Annual Report April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Annual Report April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Vision Promoting excellence Preserving and presenting cultural and natural heritage

Mission Innovative training Advocacy and responsive leadership Resources

Core Values Accessibility Table of Contents Respect for diversity AMM Supporters, Council, Staff ...... 1 Innovation Leadership Messages ...... 2 Integrity Financial Highlights ...... 3 Responsive Leadership & Advocacy ...... Lifelong learning 4 Innovative Training...... 5 Pride and Professionalism Promoting Excellence ...... 5 Cultural Stewardship Program ...... 6 Collections Management Database ...... 6 Promotion of Museums ...... 7 Resources ...... 7 Our Members ...... 8 Member Reports ...... 11 In Memoriam ...... 16 Audited Financial Statements ...... 17 AMM Supporters | Council | Staff

Supporters Barry Dyck Murray McKenzie Stephanie Frazer Thomas McLeod Province of Sport, Culture and Heritage Leona Herzog Mennonite Heritage Village Ivan Franko Museum New Iceland Heritage Museum Government of Canadian Heritage Seana Jones Tom Nickle Museums Assistance Program Sharain Jones Noventis Credit Union Young Canada Works Matthew Komus Interpretive Centre The Foundation Bob Laidler Doreen & R.S. Oliver Donors Doris Lemoine Leslie Poulin Maralyn MacKay-Hussein 38 Service Battalion Combat Service Prairie Theatre Exchange Support Museum Manitoba Centennial Centre Pierrette Boily Corporation Andrea Reichert Manitoba Children's Museum Lorne Roder Monique Brandt Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library Bridgeport Office Solutions Jo Bunka Manitoba Electrical Museum & Kelsey Smith Education Centre Beryth Strong Canadian Museum for Human Rights Manitoba Museum Tolstoi Heritage Centre Kathleen Christensen Manitoba Transit Heritage Association Costume Museum of Canada Travel Manitoba Dave McDowell Jane Dalley Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival David McInnes Historical Society Jo-Anne Drewniak

Council | Executive

Executive Councilors Central Region: Leslie Poulin President: Randy James (effective 9/21/19) Thomas McLeod (to 9/21/19) Eastern Region: Barry Dyck Vice-President: Kelsey Smith (effective 9/21/19) : Julianna Roberts Randy James (to 9/21/19) Northern Region: Thomas Heine Secretary: Alanna Horejda Parklands Region: Theresa Marie Deyholos Treasurer: Pam McKenzie Western Region: Rhonda Hinther Past-President: Thomas McLeod (effective 9/21/19) Winnipeg Region: Davide Montebruno (effective 9/21/19) Kathleen Christensen (to 9/21/19) Eric Napier Strong (to 9/21/19)

AMM Staff Executive Director: Monique Brandt Training/Communications Coordinator: Beryth Strong Database Intern: Kiersten McLeod Cultural Stewardship Program Conservator: Jane Dalley

AMM Annual Report 1 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Leadership Messages Randy James, years, and others for a short time, but sessions and other steps to the everyone seemed to be trying to planning. Council President ensure the organization’s continuing success. And then I got to know the We continued to plan the 2020 Trivia I would like to staff and heartbeat of the organization Night, only to be stopped by COVID- begin by (Monique, Beryth, and Kierston), and 19. At the end of March many things thanking all the they seemed to have a lot of patience seemed to grind to a halt and our Trivia members and with me as I found my way. night was no exception. We’re hoping council for we can hold it later this fall. When I became President, I did have endorsing me for My other thought was more of a the position of some thoughts regarding the organization and its progress. In the personal venture. I wanted to travel the President of the province this year and visit all the Association of last couple years, changes had been made that affected the potential member museums in the province. I Manitoba have come to appreciate the Museums. operation of the AMM. One such example is the Province’s Heritage enthusiasm of everyone I have met at I reached out to the organization to Trust Program; an endowment fund all the museums. As a result of the complete the Certificate Program in which will generate money on an pandemic, this will have to be put off Museum Practice. As I attended annual basis. until the province gets COVID under classes, I became very impressed by control. Another thought was Strategic the others at the class. Everyone As we move forward, there is no vision seemed to represent their museum Planning for the next 5 years. The council gathered at the Norwood Hotel, of what we will have as we come out of well and they were very professional in this, but I have little hesitation in saying their dealings with others. and with Kevin Freedman (The Governance Guru) as our facilitator, an that with the Staff, Council and About a year after, I was invited to join excellent interaction took place. All Members, I am sure we can all get the council. The council was very members of the council appeared through this together. If you need a impressive as some had been there for involved and looking forward to further hand with something, or just want advice, please give us a call.

