ONmuseums: OMA Webinar Caring for Heritage Collections

Cultural heritage institutions are coping with many challenges as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. While collections are not directly at risk, the pandemic complicates their care. In this webinar, Irene Karsten will share information and recommendations compiled by the Canadian Conservation Institute to help those responsible for heritage collections. Questions about collections contamination, disinfection of museum spaces, and risks to collections during long-term shut down will be addressed, based on the evolving collective knowledge of the public health and infectious disease research communities merged with what we know about keeping collections safe.

Register HERE.
Questions? Email pd@museumsontario.ca

COVID-19 Resources

As the landscape shifts daily during the COVID-19 pandemic, the OMA is committed to providing information to support Ontario’s museums and museum workers to weather this crisis and recover well once the threat has passed.

We have created a webpage dedicated to COVID-19 Resources that will be updated as new information and resources become available.

The OMA has a dedicated webpage of resources, events, and information HERE. 

NEW RESOURCES:

From Imagine Canada: Chart of Federal Government Covid-19 Measures – Implications for Sector Organizations HERE
-quick and easy information and links to all currently-identified measures

From Young Associates, "How-To"s for Accessing COVID-19 Government Relief Programs

• How to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit
• Setting up Direct Deposit with the CRA
• How to Set Up Your Nonprofit’s Access to CRA Through Represent A Client

OMA's Advocacy Response to COVID-19

• April 8, 2020 - The OMA's COVID-19 Impact Survey collected essential information from March 20 to April 1 on the effects of the global pandemic, presenting a snapshot in time
  • A Message from OMA Executive Director Marie Lalonde
  • Survey Key Findings
  • Survey Infographic

Government of Canada:

• Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan

Digital Outreach During Closures:

• Cuseum
  • WEBINAR: How to Craft Meaningful and Mindful Digital Content in the Age of Coronavirus

COVID Resources and Responses from Other Associations

• International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) - Heritage in Times of COVID

Supporting Volunteers

• Volunteer Canada
  • COVID-19 and Volunteer Involving Organizations
  • How to Celebrate National Volunteer Week Virtually

On the 1-hour round-table discussion, nonprofit sector industry leaders and experts will discuss resources available to organizations at this time and how nonprofits can respond to the COVID-19 situation to emerge stronger and more prepared than ever.

Register HERE.

Art in the Time of COVID-19 is a panel discussion that explores how we value art and artists during a time of crisis. Even though many artists are increasingly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re finding new and innovative ways to share their work for our collective well-being.

Join us and our stellar panel of arts innovators as we reflect on the intersectional vulnerabilities presented by COVID-19, and what our engagement with the arts during this time can tell us about the value of arts and culture in our society.

Register HERE.

The CMA is proud to offer Museums Together, a free, one-day, virtual event to discuss some of the key issues facing Canada’s museums today.

Please mark your calendar and join the CMA and partners on April 16^th starting at 11 a.m. ET for a variety of stimulating sessions covering key issues for museums today and in the future

All sessions will be streamed, with speakers joining via webcam, and they will be offered in both official languages.

No registration is required for the public portion of the event. Just add it to your calendar and bookmark this page. The sessions will be available via a link on the webpage.

This webinar, held on April 10, 2020, in collaboration with ICOM, gathered representatives of the museum community, local and national governments to review: - The short and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on museums - The innovative solutions put in place by museums across countries - The policy supports put in place by national and local governments to alleviate the short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 crisis on museums and their broader ecosystems.

Featured Nathalie Bondil, Director General & Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. 

Watch the recording HERE.

The Future of Financial Sustainability
By exploring past disruptions in museums’ traditional business models and sharing some of the emerging practices for financial health, TrendsWatch: The Future of Financial Sustainability is intended to provoke honest discussion and swift action designed to help secure museums’ financial futures.
Read more HERE.

#TrendsWatch 2020
April 16, 2020. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Join us for a tweet chat using #TrendsWatch2020 about insights and how to use them for short-term strategies in the coming year. Hosts include Rebekah Beaulieu, Director, Florence Griswold Museum and Elizabeth Merritt, VP Strategic Foresight, American Alliance of Museums.
More information HERE.

As museums continue to prolong their physical closures due to coronavirus, membership and development professionals are encountering new challenges. Now that in-person visits and special exhibition tickets can no longer serve as a primary benefit to members, how do membership professionals expand, augment and/or transform the member experience?

Watch the recording HERE.

The National Trust Awards honour contributions to community, identity, and sense of place. We’re looking for transformational projects, inspiring communities, and resilient historic places – whether they are landscapes, structures, complexes, districts, First Nations reserves and communities, towns or cities. Our Awards are open to not-for-profits and charities, private enterprises, and governments, including municipalities and First Nations governments – anyone who is bringing historic places to life in ways that benefit people and communities. 

Read more HERE.