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WHAT'S NEW AT LORD: NEW PROJECTS, NEW IDEAS

International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries and Museums 2024
Events / November 12, 2024
International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries and Museums

The ATALM conference will take place in Palm Springs from November 12-14. Lord’s Lisa Wright will be attending and would love to connect. Please reach her directly at lwright@lord.ca if you’d like to find some time. 

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Museums Association of the Caribbean
Events / November 12, 2024
Museums Association of the Caribbean

MAC Conference will take place in Panama City from November 12-16.

Make sure to find Lord’s Alexandra Gooding (agooding@lord.ca), a proud MAC Board Member, and Magdiel Espinal (mespinal@lord.ca) at the conference. *All presentations will be simultaneously interpreted in English, French, and Spanish.

Building Bridges: Museums in Cultural Planning

Join us for an interactive exploration of cultural planning trends, highlighting its role in capacity building, advocacy, partnerships, and resource leveraging within a networked ecosystem. Discover how museums can lead in the planning process, harness the advantages of engaging in cultural plans, and enhance their influence by collaborating with fellow cultural entities within their community. 

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Landscape of Nations
Newsletters / September 30, 2024
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day in Canada. It is an opportunity to reflect on the painful history and ongoing impacts of colonialism on Indigenous communities.

Orange Shirt Day is a day to remember the violence and tragedies committed at residential schools for Indigenous children. We honour the children who never returned home, survivors, their families and their communities. 

Go to Orange Shirt Society for ways to learn, advocate, participate and give. You can explore their Reconciliation Hub, offering a selection of educational resources. Visit The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation for year-round resources. Explore the Woodland Cultural Centre’s full day of programming, including a screening of the film Silent No More, Survivor Talk and Q&A and Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) activities including virtual tours of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School.

“At the heart of Truth and Reconciliation is the deep acceptance by settlers of the contributions of Indigenous peoples to our quality of life and history.” — Gail Lord, co-founder of Lord Cultural Resources.

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Tucson Cultural Plan
News / September 20, 2024
Bringing Tucson’s Rich Cultural Heritage to a Global Stage

We’re delighted to announce the release of Tucson’s State of Culture report, the latest milestone in the ¡Somos Uno! endeavor. ¡Somos Uno! is a ground-breaking, visionary initiative launched in 2023 to develop the city’s first-ever Cultural Heritage Strategy. 

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Union Station
News / September 9, 2024
Some recent openings to share

Our team has been busy working on some extraordinary projects that we can’t wait to share with you. In the meantime, we wanted to highlight just a few projects that opened over the last few months and give you a peek inside our work.

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Leadership Announcement
News / May 2, 2024
Gail Lord Announces New Managing Partners

“I am thrilled to announce the expansion of our leadership team and to share that Joy Bailey-Bryant, Dov Goldstein and Javier Jimenez have joined me in leading Lord Cultural Resources."

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WE WORK WITH...

Museums and Galleries

We work with you through visioning, planning, and implementation phases to create new cultural landmarks, weaving presence into the surrounding community.

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Cities and Placemaking

We help cities build cultural spaces that draw on existing strengths and assets, allowing you to develop local geography, architecture, and artistic talent into a cultural tourist destination. 

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Gardens & Parks

Lord Cultural Resources has been a partner in planning and executing many parks and conservancies, botanical gardens, horticultural displays, living collection, and other nature-based cultural initiatives. 

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Heritage and Historic Sites

We approach each heritage and history project with fresh eyes, developing and executing plans that are uniquely tailored to the stories that each site has to tell.

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Science Centres

We help plan and create science museums with unique presence and style. We believe in drawing on local culture and context to provide visitors with meaningful, science-rich experiences that inspire and delight.

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Archives and Libraries

We have extensive experience developing and renewing archives and libraries, transforming them into dynamic, engaging spaces and broadening their potential audiences.

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Expos, Festivals and Events

We help design ground-breaking expositions and festivals that show off a locale’s individual identity and reputation to the world. We can assist with master planning, exhibitions, design, programming, and long-term tourism development.

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Architects, Developers and Designers

When projects involve multiple creative partners, we foster collaboration and synergy to take projects further. One shared success always leads to more.

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Other

Some of our most interesting and exciting jobs don’t fit standard categories. If your vision involves ideas not described on this site, or concepts that nobody has attempted before, we are intrigued! And we want to hear from you. Our experience and discipline, far from limiting a blue-sky project, make it much more likely to succeed.

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

Manual of Museum Management, Third Edition
Manual of Museum Management
Third Edition
Gail Dexter Lord
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New Directions for University Museums
New Directions for University Museums
Brad King
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Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Third Edition
Maria Piacente
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