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Your external brain for everything to do with BC’s Museums, Galleries and Heritage Organizations.
Repatriation Call to Action
The BCMA calls upon all publicly-funded institutions to repatriate ancestral human remains and burial items.
Tools and Resources
BCMA Holiday Gift Guide 2021
Explore unique gift ideas from your favourite local museums, galleries, and cultural organizations!
BCMA Student Position - Development Assistant
Join the BCMA as our new Development Assistant! Apply by December 3, 2021
150 Time Immemorial Grant Program
The 150 Time Immemorial grant program aims to advance reconciliation and learning; promote a diverse and inclusive society including honouring underrepresented and marginalized communities in our history (Indigenous people, black people, and people of color (IBPOC), members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, people with disabilities, and women), and support resiliency into the next 150 years.
Emergency Preparedness Resources for Floods and Water Damage
An atmospheric river is causing extreme rain, flooding, and even landslides in several regions of British Columbia. If you are worried about how this extreme weather will impact your museum or community, the BCMA has compiled a list of helpful resources below.
BCMA Climate Action Podcast Series EP04: BC HERN (part-two, Salvage Trip to Lytton, BC)
In this fourth episode of our #CALM series, we speak with Tara Fraser (Vancouver Art Gallery) and Heidi Swierenga (Museum of Anthropology at UBC), two members of the BC Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN) steering committee. Tara, Heidi, and volunteers from BC HERN were able to go to Lytton BC in October to assist with the salvage and recovery of items from the Lytton Chinese History Museum and the Lytton Museum & Archives.
Governance Challenges and Opportunities in B.C.’s Small to Medium Non-profit Museums
A conversation with past and present Executive Directors about what needs to change and how to change it
Not just for museums
We embrace a broad and inclusive definition of museums as institutions created in the public interest that engage visitors, foster deeper understanding and promote the enjoyment and sharing of authentic cultural and natural heritage.
Agent of Deterioration: Water
This resource identifies the major issues with incidents that cause water damage in collections and provides strategies to prevent or minimize any occurrence.
IBPOC Museum Professionals Network
Responding to the immediate needs identified by racially marginalized museum workers, the IBPOC Network hopes to provide targeted support for IBPOC and equity-seeking members of our community through workshops, webinars, networking, and resource development.
Discover Something New!
Not sure what you’re looking for? The BCMA Brain has hundreds of resources ready to be discovered. Try one of these randomly generated resources!
Stay in the loop!
The BCMA Listserv provides a forum for members and non-members to discuss issues, post job opportunities and share news through this monitored mailing list.