Monique Brandt, packing up our offices to work from We continue to work with the other home. National Provincial Territorial Museum Executive Director Associations (PTMAs), on training Before work was halted we were busy. initiatives, advocacy, and research The fiscal We have been meeting with the other such as the Albert Museum year 2019- Provincial Heritage Agencies (PHAs) Association lead Museums for Me. 2020 was on projects and issues of mutual shaping up to interest. We are working on a sector- We are actively involved in social be one of the wide Manitoba Heritage Summit to be media through Facebook, Twitter, and best years held in the fall of 2020. two Instagram accounts, one for the Association, one for the 150 for 150 ever for the Thanks to Canadian Heritage’s Association of online exhibit: A Museum Called Museums Assistance Program and Manitoba. Manitoba Young Canada Works, the Manitoba Museums. Heritage Grants Program, and The Earlier this year we started the process We supported our members through Winnipeg Foundation, I am pleased to of renewing our strategic plan. We will our training programs, we gave say that the first phase our collective be surveying our members and will valuable and timely conservation database project was fully funded! We continue this work to map the AMM’s advice through our Cultural continue to work on this project with future Stewardship Program (CSP), we the five partner museums: Dalnavert Museum & Visitors’ Centre, Manitoba Recently the International Council of started work on an important new Museums (ICOM) attempted to initiative – a collective database – and Crafts Museum & Library, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, redefine what a museum was. The we were on track to finish the year with process is ongoing, but one thing is a surplus. And just like everyone else Ogniwo Polish Museum, and Transcona Museum. clear, tomorrow’s museum will look in the world our progress was stopped different. As different issues and due to Covid-19. The first stage of the database project challenges come to the forefront, AMM Two days before our biggest annual – migrating existing databases from Council and Staff will be there to help fundraiser, Trivia Night, the first case the five partner museums to our new our members face these challenges. was announced in Manitoba. The next Collective Access database – is almost day, more cases. We scrambled and done. In future phases we hope to add cancelled our sold-out Trivia Night, we more museums to the collective and to quickly cancelled our two Training add a public facing component to the Program courses that were to be held collective database. later in the month, and we started AMM Annual Report 2 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Financial Highlights

All Revenues & All Expenses for All Departments

The fiscal year 2019-2020 was on by the federal wage subsidy of $3,400. Like other service organizations, most track to finish with a reasonable of our expenses are incurred for surplus. Federal and other grants were up over people to provide our services: last year due to our Database project. instructors to teach our courses, a Unfortunately, we were forced to close Provincial Heritage Agency funding, conservator to offer our CSP, and, of down mid-March due to Covid-19. We along with provincial funding for our course, staff to support our Training, had to cancel our major fundraiser of Training Program and Cultural CSP, and Database programs, to run the year – Trivia Night – and two of our Stewardship Program (CSP) remain our conference and fundraisers, and to courses. This resulted in a net loss of the same as they have been for over provide all our other membership about $6,400. This was offset in part 10 years. services.

Training Revenues & Expenses

Cultural Stewardship Program Revenues & Expenses Revenues & Expenses

AMM Annual Report 3 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Responsive Leadership | Advocacy

Conference 2019 The theme was Where do we Go From The AGM included the approval of the Here? and session topics included: financial statements and the budget for The Accessibility for Manitobans Act, the current year, a report by the Risk Management and Insurance, Executive Director, Monique Brandt, Endowment Funds, Manitoba 150 the approval of some minor bylaws Celebrations, Engaging Youth changes, and the election of new Volunteers, Red River Heritage Fairs, Council Members to replace those as well as updates on various activities whose terms were up. New council from a number of museums. members are Kelsey Smith as Vice- President and Davide Montebruno as Delegates had the opportunity to take Councilor for Winnipeg. Randy James a heritage bus tour of Selkirk or visit moved into the role of President and the Manitoba Marine Museum. An Thomas McLeod moved into the role of awards ceremony and dinner followed Past-President. at the Selkirk Golf & Country Club with the following museums receiving This annual event is eagerly awards: anticipated as it’s a great way to learn, ⚫ Anola Museum: One-room share and grow together. School exhibit; See you in Winnipeg in 2020! ⚫ Mennonite Heritage Village: Art of Mennonite Clocks exhibit ⚫ Mennonite Heritage Village: Russlaender exhibit ⚫ Transcona Museum: “Where Do We Go From Here?” Roughly 85 delegates from all over the Remembrance Week exhibit Conference logo designed by province, and from museums large and ⚫ Manitoba Museum: New Typha Communications small, joined us for our Conference & Programming AGM in Selkirk from September 19 to 21, 2019.

