{"id":1780,"date":"2022-06-27T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ansm.ns.ca\/?page_id=1780"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:46:17","slug":"unlocking-community-museum-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ansm.ns.ca\/fr\/unlocking-community-museum-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking Community Museum Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Association of Nova Scotia Museums<\/b><\/h1>\n
<\/b>Unlocking Community Museum Collections\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n


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In 2022, ANSM received a federal grant to develop a digitization strategy for cultural collections. <\/span>Many community museums in Nova Scotia contain objects associated with Nova Scotia\u2019s four founding cultures: Mi\u2019kmaq, African Nova Scotians, Acadians, and Gaels. The management of these objects most often follows historical (colonial) methods, and as a result, disassociates these objects from their cultural context.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANSM’s intent with the Unlocking strategy was to work towards improved and culturally appropriate information on CollectiveAccess, the open-source database used by NovaMuse Co-operative members, as well as 100+ museums across Canada. A digitization strategy would lead to these objects becoming accessible on NovaMuse.ca, ANSM\u2019s collections portal, which would increase cultural groups\u2019 access to these collections.
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\nNine Unlocking sessions were held across the province, which brought museums and cultural communities together to discuss how museums can better serve these communities. However, these conversations extended far beyond digitization and collections, and resulted in many calls to action for ANSM and museums. With help from our community partners, we have distilled key messages and calls to action which highlight the Unlocking work underway with the Acadian, African Nova Scotian, Gaelic and Mi’kmaq communities. Click any of the links below to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Acadian Sessions Recap<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
African NS Sessions Recap<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Gaelic Sessions Recap<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Mi’kmaq Sessions Recap<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Thank you to everyone who participated. After the sessions, ANSM drafted the ReconciliAction plan, which is a living document that gets updated as work is planned and\/or completed. We encourage all ANSM members and other interested parties to read the plan and check back regularly to stay up-to-date on the progress that has been made, and ways to participate in this important work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

ReconciliAction Plan<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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Twice a year, we send out updates to our Unlocking Community to share what we and member museums been working on, and how things are going with the ReconciliAction Plan. Subscribe below to stay in the loop.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Sign up for Unlocking Collections Community updates here<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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