Blog
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Prairie Trails Network Chapbook Initiative
The Prairie Trails Museum Network, a group of museum staff and volunteers from across South West Saskatchewan, undertook an innovative network project in 2018, creating a chapbook that tells stories from the collections and archives of their museums and their local area. Keep reading →
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Beyond “No Food or Drink In the Museum:” Food IN the Museum
While in a perfect world, museums would be able to keep food and drink completely out of the museum, however, with the ever present need to creating funding opportunities (Parties, Fundraisers, Social Events) to support our museums, keeping food and drink out of the museum is no longer a reality. Keep reading →
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Digitization of Video Tapes
Preservation of the information on the video tapes is important and thus migration of the information into a newer more accessible format is key. Keep reading →
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The Future of Museums: Museum Schools
The connection between Museums and Schools Keep reading →
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What is “Universal Design?”
Universal Design is the concept of designing all products and the built environment itself to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life. Keep reading →
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“Found in Collections:” What to do with Artifacts with No or Limited Information
Often when we are conducting inventories and/or looking for artifacts in our storage rooms we come across “Found in Collections artifacts or (FICs). These are artifacts that have missing or no information association with them. We often ask ourselves “Now what?” You have two options: Accession the artifact into the collection or Remove the artifact from the collection. But before we do either option, we must consider the artifact, itself. Keep reading →
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Museum Boards as Advocates
A guide to help your Board of Trustees to start a conservation on your organizations rights to advocate and help your museum to grow. Keep reading →
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Alameda’s Haunted Museum
If you live in or around Alameda, Saskatchewan, chances are you’ve heard ghost stories about the Alameda & District Heritage Museum. Sherlynne Best tells us about the history of the building and some of the tales from around town. Keep reading →
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What to do with Artefacts with Limited Information
“Found in Collections:” What to do with Artefacts with No or Limited Information Keep reading →
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Deaccessioning Artifacts from your Collection
A Museum’s Rights and Deaccessioning the Collection Keep reading →
