Virtual Exhibits Investment Program – Program Guidelines- Eligibility

CHIN considers contracts with:

• public, not-for-profit museums¹ that have demonstrated their commitment to work collaboratively with colleagues across the country by becoming Contributing or Basic Members² of the Canadian Heritage Information Network; and
• organizations that have an ongoing role in representing museums or managing several institutions (e.g., provincial museum associations, heritage branches in certain provinces), are associate members of CHIN, and that are making proposals on behalf of multiple museums.

While institutions may submit more than one proposal for consideration in response to a given call for proposals, the VMC does not invest in more than one production at a time from any institution. As well, if an institution is working on a VMC production, new proposals from that institution are ineligible for consideration by the VMC Editorial Board until the production is launched.

Institutions that are recipients of prior investment from CHIN are eligible only if they are in compliance with, and abide by, all terms and conditions, including all reporting requirements, in agreements previously signed with CHIN.

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¹ not-for-profit permanent establishments, exempt from federal and provincial government income taxes, open to the public and administered in the public interest, for the primary purpose of conserving and preserving, studying, interpreting, assembling and exhibiting to the public, for its instruction and enjoyment, objects and specimens of educational and cultural value, including artistic, scientific (whether animate or inanimate), historical, and technological material. Museums thus defined include art galleries, art exhibit centres, botanical gardens, zoological parks, aquaria, planetaria, historical society museums and historical houses, preservation projects, and sites which meet the requirements set forth in the preceding sentence.

² CHIN members are those who have met their contractual obligations, including regularly updating their Museums & Events information.