Museology Resources

Links to Museum Discussion

• Archive of Museum-L (General Museum) Discussion List
• Archive of Musweb-L (Museum Web Technologies) Discussion List
• Archive of Museum Security Network Discussion List
• Archive of ISEN-ASTC-L, a listserv that links informal science educators from around the world (ASTC is the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated
• Archive of ICOM-L, used both for official announcements about, and the general discussion of ICOM (International Council of Museums) activities
• Archive of ICOM-CC, operated by ICOM's International Committee for Conservation
• Google Groups - access to Usenet newsgroups if you
  do not have a news server (eg. Algonquin College)

Links to Other Sites

• Museum Job Resources Online
  Museum employment resources, originally assembled by one of our graduates, Joel Long, and now maintained by the Program.
• Bibliographies for Museum Studies
  A Pilot Project Developed in Partnership with Prof. J. Lynne Teather, Museum Studies Program, University of Toronto
• The Journal on Nordic Museums and Museology Some of the English articles are "under construction" and are inaccessible (Oct, 1999)
• Institute of Art and Law
  contains useful links for Art, Law and Museums
• Museum ethics: Lessons from the Denney Collection
  Case history of how the $5M Denney Loan Collection of Modern Art was removed by means of forged letters from the Dallas Museum of Art and reappeared later in Toulouse
• Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design
• Museums and the Web:
  An International Conference - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 22-25, 1998
• Museum Web Site Guidelines - with an example site
• Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines Addressing accessibility issues on the internet.
• BOBBY Web Site Validator - is YOUR web site accessible?
• Ontario Ministry of Culture
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• The Yukon Historical and Museums Association
• The British Columbia Museums Association
• The Alberta Museums Association
• Museums Association of Saskatchewan
• Association of Manitoba Museums
• Ontario Museum Association
• Société des musées québécois
• The Association Museums New Brunswick
• The Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Canadian Museums Association
• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property
• The Museum Computer Network
• The Museum Security Network
• Museum Documentation Association
• International Council of Museums
• Heritage Preservation (USA)
• The Museums Association (UK)
• American Association of Museums
• American Association For State and Local History (AASLH)
• The National Association For Interpretation
• National Association for Museum Exhibition
• Robert A. Baron;s Web Site "dedicated to issues relating to intellectual property and copyright, to automated museum management techniques, to "monalisiana" and to imaging and image resources for the study and teaching of the history of art"