Thank you to the following winning Silent Auction bidders for helping the OMA raise over $2,100! Andrea Miller Anita Brunet-Lamarche Anne M Unyi Annemarie Hagan Catherine Richards Cathy Blackbourn Dan Larocque Dany Vallerand Helen Booth Jon Linton Kate Oxley Katherine McCracken Kathleen Powell Laura Suchan Marie Lalonde Melissa Shaw Mike Steinhauer Paul Hayward Pierre Bois Rhiannon Myers Yasmine...

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 Social Media and Your Museum - CHIN Workshop - Power Point Slides THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 10:30 - 11:45am CONCURRENT SESSIONS Envisioning a Future Museum Community; The Town of Markham Experience Support for Culture: Engaging your Community 1812 History – A Digital Partnership 2:00 - 3:15pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Facing the Accessibility Challenge...

Click here to read the Media Release [PDF] Congratulations to the 2010 OMA Awards of Excellence recipients! Dave Benson Award of Excellence for Lifetime Achievement Dave Benson, Heritage Coordinator for Chatham-Kent, was nominated by his staff for his exceptional leadership skills and his support of the preservation and presentation of heritage beyond his role with the Chatham-Kent Museum. During...

The Ontario Museum Association Council and sector representatives returned to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on October 5th, 2010 for the second Ontario Museums at Queen's Park event. In total, 44 meetings took place over the course of the day, with another 5 taking place later in October and November. Promoting our Sector Legislative Assembly of Ontario - October 5, 2010 For high resolution...

Come Go With Me: Visitors as Agents of Change Watch Nina Simon's closing keynote address delivered at the 2010 OMA Annual Conference in Toronto, Ontario. Nina Simon is an independent exhibit designer who has been described as a “museum visionary” by Smithsonian Magazine. She is the principal of Museum 2.0, a design firm that works with cultural institutions worldwide on innovative projects that...

Kicking off the Conference Royal Ontario Museum - October 6, 2010 The Royal Ontario Museum - OMA Opening Reception hosts. Keynote Sessions - Inspiring Delegates Delta Chelsea - October 7-8, 2010 Conference in Session (On site and Online) Delta Chelsea - October 7-8, 2010 Around the Table Delta Chelsea - October 7, 2010 Celebrating Accomplishments at the OMA Awards Banquet Delta Chelsea - October...

The OMA and Conference Committees wish to thank delegates for making the 2010 Annual Conference a great success! Over 200 museum and heritage workers, students, volunteers and sector stakeholders gathered in Toronto to learn from colleagues and to share experiences. Click the links below to access session related materials, photo albums, Nina Simon's closing address and much more! - Conference...