We can't believe we're half-way through 2022! We thank all of our members and partners for their support!
With many scheduled activities and a return to in-person events and fundraisers across Ontario museums, galleries and historic sites, we wish everyone a safe and enjoyable long-weekend! We look forward to engaging with you as 2022 continues!
As museum professionals we are entrusted with the role of helping our communities to connect to our histories. This year, let us continue our efforts to explore the totality of those histories. Let this July 1st be one of reflection, when we hold space for grief and rage and joy and hope, and we consider how to live out our ideals so that our work as museum professionals is ever more nuanced, inclusive, respectful, and complex. |
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Minister Rodriguez announces details of the Canada Arts and Culture Recovery Program
Recovery Fund for Heritage Organizations — MAP
The Government of Canada is investing $50 million in 2022-2023 to provide additional targeted support measure to compensate Canadian arts, culture, and heritage organizations for revenue losses due to public health restrictions and capacity limits, and the hesitancy of audiences to return to in-person activities due to COVID-19. Application deadline is August 2, 2022.
Read more HERE.
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August 2, 2022: Museums Assistance Program - Recovery Fund for Heritage Organizations, Canadian Heritage
August 3, 2022: Capital Grants, Ontario Trillium Foundation
August 31, 2022: Museums Assistance Program - Canada-France Agreement, Canadian Heritage
August 31, 2022: Ontario Grant to Support Anti-Hate Security Measures for Faith-Based and Cultural Organizations, Ontario Government
September 1, 2022: Museums Assistance Program - Digital Access to Heritage, Canadian Heritage
September 15, 2022: Canada History Fund, Canadian Heritage
October 15, 2022: Local Festivals - Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage, Canadian Heritage
December 7, 2022: Resilient Communities Fund, Ontario Trillium Foundation
Learn about ongoing funding opportunities HERE.
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OTF Capital grant
Deadline: August 3, 2022
Capital grants provide funding over one year (min. $10,000 to max. $150,000) to help organizations respond to the capital needs of Ontario’s communities by improving the infrastructure Ontarians need to thrive. Applications open July 6, 2022.
Read more HERE.
Attend a webinar HERE.
Book a 15-minute coaching call HERE.
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Canada-France Agreement - MAP
Department of Canadian Heritage
Deadline: August 31, 2022
Canada-France Agreement provides funding for joint missions between French and Canadian heritage organizations, to create ties and enhance competencies of museum professionals. Partnerships may relate to research on development and diversification of audiences.
Read more HERE.
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Digital Access to Heritage - MAP
Department of Canadian Heritage
Deadline: September 1, 2022
The Digital Access to Heritage component of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides funding to heritage organizations to digitize collections, develop digital content and build their capacity in these areas. Projects must be completed by March 31, 2024.
Read more HERE.
Read the Application Guidelines HERE.
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Niagara Parks Power Station attraction offers tourists never-before-seen views of
Niagara Falls
Starting July 1st, visitors to Niagara Parks Power Station will be able to experience Niagara Falls in a whole new way. The experience offers visitors a 670-metre-long journey through the tunnel leading to the portal where the water exited back into Niagara River. There, a viewing platform has been constructed, extending out into the river to provide never-before-seen panoramic views of Niagara Falls and the lower Niagara Gorge.
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Royal Ontario Museum announces
$50-million gift
The ROM has announced a $50-million cash gift from the Hennick Family Foundation, the biggest cash donation in its history. The donation comes on the heels of the museum announcing its major new revisioning and branding strategy just weeks ago.
“We cannot think of a better way to support the revitalization of civic life in Toronto and Ontario than to support the Royal Ontario Museum’s new vision, which promises to transform iconic spaces and the way we experience art, culture and nature for generations to come,” said Barbara and Jay Hennick in a statement.
Read more HERE.
