Spring 2022
Muse Magazine
Reflected in this year’s conference theme: Dismantling Foundations to Build a Better Tomorrow, this issue explores issues of diversity, inclusion and where the museum sector is heading next.
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A Message from the President of the Board
It has been an honour to serve as your president for this last year, and to work with the dedicated volunteer board members, with Massimo, and the CMA staff. ...
A Message from the Executive Director
Those of us in Canada’s museums sector work every day to help enhance the value of museums to society, including to preserving, expanding and interpreting society’s cultural heritage. ...
In the Spotlight
Read about some of the latest developments in the museum sector.
Reconciliation Update
As artist Adrian Stimson said in the interview for this issue of Muse, “Reconciliation needs to be re-invented as it moves along.” hrough our engagement sessions with Indigenous partners and museums, ...
50 years of National Museum Policy
A new National Museum Policy must be about more than just money, says Canadian Museums Association executive director and CEO Massimo Bergamini. ...
History Unfolded: Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios
The Textile Museum of Canada’s Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios is a one-of-a-kind exhibition of screen-printed textiles produced by Inuit artists and printmakers in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), ...
Culture for All: A new museum is born in North Vancouver
Opening a new museum is no small feat, especially in the middle of a global pandemic, and that is exactly what the staff and volunteers at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver accomplished last December. ...
Adrian Stimson, Maanipokaa’iin, countering Colonialism, contemplating Reconciliation
On April 2, Remai Modern opened Maanipokaa’iini, the first-ever survey of the work of Siksika Nation artist Adrian Stimson. Maanipokaa’iini means newborn bison in Siksikáí’powahsin, the Blackfoot language. ...
Towards Transgender Museologies
When Alexander Lussenhop, who works at the Museum of Science in Boston, came out publicly as a trans man at work back in 2015, there was, at the time, no handbook. He did not have any resources to help him explain, ...
The Science of Great Exhibit Lighting: Colour and Quality
Colour is not a constant. Light and the colour that is reflected to our eyes can change and adjust. Affected by the environment, the time of day as well as our own capacity to perceive. ...
Have you heard about Young Canada Works?
One of the weaknesses of the Young Canada Works (YCW) program is that not enough eligible youth are aware that it exists or of its benefits. Over the past two years, ...
Wlasichuk Family Keptar Vest, c. 1890s
This was Partyn Wlasichuk’s embroidered sheepskin vest, or keptar. It was later passed down to his son George Wlasichuk and is now an artifact in the Western Development ...