Reports, guidelines and other documents
The CMA has a variety of reports and publications, as well as suggested guidelines for the museum sector.The following are available free for download.
[alphabetical by publication title]
Amazing Small Museums Across Canada: Their Needs and their Visionary Future, by Robin Etherington
Benefits Beyond Fees by Lea Batara (Muse, July/August 2019)
A Blue Shield for the Protection of Our Endangered Cultural Heritage, IFLA-PAC 2003
Beyond Property and Trade: Establishing a Community Loans Program by the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Centre (Muse, January/February 2019)
Canadian Museums Association, 2019 Annual Report
CMA/CAMDO and CARFAC/RAAV RECOMMENDED Exhibition Fee Schedule 2007
CMA Public Opinion Survey on Canadian Attitudes to Museums and Federal Policy
CMA’s Reconciliation Program National Survey Results (Muse, Summer/Été 2020)
Design for All by Madeline Lines (Muse, September/October 2019)
Designing for Specific Audiences: Working with Indigenous Cultures by Bianca Message, President, André & Associates (Muse, July/August 2018)
Digital Engagement Report by Lee Groves Consulting (2021 Digital Engagmement Webinar)
Discussion Paper on Digital Copyright Issues, Copyright Forum 2000
Economic Impact of Culture and Sport in Canada from Stats Can
Getting on the Radar Screen: A Lobbying Primer for Museums, CMA 1999
HUMAN RESOURCES GUIDELINES: HR Toolkit
Impact of the Pandemic, Perspective of the Canadian Museums Association, By Vanda Vitali, Ph.D.
Let There Be Light, by Ernest Wotton
LGBTQ2+ inclusion for Canadian museums
More Than Willing Hands : A Report on Voluntarism at Museums, CMA 2001
Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums, CMA 2022
Museum Innovation for Sustainability by Alex Benay (Muse, March/April 2016)
A museum model to celebrate places, communities and cultures by Molly Kett (Muse, September/October 2016)
Museums and Lockdowns: A few observations based on topical studies by Anik Meunier, Ph.D. (Muse, Winter 2021)
Museums and Photography: Some Observations by Carol Payne (Muse, July/August 2016)
Museums and Refugees: Shining Moment or Missed Opportunity? by Jim Cullen (Muse, November/December 2017)
National Compensation Survey Report 2016 (Canadian Museums Association, 2016)
Navigating Copyright by Alexander Herman (Muse, Winter 2021)
Outaouais: An Overlooked Cultural Frontier by Lucile Godet (Muse, March/April 2019)
Photographic Collections: Salvaging Water Damage by Chloé Lucas, Conservator (Muse, March/April 2018)
Photography with Selfie-sticks: A Safety Concern for some Museums by Robert Foreman (Muse, July/August 2016)
Protecting privacy builds trust, by Anne-Marie Hayden (Muse, November/December 2019)
Roles and Responsibilities of Museum Boards of Trustees, CMA and CAMDO 2004
Study on the Economics of Museums Collections 2013
Survey of Property Tax Treatment to Museums 2014
Task Force Report on Museums and First Peoples. A Report jointly sponsored by the Assembly of First Nations and the Canadian Museums Association, 1992 (Reprinted in 1994).
Value Study of GLAMs In Canada: Report for the Ottawa Declaration Working Group
Virtual Accessibility: Interpreting a virtual reality art history experience for blind and partially-sighted users by Peter Pavement, Director, Surface Impression (Muse, September/October 2018)
Visual Arts Summit 2007 Sommet sur les arts visuels
When Disaster Strikes: Lessons Learned (and survived) by Laura Suchan, Executive Director, Oshawa Museum (Muse, November/December 2018)
Why Design Matters by Sunniva Geuer (Muse, May/June 2019)
Why? People, not Objects, are the Future by John R. Grimes, Executive Director, Mission + Strategic Solutions, Inc. (Muse, March/April 2017)
Young Makers Express Themselves by Carolyn Holmes, Managing Director, Two Rivers Gallery (Muse, May/June 2017)
Unesco/ICOM Museum Studies Training Package:
WIPO Guide on Managing Intellectual Property for Museums
Cultural Diversity Publications
Working With Our Communities - David Goa
Communities and Museums: Building Lasting Relationships - David Goa
The Search for Knowledge: Research as Invitation and Response - Henriette Kelker
The Chinese Community in Markham - Dan Liu and Birgitta MacLeod
Community Mapping and Museums - Sandra Massey
The Ethnographic Gaze - Faith Moosang
Study Circles (Red Deer and District Museum and Archives) - David Ridley
Photography, Sympatheia, and Canada's Visual Heritage - Ronald Silvers
A Museum Vision - Nicole Rouel Weppler and Ronald Silvers