Useful Links

Yukon Organizations:

• Yukon Museums
• Tourism Industry Association of Yukon
• Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association
• Yukon Native Language Centre
• Yukon Heritage Resources Board
• Klondike Visitors Association
• Yukoninfo.com

Yukon History Sites:

• The Klondike Weekly
• Yukon Genealogy
• Hidden History: Asian History of the Yukon
• Hidden History: Black History of the Yukon
• ExploreNorth

Canadian Museums Associations:

• Canadian Museums Association
• British Columbia Museums Association
• Alberta Museums Association
• Saskatchewan Museums Association
• Association of Manitoba Museums
• Nunavut Heritage Network
• Ontario Museums Association
• Société des musées du Québec
• Museums Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Community Museums Association of Prince Edward Island
• Association Heritage New Brunswick
• Association of Nova Scotia Museums

Yukon and First Nation Government Sites

• Heritage Resources Unit
• Yukon Archives
• Travel Yukon
• Yukon Historic Places
• Cultural Industry Training Fund
• Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Sites

Canadian Sites

• Canadian Conservation Institute
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• Canadian Register of Historic Places
• Canadian Heritage Foundation
• The National Trust for Canada
• ICOM Canada
• ICOMOS Canada

Yukon Incorporated Municipalities

• Village of Haines Junction
• Village of Carmacks
• City of Dawson
• Village of Mayo
• Town of Faro
• City of Whitehorse
• Village of Teslin
• Town of Watson Lake

Yukon Unincorporated Communities

• Beaver Creek
• Burwash Landing
• Carcross
• Destruction Bay
• Ibex Valley
• Marsh Lake
• Mount Lorne
• Old Crow
• Pelly Crossing
• Ross River
• Tagish

Parks Canada

• Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site
• Klondike National Historic Sites
• Kluane National Park
• S.S. Klondike National Historic Site
• Vuntut National Park

Non-Profit Resources

• Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society (Note: Although based in BC, PLEO can assist in finding local information when necessary)

Museum & Heritage Resources

Unesco/ICOM Museum Studies Training Packages

• Running a Museum: A Practical Handbook
• Running a Museum: A Trainer's Manual

Canadian Museums Association

• A Sustainable Development Guide for Canadian Museums

Yukon Department of Tourism & Culture

YG has a number of useful resources for Yukon museums, including instructional guides on pest management, mount-making and caring for moccasins. Click here for more information.

Blogs

• Colleen Dilenschneider's Know Your Own Bone: data for cultural executives
• Bloomerang Blog: insights for non-profits and fundraising

Collections

• New Temperature and Relative Humidity Guidelines Are Now Published
• Care of Colour Photographic Materials
• Closing a Museum for the Winter
• Cleaning Glass and Acrylic Display Cases
• Additional Guidelines for Care of Collections
• AABC Archivist's Toolkit
• Digital History Methods (examples of digital preservation surveys and policies)