Michael Smith,

I have recently been looking for a similar placement(s) with my program
out of the University of Toronto and I would suggest that you first decide
in what department or field in the museum (in general) you wish to work.
As well, you might want to make a short list of your top 3 or 4
institutions and get their contact information using the internet or
resources that must be available within your
department.  Then phone, email or fax the people in charge of the area you
want to specialize or focus on and introduce
yourself, send them a C.V. and whatever else they may ask of you.
I have been doing just that and have found the people I have contacted on
the other end of the line very receptive and helpful.
I believe that our web-site has a listing of museum contacts as well that
my be helpful (www.utoronto.ca/museum) just click on the "Internships"
button.

I hope some of this was useful to you, it worked for me.

Cheers,

John.

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John R. Dalrymple
Museum Studies Department
University of Toronto
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On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Mike Smith wrote:

> I am currently enrolled in the Applied Museum Studies program at Algonquin
> College, Ottawa, Canada. I will be looking for field placement in a U.K.
> museum in November 2000. I would appreciate any information about how I
> should go about contacting the museums etc.
>                                              thanks,
>                                              Michael Smith
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