Find below a list of AHNB’s past webinars:
Basic Preservation Best Practices for Small and Community Heritage Institutions
Best Practices: Public Engagement for Today’s Museums
Best Practices: Registration of Museum Collections
Creating a Museum Visitor Experience
Introduction to Google My Business
Making Use of One’s Collection to Create Good Public Programming
Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums
Museums, Heritage and Reconciliation
Preventative Conservation for Museum Collections
RE-ORG: Reorganization of Collection 101 (ICCROM, UNESCO, CCI) Fundamentals
Using Your Museum Collection to Build Specific Programming to Coincide with NB Social Studies
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Moved to Action: Activating UNDRIP in Canadian Museums with Stephanie Danyluk (CMA Senior Manager, Community Engagement and Indigenous Initiatives)
This webinar explores the obstacles and pathways museums face in advancing reconciliation and Indigenous self-determination, introducing new CMA standards from the Moved to Action Report responding to TRC Call to Action #67. It examines museums’ responsibilities under UNDRIP across engagement, collections, governance, and operations, while inviting participants to reflect on their current practices and resource needs. The session also highlights CMA toolkits and resources supporting engagement, governance, and repatriation.
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Basic Preservation Best Practices for Small and Community Heritage Institutions presented by Evelyn Fidler, Assistant Director of Heritage Resources at Kings Landing – March 2023.
Drawing on over thirty-five years of experience in the museum field, this webinar will deal with the topic of preservation. Trusted with our communities past, we are responsible to care for it to the best of our ability. Whether small, medium or large heritage institutions, there are some basic practices and challenges that we all have in common. Topics covered include, Insect Pest Management, handling artifacts, environment, storage, housekeeping, supplies, suppliers, disassociation, resources and policies.
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The Fantastic, Unbelievable, definitely Not-ordinary Tour (The F.U.N. Tour): a participatory programming case study presented by Will Kernohan – February 2023.
Join Will Kernohan, a cultural and heritage program development consultant, as he presents an engaging webinar focused on the techniques and implementation of participatory program development. This webinar will explore the Fantastic, Unbelievable, and definitely Not-ordinary Tour (The F.U.N. Tour) developed for Roosevelt Campobello International Park, and will provide helpful tools and techniques for the implementation of participatory experiences at your historic site.
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Best Practices: Public Engagement for Today’s Museums with Janet Clouston, Manager of Albert County Historical Society and Museum / Marketing and Business Consultant with over 30 years experience – March 2022
Museums are increasingly adopting active, strategic approaches to engage communities, recognizing that passive visitation is no longer sustainable. This webinar explores how museums can use creative programming, outreach, partnerships, and storytelling to make collections more accessible, relevant, and engaging. It focuses on using collections and contextual narratives to strengthen community connection and public engagement.
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Preventative Conservation for Museum Collections with Dee A. Stubbs-Lee, MA, CAPC, Conservator, NB Museum – February 2022
Collections care, involves any actions taken to prevent or delay the deterioration of cultural heritage. Whether through direct work with the collections and/or their environments or by ongoing vigilance, the care of the Museum’s collections is the responsibility of most staff and contractors employed by the Museum. This webinar will provide integrated advice and explanations on the care of specific types of collections as well as basic care guidelines for all collections. Its approach is based on the 10 agents of deterioration, highlighting levels of sensitivity to various risks and different levels of controls.
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Making Use of One’s Collection to Create Good Public Programming with Dr. Dominique Gélinas, Head of Exhibitions & Visitor Experience, NB Museum – January 19, 2022
This webinar emphasizes that museums are about storytelling and shared meaning, not just objects, and explores key challenges such as attracting visitors, standing out from similar institutions, engaging diverse audiences, and adapting to new platforms. It focuses on how thoughtful public programming rooted in exhibitions and collections can enrich visitor experience, broaden audiences, and deepen understanding of museum collections.
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Emergency Preparedness with Melynda Jarratt and Ruth Murgatroyd – March 23, 2021 at 1 pm.
Melynda Jarratt and Ruth Murgatroyd will explore why it is important to have and emergency preparedness plan that is specific to an individual’s museum and what must be included in every emergency preparedness policy. They will also provide the necessary steps to build an emergency preparedness plan and the importance of keeping it up-to-date.
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RE-ORG: Reorganization of Collection 101 (ICCROM, UNESCO, CCI) Fundamentals with Jeanne-Mance Cormier – March 4, 2021 at 6 p.m.
RE-ORG is a step-by-step method for planning and implementing a storage reorganization project that is necessary in most museums. This webinar will provide information on how to successfully reorganize storage space in order to gain more room and provide better protection for the artifacts.
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Using Your Museum Collection to Build Specific Programming to Coincide with NB Social Studies with Cynthia Wallace-Casey – January 20, 2021
This webinar will help bridge the gap between educators and museum experts to benefit young people. Museum experts will learn to work with educators based on the current curricula to excite today’s youth about NB History in order for them to understand and/or connect to their past and their community.
