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Governance Policy
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This governance policy outlines the principles by which the Simcoe County Museum operates. This resource can be used as an example for structuring governance policy.
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How PIPEDA Applies to Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations
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This resource outlines the specific cases for when the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) applies to charitable and non-profit organizations.
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Ethics Guidelines
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This document looks at how a museum worker/museum, when faced with an ethical dilemma, can resolve it in a balanced manner. The purpose of the guideline is to promote a climate of integrity, assist museum workers and museums with making…
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Not-for-profit Corporation By-laws
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This guide looks at what not-for-profit organizations who want to be, or are incorporated by the NFP Act must know about creating and amending corporation by-laws.
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20 Questions Not-for-profit Organizations Should Ask: Recruiting, Developing, Assessing and Renewing Directors
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This publication offers a practical guide to help Not-for-profit organizations establish processes for director/board recruitment, development, assessment, and renewal.
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Memoranda of Understanding and Formal Agreements
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The ROM’s policy on MOU’s and Formal Agreements covers all binding agreements that commit the institution to significant long‐term actions with regard to its primary activities, including collecting, research, exhibitions, programs, and publications. The purpose of this policy is to…
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ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums
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This code of ethics policy document outlines the minimum standards of ethics that are accepted by the international museum community. The standards are presented as a series of principles supported by guidelines for desirable professional practice.
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Vision, Purpose, & Strategic Objectives
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This governance policy outlines the vision, mission and strategic objectives that guide those who are responsible for any aspect of museum operation, management, or governance of the ROM.
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Checklist for planning inclusive and accessible events
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This checklist aims to assist event organizers in planning events that are inclusive and accessible to people living in poverty and people with lived experience of homelessness.
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Hosting accessible events or meetings
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This guide provides you with information, tips, and several considerations needed for both the planning and execution of an accessible event or meeting.
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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
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The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is the Ontario law of standards that organizations must obey in order to be more accessible to people with disabilities. The goal of this act is for Ontario to be fully accessible…
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UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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This UN declaration outlines the standards that must be followed for the fair treatment and respect of Indigenous peoples.
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Popping Up to an Audience Near You! aMuse: a Pop-up Museum Experience
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This webinar presents pop-up museums, an event started by St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre. Now an annual tradition, aMUSE is a one night only, pop-up museum experience that brings items from the St. Catharines Museum collection out into…
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Reminiscence Programming Part 2
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A continuation of Reminiscence Programming Part 1, this webinar focuses on the Bruce County Reminiscence Theatre Project, a collaboration between the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, and Sheatre, a professional community arts company based near Owen Sound in 2014.…
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Reminiscence Programming Part 1
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This webinar explores how museums can support the cultural and social needs of the aging population. By 2030, one in four people in Canada will be over the age of 65 and the number of seniors living with dementia will…
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LGBTQ Inclusivity in Museums: Resource List
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This list provides LGBTQ inclusivity resources. The resources cover the following topics: museum-specific; Ontario local; general background; LGBTQ youth engagement/inclusion; intersectional inclusion and accessibility; and LGBTQ museum and archives. This list was prepared by the Ontario Museum Association in 2016.
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From Living History to Living the History
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In this webinar Katrina Pyke and Ellen Tayles-Armstrong explore the need for museums to challenge the status quo and adapt to changing visitor expectations and patterns; how to shift a deeply rooted community museum culture; and how to accept that…
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Breaking the Glass Case: Using Film and Virtual Reality in a Small Museum
Andrea Wilson, Craigleith Heritage Depot • Ontario Museum Association • Tom Strnad, Mountain Goat Film CompanySummary
In this webinar, speakers Andrea Wilson of Craigleith Heritage Depot and Tom Strnad of Mountain Goat Film Company share the experience of producing and using traditional and VR films to break down barriers in understanding and to generate new synergies.…
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Practicing Inclusion through Object-Based Learning
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In this talk, Dr. Nicole Ivy; Director of Inclusion American Alliance of Museums, shares about object based learning as a tool of inclusion for museum visitors; especially youth. Dr. Ivy shares examples of what object based learning can look like…
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Rules for a Playful Museum
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This rulebook guides on how to make your museum a more welcoming space for play. This guide explains the concept and importance of a playful museum for adults and children, and allows you to understand which practices possibly support or…
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Education Policy
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This Education policy document outlines the standards and guidelines the ROM follows with their educational activities. This resource can be used as a guide for structuring education policies
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Outcomes-Based Planning & Evaluation Workbook
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This workbook is intended to help museums better meet the Interpretation and Education Standard of the Standards for Community Museums in Ontario. These tools are intended to provide you with a process to plan programs with measurable outcomes and then…
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Insight Communities Tool
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This guide explains the definition of Insight communities and how they can be beneficial to your organization. The guide demonstrates how they can help you understand your stakeholders, community, partners, etc. better.
