Tom and Barbara of North Wind Heritage Consulting attended the BC Museums Conference in Nanaimo this week. We had a marvelous time with other heritage professionals from across BC. Tom was also lucky enough to receive his Certificate in Museum Studies from the Alberta Museums Association. This certification is designed for emerging heritage professionals andContinue reading “BC Museums Conference and Tom’s Certificate completion.”
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Clio’s Armada: Four York Boats at Fort Edmonton Park
An account of Fort Edmonton Park’s York Boat building program at its fur trade fort replica.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 isContinue reading “New training module: Interpreting Difficult History”
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!Continue reading “Steal this Idea: Whenfinding”
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 theContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: Freedom Schooner Amistad and adding Social Justice to Sail Training”
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. TheContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: 1893 Viking and the Mystique of the Viking Longship”