Advocacy Involvement Meet with Tourism Winnipeg and other Central Region Meeting museums re: national conference meeting April 2019: National Trust Conference Ottawa ON: Canadian Museums June 2019: Association (CMA) annual Collective Access in Canada meeting November 2019: conference Heritage Trust Program session, PHA Heritage Summit meeting Provincial and Territorial Museum Dalnavert Museum and Visitors’ CMA/PTMA meeting Centre Associations (PTMA) meeting December 2019: Heritage Luncheon with July 2019: Collective Access in Canada meeting Heritage Winnipeg Provincial Heritage Agency (PHA) January 2020: May 2019: Heritage meeting Heritage Fair luncheon CMA/PTMA meeting Red River Heritage Fair Meet with The Winnipeg Foundation Parkland Regional Meeting September 2019: CMA/PTMA meeting Manitoba Day social media campaign CMA/PTMA meeting Meet with City of Winnipeg February 2020: Councilor Vivian Santos October 2019: PHA Heritage Summit meeting Meet with The Winnipeg Foundation Meet with The Winnipeg Foundation

AMM Annual Report 4 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Innovative Training Training Program Five CPMP and three Specialized We received 111 registrations and had Since 1991, the AMM has had a formal courses were scheduled: 102 participants in total at 7 courses. training program targeted to both paid · Research One surprising thing that happened and volunteer staff and board · Organizing & Managing this year was having two people from members in Manitoba museums. The Museums Alberta registering for the CCI course program consists of two main parts: · Museums & the Community we hosted. The Certificate Program in Museum · Collections Management Practice (CPMP) and Specialized · The Museum Facility courses. · Deaccessioning · Mount Making The CPMP consists of 8 one and two- (Canadian day courses designed to provide the Conservation basic tools necessary for the day-to- Institute) day running of a museum. The courses · Grant Writing (Young are offered on a 2 year rotating basis Canada Works) and are moved around the province to make them as accessible as possible Research was cancelled in to as many people as possible. September due to a lack of registrations. We were hoping Specialized courses are either to hold it in June 2020 when developed by the AMM to augment COVID hit meaning it, and CPMP courses or they’re brought in another course we had from other organizations. prepared to hold in May 2020, would have to be postponed.

Promoting Excellence 2019 Awards organizations: a museum and a private Remembrance Week exhibit the foundation (Kroeger Clocks Heritage Transcona Museum wanted to elevate Anola & Foundation-KCHF) and for contributing the visitor’s experience by creating an District to the existing body of knowledge immersive, visual, and professional Museum: surrounding these clocks by drawing exhibition that could withstand being in One-room out the histories of unknown a non-museum environment – a school exhibit Mennonite wall clocks in private shopping mall! This exhibit was Susanne collections. nominated for the work, thought and Wastle and high quality involved when putting Colleen Kruchak received an Mennonite together their first ever traveling Award of Merit for their leadership Heritage exhibit. leading to creating a special display of Village (MHV): the one-room school houses from the Russländer The Manitoba Museum: local area. They developed a display exhibit New Programming that enhances the visitors’ museum Andrea Dyck Rachel Erickson, Manager of Learning experience by explaining how the one- and Jenna & Engagement, was presented with an room school was developed to educate Klassen were presented with an Award of Excellence for her new Manitoba youth. Award of Excellence for recognizing that immigration is relevant to the past public programs strategy, which is exhibit-based, diverse and inclusive. Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV): and to Steinbach’s new culturally diverse present. The Museum encouraged Rachel to Art of Mennonite Clocks exhibit develop a new public programs Alexandra strategy for increased community Kroeger, Transcona Museum: Remembrance outreach, new audiences, and wider Jenna Klassen Week exhibit social impacts. In this mission, Rachel and Andrea Alanna Horejda exceeded expectations with the Dyck accepted accepted an development of five new program an Award of Award of formats that saw 1,377 tickets sold to a Excellence for Excellence for wide range of audiences, from the Art of her museum’s corporate clients to parents with Mennonite Clocks exhibition. They traveling exhibit, babies, to seniors! were nominated for the exhibit’s Remembrance successful marriage of 2 very different Week. When designing a new Photo credits: Photographie Pierrette Boily AMM Annual Report 5 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Cultural Stewardship Program Professional conservator, Jane Dalley, Regions. Jane gave presentations on emergency management principles of runs our Cultural Stewardship Program storage and exhibit hacks with Risk Assessment, Mitigation, (CSP). examples and samples as well as Response and Recovery. The goal is updating members on current CSP to have training in place so that Jane was the invited keynote speaker initiatives. members can download and work on a at the Nevada Museums Association plan for their own institution, at their (NMA) conference. Her presentation Jane attended the Province’s spring own pace. Jane has recruited four assessed the similarities between the flood preparedness seminar offered to volunteer museums to test the first part AMM and the NMA. She attended the learn about upcoming flood risks and of a self-guided handbook that covers entire conference and at the AGM the of any programs that might be of the first two principles and will work NMA Board passed a motion to twin benefit to Manitoba museums. with the volunteer institutions directly with the AMM. Jane also presented a Jane continues to investigate the use to obtain feedback and provide advice paper at the National Canadian Risks of the Esporta washing system for and assistance. and Hazards Network conference held textiles that have been damaged by in Winnipeg in May 2019. Jane gave a presentation outlining water and/or mould, and that can plans for the EMS for AMM members. A workshop on box-making was held in withstand washing. She is consulting She also arranged for a provincial Gimli at the New Iceland Heritage with conservators at Parks Canada in flood forecasting specialist from Museum. Sticky trap monitoring was Winnipeg and conservators at the Manitoba Infrastructure to talk on the carried out by several museums either Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI), flood risk in Manitoba. The specialist is as part of a site visit or because regarding this. willing to work with the AMM on the insects had been seen on site. Jane is developing an Emergency development of a flood risk map. The CSP was promoted at meetings in Management Strategy (EMS) for the Central, Westman and Parkland members based on the mainstream