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Developing Evaluations That Are Used
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This guide outlines how to make an effective evaluation that produces results that interest and engage its target audience.
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Service to People: Challenges and Rewards, How Museums Can Be More Visitor-Centred
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This report explores how museums, large and small, are making service to visitors a central part of their institutions. The report shares stories and examples of various efforts museums have accomplished to improve visitor experience.
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How to Produce Clear Written Materials for a Range of Readers
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This leaflet outlines the principles that will help you to present written texts clearly and taking into account the needs of your readers. For individuals to participate fully in your work, they must be able to read and fully understand…
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Beyond Tokenism: Approaches to Delivering Inclusive Programming
Donna Gabaccia, President and Chair, Toronto Ward Museum • Jade Pichette, Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
In this webinar, presented by the Ontario Museum Association with speakers Donna Gabaccia, former President and Chair of Toronto Ward Museums and Jade Pichette, former Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator of ArQuives (formerly known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay…
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Twitter 101
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In this webinar guest speaker Laura Pearce, then Twitter (now known as X) Canada’s head of marketing, shows you how you can tap into the conversation happening on Twitter every day and engage your audiences – and even have a…
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Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice
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These recorded webinars and sessions were developed to challenge and re-imagine institutional policies and systems that perpetuate oppressions in museums. Topics relate to decolonization, unionization, funding models, and more.
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MASS Action Toolkit
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This toolkit outlines necessary information and concepts for preparing museums to become “sites for social action”. The MASS Action Project (Museums as a Site for Social Action) is rooted in the belief that GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) institutions…
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The Empathetic Museum
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A collaboration between museum professionals dedicated to a more inclusive future for the museum industry. This website includes resources, workshops, and their own Maturity Model – an assessment tool to evaluate an individual/institution’s sense of empathy (available in English, Spanish,…
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LGBTQ2+ Inclusion in Museums Guidelines
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This document shares a series of inclusive strategies to help guide institutions across Canada on how to engage, reflect, and celebrate diverse Canadian communities. This guide discusses gender identity, HR protocol, collections management, exhibitions, education & interpretation, visitor relations, and…
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The Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters and Resources
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The OASLI is a professional association of sign language interpreters across Ontario. Their website provides a directory of interpreters, as well as workshops and resources to educate the public about the field. OASLI members include ASL-English Interpreters, Deaf Interpreters (DI)…
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Accessibility Services Canada Resources Page
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This comprehensive list of resources guides individuals to become more knowledgeable and informed on accessibility. Resources relate to the following: legislation; design best practices; contrast & colour checkers; events, meetings & festivals; technical guides; social media; reports & surveys; built…
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CHS Interpreting Services
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This CHS webpage helps connect institutions and businesses with interpreters that are professionally trained in sign language and knowledgeable in the language and culture of both Deaf and hearing people. They provide communication in American Sign Language (ASL) – English,…
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How to Create a Social Media Plan
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These presentation slides teach you how to improve your museum’s social media presence, figure out which platforms to use and which content you want to share, mesh smoothly exhibit planning and educational programming, and ensure compliance with Ministry Standards.
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Using Data to Build the Case for Equity and Inclusion
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This webinar covers why you should care about data and how to interpret and use data collected. It also introduces the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion’s Diversity Census Tool and Inclusion Survey.
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Steps Towards Reconciliation
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This toolkit provides 4 ways in which your organization can take steps towards reconciliation. Within these 4 steps, the Ontario Museum Association provides further links to resources that can aid in the implementation of the 4 steps towards reconciliation.
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Gender and Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit for Museums, Heritage, and Cultural Institutions
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The main objective of this toolkit is to support museums, galleries and heritage organizations in their journeys to increase 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusivity and representation in an empowering manner, particularly smaller organizations who may not have abundant resources; and to celebrate existing…
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OMA at the Association of African American Museums Conference
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This video highlights the benefits of Ontario museums participating in Black and African museum networks. The delegates outline how the employment of Black museology is integral to a more critical interpretation of the diversity and complexities of Black Canadian and…
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Phase One Report: Rebuilding the Foundation – External review into systemic racism and oppression at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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This report shows the results of an external review into systemic racism and oppression in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights . This report includes interviews of 25 past and current employees as well as written accounts.
