Wanting to keep up with the museum industry?

Check out these helpful resources spanning the sector to stay up-to-date on industry trends and build your toolbox of useful guidebooks and reference sites.

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Guides & Reference

Blogs & Other Sites

• iSchool's Museum Studies Guide, with links to databases, journals, associations, organizations, blogs, and resources for different types of institutions, areas of museum work, and issues and trends in the industry.
• A Companion to Museum Studies (log in with your utorid)
• The Participatory Museum (a book by Nina Simon)

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• ​​Ontario Museum Association (Current students are eligible for a free membership! Ask MUSSA for details.)
• Canadian Museum Association
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• Canadian Association of Science Centres

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• First stop, Musings! Read articles written by MMSt students across a variety of topics, sharing opinions, critiques and discussions of contemporary museum practices.
• Google Arts & Culture
• Virtual Museum of Canada
• Museum Next (blog)
• Future of Museums Blog (blog)
• Museum 2.0 (blog)
• Brilliant Idea Studio (blog)
• Leadership Matters (blog)
• Museum Savvy (blog)
• Thinking About Museums (blog)
• Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice (blog)

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MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Provincial:
Ontario Association of Art Galleries
Ontario Crafts Council 
Ontario Heritage Trust 
Ontario Museum Association​

National:
Canadian Conservation Institute  
Canadian Museum Association

International:
American Association of Museums
International Council of Museums 
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Museums:
Canadian Air and Space Museum
Gardiner Museum
Royal Ontario Museum
Textile Museum of Canada
The Bata Shoe Museum
Toronto Ward Museum
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Art Galleries:
Art Gallery of Ontario 
Gallery TPW
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
​Koffler Centre of the Arts
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
The Art Gallery of York University
University of Toronto Art Centre

​Heritage Centres:
Evergreen Brick Works
Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum & Arts Centre

​​Historic Homes:
Campbell House Museum
Casa Loma
Gibson House Museum
Montgomery's Inn
Spadina House Museum
Mackenzie House

Forts:
Historic Fort York

Living History Villages:
Black Creek Pioneer Village

Science Centres:
Ontario Science Centre ​



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Ontario Science Centre, Toronto

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