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Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Ryan as we explore the latest MuseNews!
April 2024 News:
BC Sports Hall Of Fame comes alive with immersive digital Indigenous gallery
Grants allows Keremeos’ Grist Mill to hire more summer students - Penticton Western News
Historic Chinese, Canadian Pacific Railway and Klondike collections unite in new UBC museum
Rebuilding starts on Lytton's Chinese History Museum
Royal BC Museum gets $250K donation to digitize Indigenous AV collection - Greater Victoria News
Nanaimo museum looks at Chinese citizens shipped in secret through Canada during First World War
Construction begins on new Vancouver Art Gallery, featuring traditional Coast Salish design
Province to provide $250,000 to help preserve iconic Martin Mars water bomber

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Lorenda and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
 
March 2024 News:
Lantern designed by acclaimed First Nations artist stolen outside Vancouver Art Gallery 
Nanaimo Art Gallery group exhibit considers the importance of storytelling 
Exhibition at Kelowna Art Gallery aims to push boundaries of how art is viewed - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
VIDEO: Personal connections help B.C. museum Lancaster restoration soar - Goldstream News Gazette 
Kelowna museum trots out old fashions for new show | News | kelownadailycourier.ca 
Summerland museum moves their extensive artifact collection online - Penticton News - Castanet.net 
Vancouver's Science World closed Monday due to fire | CBC News 
Royal BC Museum announces the name of new major second campus | Urbanized
To submit your Muse News or Whoo’s News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca

This episode was converted from a recorded webinar. 
Wednesday, January 24th, 202412:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
Since 2020, we have globally seen a rise in remote and hybrid work, but as we return to a “new normal,” many workplaces are abandoning these models. However, many museums, galleries, and heritage sites have limited workspace, equipment, accessibility, and funding obligations that make the idea of hiring a remote or hybrid employee simultaneously intriguing and complicated.  
On January 24, join Tammy Bradford for a webinar on the ins and outs of embracing work-from-home and hybrid positions in your workplace. Tammy will discuss the Creston Museum’s process of creating hybrid positions, the multifaceted benefits of work-from-home positions for both employers and employees and some specific objections and hesitations that the Creston Museum has had to address in their process.

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Ryan and Leia as we explore the latest MuseNews!
February 2024 news:
New Indigenous heist movie focuses on repatriation of belongings
Executive director for Revelstoke Railway Museum to retire
No return date set for Vancouver Public Library's Inspiration Pass
Exploration Place announces retirement of CEO Tracy Calogheros
Quilt made by over 300 Canadian, African grandmas coming to Nelson
Sidney Museum puts on block party with Lego exhibit
 
To submit your Muse News or Whoo's News, email bmca@museum.bc.ca
 

Welcome to MuseNews, the BCMA’s monthly museum sector news podcast. Each month we recap some of the latest news, happenings, and announcements from museums, galleries, and heritage organizations across BC and beyond. Join Leia, Ryan, and Lorenda as we explore the latest MuseNews!
 
Stories for the month of January 2024:
A tangled mess: Canadian forgery scandal comes into full public view
Seismic upgrades at UBC Museum of Anthropology Great Hall to wrap up in June 2024 — Stir
Cost of living and inflation are key concerns as GVPTA releases 2023 B.C. Arts, Culture, & Heritage Sector Insights Report — Stir
KPU Richmond students breathe new life into donated wood for museum display
A 112-year-old train is still chugging in Prince George, B.C., but budget concerns could take it off the rails | CBC News
Coast Salish knowledge helps researchers deepen study of 160-year-old pelt from now extinct woolly dog - Windspeaker.com
Royal BC Museum offers free tickets to low-income members of city program

Join our host Lorenda for a conversation about the new Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary. Established with the support of Dr. Lisa McIntosh in 2023, this bursary encourages the pursuit of excellence in education within the museum, gallery, and heritage sector. The Inspiring Museum Educators Bursary provides up to $2,000 for staff or volunteers of BC Museums Association’s Institutional or Individual Members, to engage in an educational opportunity (course, seminar, workshop, or conference) that supports the development of new skills, innovative approaches and novel ways of thinking about teaching and learning in informal settings.
 
Suggested opportunities: 
University of British Columbia’s Master of Museum Education Program
University of Victoria’s Culture Resource Management Program
University of Victoria’s Visitor and Community Engagement Certificate 
Visitor Studies Association Conference
Athabasca University – Advanced Issues in Interpretive Programming
Canadian Evaluation Society’s Essential Skills Series 
Interpretation Canada Online Conference 
Canadian Association of Science Communicators Workshops and Conference