadians and their Pasts project
- Mouseia
- Museum Computer Network
- Museum Market
- National Council on Public History YouTube Channel
- Preservation Directory
International Organizations
- American Association for State and Local History
- Baylor Institute for Oral History
- Center for History and New Media
- International Council of Museums
- International Federation for Public History
- 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.
- Virginia Center for Digital History
- 250+ Digital Libraries and Archives
National Organizations and Institutions
- Canada's History
- Canada Science and Technology Museum
- Canadian Association for Heritage Professionals
- Canadian Committee for History and Computing
- 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.
- Canadian Historical Association
- Canadian Museum for Human Rights
- Canadian Museum of History
- Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- Canadian Museums Association
- Canadian Society for Digital Humanities
- Canadian War Museum
- Historica Canada
- History Television
- Interpretation Canada
- Library and Archives Canada
- National Gallery of Canada
- Parks Canada
Provincial Organizations
- Archives Association of Ontario
- Archives of Ontario
- Community Heritage Ontario
- Living History Multimedia Association
- Ontario Heritage Trust
- Ontario Historical Society
- Ontario Museums Association
- Royal Ontario Museum
Local and Regional Organizations
- Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, London Branch
- Archives and Research Collections Centre, UWO, virtual exhibits
- Banting House National Historic Site
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- CityStudio London
- Doors Open London
- Eldon House
- Elgin County Heritage Centre
- Fairbank Heritage Oil Fields
- Fanshawe Pioneer Village
- Heritage London Foundation
- Imagining London project
- Lambton County Museums
- London Advisory Committee on Heritage
- London Heritage Council
- London & Middlesex Historical Society
- London Regional Children's Museum
- McIntosh Gallery, UWO
- Museum of Ontario Archaeology
- Museum London
- Secrets of Radar Museum
- Ska-Nah-Doht Museum – Longwoods Road Conservation Area
- The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
- 1st Hussars Museum
Professional Development
- Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices - at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
- American Alliance of Museums - hosts occasional workshops
- American Association for State and Local History - workshops
- Canadian Conservation Institute - workshops across Canada in heritage planning, conservation and preservation
- Certificate in Museum Studies - from the Ontario Museums Association
- Cultural Resources Management Program, University of Victoria - on-campus and distance education courses in museum studies, heritage conservation and cultural management
- Cultural Human Resources Council - guides to human resources issues, some of which applies to heritage institutions
- Getty Leadership Institute - workshops in museum leadership, management and policy issues
- International Heritage Online Studies - from University of UMass Amherst
- Knowledge Exchange - online courses, some of which are free, from the Canadian Heritage Information Network
- Lyrasis - courses in library and archives administration, marketing, fundraising, preservation, and digital technology, many of which are online
- National Council on Public History
- Northern States Conservation Center - online museum classes
- Society of American Archivists - workshops
- UWO Student Success Centre - employment and career help, workshops, job fairs
Public History Jobs and Internships
- American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology internships
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Canadian Museums Association – Jobs in Heritage
- Cultureconsultants.ca - a place to advertise as a consultant in heritage, film, tv and radio, writing and publishing
- CultureWorks - from the Cultural Human Resources Council
- Federal Student Work Experience Program - through the Public Service Commission of Canada
- Getty Graduate Internships
- H-Net Job Guide - includes museum and public history jobs not requiring a PhD
- JobBank - listings from Service Canada, including the heritage sector
- Job Desk - from the University of Leicester
- Lord Global Internship Program - run by Lord Cultural Resources
- Margaret Angus Research Fellowship - Museum of Health Care at Kingston
- MERX - a database of government contracts including independent research and the heritage sector
- Museum Market jobs
- National Council on Public History job listings
- Ontario Association of Art Galleries
- Ontario Internship Program
- Smithsonian Institution career center
- Student Conservation Association, an American program that allows foreign
- applicants for its internships.
- University of Waterloo Scholarships Database includes internships.
- Winterthur Research Fellowship Program - using the Winterthur's material culture collection
- Young Canada Works
