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Jim Worton

Jim Worton has been involved in cultural and natural resource management for over 20 years. His childhood enjoyment of the arts and the outdoors has played a significant influence in both his educational and career pursuits in Canada and the U.S. After graduating with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo, Jim followed his interest in park planning by documenting lakeshore environments and their carrying capacity for recreational canoeists in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. During his studies in landscape architecture, he worked as an interpretive naturalist in the Canadian Rockies for Alberta's Kananaskis Country. After graduating with his Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph in 1985, his specialization in interpretive planning and programming led to several management positions overseeing museums and historic sites in western Canada including the Historic Bitumount, Historic Dunvegan, the Provincial Museum of Alberta, Cochrane Ranch, Stephansson House, Barkerville Historic Town, Historic Hat Creek Ranch, Blessings Grave, Richfield Courthouse, Fort McLeod, and Cottonwood House Historic Site. During 1985 to 1988, he was involved in the initial planning and programming for the $9 million Fort McMurray Oil Sands Interpretive Center. As the Area Manager for the $22 million Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Jim was instrumental in guiding this new industrial, automotive, agricultural, and aviation museum from 1989 to 1993. Both of these facilities were part of a system of cultural institutions that were introduced as part of a network of tourism generators for the Province of Alberta. After directing operations at a historic gold rush town in British Columbia during 1994 to 1998, Jim moved to St. Louis, Missouri. In his current position as Cultural Site Manager for St. Louis County Parks, He is the Director for the Museum of Transportation and the Site Director for operations at Laumeier Sculpture Park.