Resources
Blogs, Discussion Networks and News
- Musematic blog
- Museum Headlines and News
- Global Museum news
- World Heritage Alert!
- Smithsonian Institution blogs
- H-Public, H-Museum, H-Material-Culture - Very useful discussion lists.
- Museum-Ed blog
- The Uncatalogued Museum blog
- ActiveHistory.ca
- Historians TV - from the American Historical Association
- History@Work - blog from the National Council on Public History
- Perspectives - from the American Historical Association
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
- Museum Computer Network
- Canadian Museums Association - museum policies and reports
- Canada's Historic Places
- Archives and Museum Informatics
- Museum Market
- Museum Musings - news, blog, and videos
- National Council on Public History YouTube Channel
- Canadians and their Pasts project
- Preservation Directory
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.
- 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 Canada
- 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 History
- 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
- Living History Multimedia Association
Local Organizations
- Banting House National Historic Site
- Fanshawe Pioneer Village
- London Regional Children's Museum
- Museum of Ontario Archaeology
- Museum London
- Guy Lombardo Music Centre and Museum
- Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- London Advisory Committee on Heritage
- London Heritage Council
- 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
- The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
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, 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
- Getty Leadership Institute - workshops in museum leadership, management and policy issues
- American Alliance 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 Online Studies - from University of UMass Amherst
Public History Jobs and Internships
- Job postings from CHIN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- JobBank - listings from Service Canada, including the heritage sector
- CultureWorks - from the Cultural Human Resources Council
- Job Desk - from the University of Leicester
- Museum Market jobs
- 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
- Cultureconsultants.ca - a place to advertise as a consultant in heritage, film, tv and radio, writing and publishing