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OMA Webinar Recordings Now Available
From Living History to Living the History
Held on February 1, 2022
Speakers: Katrina Pyke and Ellen Tayles-Armstrong from Pickering Museum Village, and Wendy Rowney from Black Creek Pioneer Village
Part of the Small Bytes: Supporting Digitization in Ontario’s Smaller and Rural Museums initiative:
The Digital Strategy - Intention through Application
Held on April 29, 2022
Speakers: digital media expert, Corey Timpson and Mary-Katherine Whelan from Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Virtual School Programming - Decision Making for Small Museums
Held on May 25, 2022
Speakers: Christina Sydorko from Oil Museum of Canada, Karen Taylor from the Canadian Canoe Museum, and Michael Furdyk from Connected North
Asynchronous Virtual School Programming Workshop
Held on June 8, 2022
Speaker: Christina Sydorko from Oil Museum of Canada
Synchronous Virtual School Programming Workshop
Held on June 15, 2022
Speaker: Christina Sydorko from Oil Museum of Canada
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Small Bytes: Supporting Digitization in Ontario’s Smaller and Rural Museums is an initiative of the Ontario Museum Association (OMA) funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage. With this initiative, the Ontario Museum Association will provide accessible, high-quality online training opportunities to build the digital capacity and skills of Ontario’s smaller and rural museums, to increase accessibility to their collections through digital initiatives. Find out more about the initiative HERE.
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#OMAConf2022 Registration Open
Register now and save!
2022 is the Ontario Museum Association’s 50th Anniversary, and we are so thrilled to welcome members back to both an in-person and online conference this year!
This year’s theme is Changing Directions: Practice over Permanence. This theme embodies the changing nature of museums and focuses on what museums are currently doing, rather than what they might do in the future.
Join us in-person!
Monday, November 7, 2022
Hamilton Convention Centre
1 Summers Lane
Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y2
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Local Hamilton activities and planned Study Tours - separate registration required, stay tuned!
Join us online!
Monday, November 7, 2022 – select sessions will be live-streamed
Monday, November 21, 2022 – interactive online sessions
Learn about early-bird rates!
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Fully Subsidized RegistrationsThe OMA provides limited subsidized in-person and online conference registrations. Subsidies will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Learn more HERE.Book Your Accommodation for the In-person ConferenceSheraton Hamilton Hotel 116 King Street West Hamilton, ON L8P 4V3 Book early to secure your room at the special OMA rate. Learn more HERE.Tradeshow and PartnershipIn-person tradeshow is back in Hamilton on Monday, November 7, 2022!Showcase your products to an engaged audience of current and future leaders in the museum field by partnering with the only conference dedicated to Ontario museums. Contact membership@museumsontario.ca to discuss your OMA tradeshow partnership package.
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Contribute to Member News!
ONmuseums is published every Thursday morning and we are happy to feature member news and events:
- We collect content from the Discover Ontario Museums website "What's On" section. OMA Members simply have to update their museum listing to be featured in ONmuseums.
- Not sure of how to update your listing? Click here to learn how to maximize your museum listing page
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2022 is the Ontario Museum Association’s 50th Anniversary! We celebrate the institutions and thousands of museum, gallery and heritage sector staff and volunteers whose skills, passion and commitment advance a strong museum sector for Ontario.
Thank you!
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Support Ontario’s Museums: Donate Now!
As museums across Ontario face the challenges of reopening safely and renewing relationships with your communities, the OMA is here for you. The OMA successfully advocated for federal emergency support funding through the Museums Assistance Program, the early and streamlined release of Community Museum Operating Grant (CMOG) funds in 2020 and 2021, and for an additional $2 million to support digital activities during pandemic closures. Your support, participation, and membership make our work possible.
Representing the interests of over 700 museums, galleries, and heritage sites across the province, the OMA offers regular webinars and professional development opportunities and resources for pandemic recovery. An OMA membership connects you with our network of over 1000 members, provides you with the tools and resources that support your professional practice, and keeps you informed of breaking news about funding opportunities and policy changes via the ONmuseums weekly newsletter and timely eNews alerts.
If you are already an OMA member, thank you! Please renew your membership when you receive an email reminder.
If you are not yet a member, please consider an individual, institutional, or commercial membership for yourself, your colleagues, or your institution. You can find information about member categories and benefits on our website.
You can make a donation to the OMA on our website or through Canada Helps. Every contribution adds to the collective strength of our sector. You can help us build a more resilient museum sector. Thank you for your support! |
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| As an organization of provincial scope, the Ontario Museum Association recognizes that its members and community live and work on the lands and territories of Indigenous peoples. Toronto, where the OMA offices are located, is the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Haudenosaunee and the Huron Wendat. We wish to express our gratitude for the resources we are using and pay respect to the rich and ongoing Indigenous history of what is now Ontario and Canada. |
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