Tag: Museums
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Training module: Intro to Indigenous Content for Non Indigenous Interpreters
A training module designed for non-Indigenous interpreters who want to feel more comfortable with understanding and sharing Indigenous content.
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Mark Your Calendar: “CITY OF CHAMPIONS: Advocates, Activists, and Change-makers” presented at Fort Edmonton Park’s Capital Theatre, August 9, 2026.
Save the date: August 9 Tom is presenting at Fort Edmonton Park’s Capitol Theatre.
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Steal this Idea: No Drinks Beyond this Point
Steal This Idea is a series of blog posts designed to promote some of the best heritage and museums practices that we observe around the globe.
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In the News: Barbara and the Ethics of Collecting
Barbara and the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at SFU were contacted about a remarkable thrift store find.
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New training module: Interpreting Difficult History
One of our newest modules is also fast proving our most popular. In the past few months, several different museums and historic sites have contracted us to deliver a short session introducing some of the challenges of interpreting complex or difficult history, as well as providing tips and strategies for interpreters doing so. This is…
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Steal this Idea: Whenfinding
This isn’t a new or really different idea, but it’s surprising how many museums don’t do this very well. Simple, clean design and clear calls to action. Give your guests a reason to come back. Also did I just coin “whenfinding?” It must appear somewhere else, right? Got other examples? Put them in the comments!…
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Clio’s Armada: Freedom Schooner Amistad and adding Social Justice to Sail Training
I have covered several replica tallships for this blog already and was looking for something that took a different approach or had a unique take: enter Freedom Schooner Amistad. This two-masted schooner is a replica of La Amistad, the slave ship at the centre of a seminal moment in the history of abolition in the…
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Clio’s Armada: 1893 Viking and the Mystique of the Viking Longship
Tom Long, 2024 I still think I’ve found the earliest modern example of heritage boatbuilding with Napoleon III’s 1863 trireme reconstruction effort, but I was still shocked at the vintage of this 1893 viking longship replica, appropriately called Viking. In 1880, a new archaeological discovery of a longship sparked a great deal of interest. The…
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Clio’s Armada: The Bartolomeu Dias Caravel and Challenging History in South Africa
I’ve been lucky enough to travel widely in my life. This has often contributed heavily to my passions, including history but more specifically museums and heritage watercraft. In 2017, my partner and I visited Mossel Bay in South Africa, home of the historic Post Office Tree and I was delighted to find another replica vessel…
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Steal This idea: Sitting with Meaning
There will be lots of time when visitors need or want to sit in your museum. Or your neighbourhood. Why not make that an experience in and of itself? It can be as complex as building a custom theatre for your exhibition… …or as simple as using the right materials and ensuring those taking a…
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