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Best Practices: Registration of Museum Collections with Anja Hamilton, MMSt, Acting Manager, Museum Services, THC – November 17, 2021
Anja is currently looking after the Museum Collection Inventory Program and CollectiveAccess, the Inventory at 5 Provincial Historic Sites, and is in the process of completing a major inventory at Government House in collaboration with the New Brunswick Museum. Her webinar will provide you with the basics for making and maintaining records of your Museum collections, and why the development of policies and procedures for documentation of one’s collection is necessary.
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Hazards in Your Collection with Evelyn Fidler – November 19, 2020
Hazardous materials in your collection are a serious issue but you can protect yourself and your collection by being proactive. This webinar explores some of the various hazards and risks both inherent and acquired. The ability to identify them is important in order to develop a Hazardous Material Maintenance Plan that can be used in your museum.
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Introduction to Google My Business Presented by Bob Dumouchel from the Heritage Branch – 2020
This webinar introduces current business tools with direct applications for museums, focusing on attracting new audiences online. It demonstrates how museums can use Google My Business to increase visibility, strengthen online recognition, and stand out in search results, while also showing how the platform can connect digital audiences to museum collections.
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Building an Exhibition Presented by Anja Hamilton from the Heritage Branch – 2020
This webinar walks through the entire process of creating an exhibition, from developing a compelling theme and designing the floor plan to selecting objects that will have the greatest impact. It also covers important considerations like display case aesthetics, proper and safe lighting, and effective graphic design, as well as strategies for promotion, press releases, and evaluation. Additionally, the session offers practical advice on managing the stress that can come with developing an exhibition.
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Creating a Museum Visitor Experience Presented by Donald Alward from the Westmorland Historical Society – 2020
This webinar provides a guide on how to make the best visitor experience at your institution by providing information on the various types of experiences such as a general visitor experience or hands-on experiences. There are also examples which can help institutions plan and create their own tailored visitor experience based on their collections, exhibits and building.
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Museums, Heritage and Reconciliation Presented by Cynthia Wallace-Casey from the University of Ottawa – 2019
This webinar teaches museums, heritage sites and archives about Reconciliation in an Indigenous context by providing and clarifying related terminology, and by providing ways for institutions to take action to implement reconciliation in their spaces.
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Education Presented by Karen Matheson from Science East – 2017
This webinar teaches us how to turn our institutions into places of education and engagement. The webinar touches on using stories of your site to capitalize engagement , how these stories relate to your own collections but also the educational and museum curriculums, and how to include different formats and items into your programs.
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Organizing Your Records Presented by Raegan Swanson from the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives – 2017
This webinar explains what recordkeeping is. it’s importance, the types of records that museums and other institutions may have, and their life cycle from creation to disposal. The webinar also explains the importance of basic documentation from an administrative and collections standpoint.
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Accessioning Presented by Donald Alward from the Albert County Museum – 2017
This webinar explains what accessioning is to a museum as well as the need for a Collection Management Policy. The webinar also goes into detail of the steps to acquire an object such as an acquisition form, Registration book/accession log, registration date, accession number and more.
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Built Heritage Promotion Presented by Marion Beyea from AHNB – 2016
This webinar is directed towards developing best practices for packaging Built Heritage assist with the objective of promoting them. Topic include: how to plan and deliver an event around Heritage buildings and how to engage with your community.
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Collections Interpretation Presented by Bruce Thomson from the New Brunswick Museum – 2016
This webinar explains what collections interpretation is, the importance of interpreting museum objects and what, how and for whom to interpret objects and how to implement the information gathered.
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Digitization in Museums Presented by Raegan Swanson from the Council of Archives New Brunswick – 2016
This webinar will provide details into the digitization process for museums, the benefits of digitization, how to plan for the digitization process and the standards to implement in your museums.
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Collection Care Presented by Donald Alward from the Albert County Museum – 2015
This webinars provides details on how to care for your collections by knowing what materials you house, deterioration, how to handle objects, object cleaning and proper storage techniques.
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Collections Strategy Presented by Fred White from the Fredericton Region Museum – 2015
This webinar provides a management prospective of collecting objects for the participants use in managing their board and collection of artifacts. Various strategies covered include artifact collecting, collecting from a board’s perspective, control collecting and deaccessioning.
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Special Collections Presented by Ruth Murgatroyd from the Fredericton Region Museum – 2015
This webinar provides information on how to develop special collections with the goal of increasing museum engagement and to use the collections as a marketing tool. The webinar tackles elements such as determining and tracking themes that are represented with your collections, cataloging around those themes and building community awareness.
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We greatly appreciate the funding for our webinars provided by Canadian Heritage for the years. Without their support, we would not be able to provide professional development for our members in this way.