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Incluseum
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The Incluseum advances new ways of being a museum through critical dialogue, community building and collaborative practice related to inclusion in museums. The site connects visitors to their blog, publications, tools and resources.
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Thanh Sinden: What Works is Networks: Power to Change – Museum Detox
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This keynote address tackles decolonizing a museum through impacting change towards better diversity and inclusion in the museum sector. We see how Thanh Sinden champions fair representation and inclusion of BAME cultural, intellectual and creative contributions of past and present.…
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The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
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This handbook provides concrete examples of how to make historical work more relevant. It centers on equity, inclusivity, diversity, and public service while offering easily accessible information for historians working in multiple contexts.
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Equity and Inclusion Lens Handbook
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This equity and inclusion toolkit allows you to learn about what equity and inclusion is and how to apply them to your work. Through using this interactive handbook you will consider your diversity, check assumptions, ask about inclusion, and apply…
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Diversity and Inclusion Glossary of Terms
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The glossary, part of the OMA’s Inclusion 2025 project, includes key terms and definitions that relate to the work on equity and inclusion. This list is to provide further support as you continue to explore the wealth of resources on…
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Inclusion 2025: A Practitioner’s Guide to Inclusive Museums
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This toolkit is a collection of tools, guidelines, cases, strategies, and practices that museums can use to increase their capacity and effectiveness in addressing accessibility, diversity, inclusion and equity. This practitioner’s guide was put together by the Ontario Museum Association,…
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Neighbourhood Arts Network Arts & Equity Toolkit
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This toolkit provides practical tools and resources for artists and groups working towards equity in the arts. The Arts & Equity toolkit emerged from the needs and concerns identified by artists working to engage Toronto communities through the arts.
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Obtaining and Using Visitor Feedback
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This document provides guidance on surveying visitors and collecting information from them, through various methods and questions. This resource is beneficial to diversify visitor participation and to deepen the visitor experience.
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Harvard Implicit Association Test
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This test measures the strength of associations between concepts (e.g., race, gender) and evaluations (e.g., good, bad) or stereotypes (e.g., athletic, clumsy). The IAT predicts behavior in areas such as discrimination in hiring and promotion, medical treatment, and decisions related…
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Climate Action for Museums Toolkit
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This Climate Action Toolkit created by Alberta Museums Association and Green Economy Canada provides information tailored to museums on the various steps they can take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and green their operations. The toolkit features climate action…
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Accessibility Plan
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The purpose of this plan is to guide museums towards their goal of providing high quality experiences to visitors of all ages and capabilities. This plan outlines measures to ensure the best possible access to the museum’s exhibits and programs,…
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Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities
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This toolkit was created to help address some of the most common virtual meeting barriers and opportunities. This toolkit provides guidance and tips in the form of tools and technology, to logistics and wise practices.
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Bringing Change Initiatives to Your Organizations: Things to Consider
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List of steps to consider when building the case for change in your museum. Questions address pinpointing the problem/gap in an institution, brainstorming ideas, creating partnerships, resources, and risks.
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The Context Experts
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This guide provides information to increase the authenticity of community engagement and eradicate tokenistic community engagement through the meaningful involvement of context experts. Includes questions for reflection and case studies.
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Index of Community Engagement Techniques
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A comprehensive list of community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting. Techniques include a description, helpful resources, other factors to consider and are organized by level of engagement – inform, consult,…
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Reducing Bias: Museums and the Future of Work
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In this talk, Dr. Nicole Ivy speaks about diversity, inclusivity, and the starring role museums can play in the community. Dr. Ivy is currently an Assistant Professor of American Studies at the George Washington University and is the first Director…
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Engaging your Community: A Toolkit for Museums
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Engaging your Community: A Toolkit for Museums is a process through which individual museums can work with their communities to assess their relevance and create a plan to deepen their relationship with the community, in turn increasing the sustainability of…
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Engaging your Community Case Studies
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In the case study we see how 4 museums created action plans after gaining feedback and strategies from going through the Engaging your Community step-by step process. The museums set desired outcomes, did a self-evaluation and community consultation, and concluded…
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Webinar Recording: Accessibility Planning for Ontario Museums
ArtsBuildOntario • Dr. Elka Weinstein, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport • Mississippi Valley Textile Museum • Ontario Museum AssociationSummary
The panelists of this webinar take you through essential components of best-practice accessibility plans for museums of all sizes, including: elements of an accessibility plan, community, engagement to meet accessibility needs, specific considerations for historic buildings, and existing tools and…