Basic Museum Training Certificate

Offered:          Year Round, Call to schedule
Duration:         The course typically takes 3 months to complete
Instructor: Lesley Caseley, Director / Training Coordinator

Fee: Members - $60
        Non-members - $100

(Training CD or on-line access bought separately for $ 65.00)

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The CMAPEI Basic Museum Training Program offers volunteers and museum workers a course of study to learn the basic skills and concepts associated with operating a museum through distance training in the following modules:

    1.      Collections Management
    2.      Conservation and Preservation
    3.      Research
    4.      Exhibit Development
    5.      Interpretation and Education
    6.      Customer Service / Public Relations

The Course utilizes the CMAPEI's Bare Essentials of Museums: An Introduction to Museum Work. Training CD. This CD was created to provide volunteers and museum workers with an easily accessible guide and training tool.

The Bare Essentials of Museums is available both as a training CD and on-line. through our museum store. The fee for the Bare essentials is $ 100 for non-members and $ 60 for members.

The student will complete an assignment for each of the 6 modules and them a final assignment which incorporates knowledge from all 6 modules.

Once completed the student will receive The CMAPEI Basic Training Certificate - Level 1.

Once a Member has completed the Basic Museum Training Program, they are then eligible to participate in further Certificate training such as the Advanced Target Museum Training Programs.

To Enroll for the Program:

If you are interested in participating in the Basic Museum Training Course you can sign up by emailing us at info@museumspei.ca or calling us at or 902-892-8837.