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The Virtual Museum of Canada Investment Program

Megan Richardson, VMC Director

Panel 4: Other Documentary Heritage Funding Programs

Documentary Heritage Communities Program Seminar

Ottawa, 6 November 2018

3-Step Renewal

1. Business transformation

2. GMS selection

3. Branding and website

• public or private

• not-for-profit

• permanent building open to the public

• administered in public interest for collecting, preserving,

documenting, interpreting, exhibiting and disseminating

physical collections and/or intangible cultural heritage

• museum, art gallery, exhibition centre, cultural centre,

botanical garden, zoo, aquarium, planetarium, historical

society, historic house, library, archives, preservation project

or site, professional cultural association or group, or other

Eligibility

Product Types

• Bilingual

• Technical specifications (accessibility)

• Complete online experience

• 4 categories:

− virtual exhibit

− virtual tour

− interactive resource

− educational resource

• annual calls

• email list: vmc.historymuseum.ca

• guidelines & help

vmc.proposal@historymuseum.ca

infovmc@historymuseum.ca

• proposal form, budget, production schedule, letters

• quick pitch

• program officer

• Quality Assurance reviews

Calls for Proposals

Thank you!

megan.richardson@historymuseum.ca

megan.richardson@museedelhistoire.ca

virtualmuseum.ca vmc.historymuseum.ca

museevirtuel.ca mvc.museedelhistoire.ca

/virtualmuseumofcanada

/museevirtuelducanada

@VirtualMusCan

@MusVirtuelCan