Research guides: Museum Studies: Community development

Community development

International Movement for a New Museology (MINOM - ICOM)
LISC Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Building sustainable communities (IMLS)
Museums, libraries, and comprehensive initiatives: A first look at emerging experience (IMLS & LISC report)
Community and civic engagement in museum programs (Nina Simon)
The participatory museum (Nina Simon)
Museums as community development (University of North Carolina)
The transformative power of community engagement (Alberta Museum Association keynote address, 2013)
Engaging your community: A toolkit for museums (Ontario Museum Association)
Standards for community museums in Canada (Ontario Government)
Community engagement (Museums Association)
Readings on audience engagement and community involvement (NEMO)
Responsive and accessible: How museums are using research to better engage diverse cultural communities (ASTC)
All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture (NMAI)
LGBTQ heritage theme study (National Park Service)

Finding books and articles in community development and museums

Here are some of recommended subject headings to find books in the U of T Libraries catalogue. Do not include the hypens in the subject headings in your search.

Museums and community
Museums -- Social aspects
Museums and minorities
Community development
Community life
Museums -- Public relations

To find articles on this topic, use similar subject words in the recommended databases.

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