Collections Management Database Project The AMM continued its provincial and Dalnavert Museum and Visitors’ understood our members’ needs. collections management database Centre. Whirl-i-gig began building the database project this year. The project’s goal Kiersten worked with the five museums to the AMM’s specifications in January. was to create an affordable, to map what fields they were currently The design was based off of Nova accessible, and standardized database using in their database and what Scotia’s provincial database but was that would available to all AMM functions they would need in a new extensively modified to better fit the members. database. Kiersten also helped the needs of Manitoban museums. The The AMM sought funding from a pilot museums begin to clean up their first prototype was finished by the end number of sources and received current data to help prepare for of the month. $9,000 from the Province of migration to the new database. The The AMM and the five partner Manitoba’s Heritage Grants Program, museums continued to clean up their museums reviewed the prototype and $27,586 from the federal government’s own data throughout the winter. From submitted a list of changes to Whirligig Museum Assistance Program, and this work, Kiersten created a list of in mid-February. Whirl-i-gig worked $29,000 from The Winnipeg necessary fields and function to be with Kiersten to implement those Foundation. The AMM also received included in the database. changes and the second prototype $10,000 from Young Canada Works to The AMM sought out bids to create the went live in early March. Again, the fund a Building Careers in Heritage database from three software AMM and the five partner museums internship position. Kiersten McLeod developers. In December, the AMM reviewed the database and sent in was hired in September 2019 and signed a contract with Whirl-i-gig, the another round of changes to Whirl-i-gig continues to work on the project. New York-based creator of the at the end of March. Five museums joined the pilot Collective Access system. Whirl-i-gig Kiersten and the participating program: Ogniwo Polish Museum, the had designed provincial collections museums will continue to tweak the Transcona Museum, the Manitoba management databases for Nova program to improve it and work out the Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, the Scotia, New Brunswick, bugs. Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon and

AMM Annual Report 6 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Promotion of Museums Manitoba Day Communications & Trivia Night We promoted Manitoba Day (May 12) Social Media We were well on our way to another and International Museum Day sold out Trivia Night in March when The AMM Messenger e-newsletter is (May 18) using social media: Twitter COVID hit and we had to postpone the sent out every two weeks to more than and Facebook. All museums who sent event. We’re hoping we can 600 email addresses nationally to keep us their Manitoba Day activities were reschedule it in the fall. members, and other interested parties, entered into a draw for a FREE full up-to-date on events, courses and We are also looking into the possibility conference registration. This year the issues concerning museums in of holding this popular event online, Mennonite Heritage Village in Manitoba. though we’d all miss the colourful and Steinbach was the lucky winner. These fun atmosphere of the Children’s museums were entered for the draw: Our Facebook page has increased to over 1,000 followers and “likes” • J.A.V. David, Killarney continue to grow and many posts are • Keystone Pioneers Museum, frequently shared. Roblin • Manitoba Agricultural Museum, The AMM is very active on Twitter as Austin well. We Tweet about our members • Manitoba Crafts Museum & and share tweets of interest. Manitoba Library, Winnipeg Day is particularly busy as we send • Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg tweets regarding member events and • Mennonite Heritage Village, other news items regarding Manitoba’s Steinbach special day. We are hoping to get Trivia Night 2019 • New Iceland Heritage Museum, more active on Instagram by sharing Museum. Gimli items from our online exhibit, 150 for • Transcona Museum, Winnipeg 150.

Resources Website 150 for 150 Exhibit Assistance Program (MAP); and The Winnipeg Foundation. Our website continues to be an The 150 for 150 Exhibit celebrates 150 Thanks also to invaluable resource for our members years of Canada and Manitoba. The volunteer, Caryl and people who are interested in project started in July 2015 as a Brandt, who learning more about, and visiting, proposed travelling exhibit. By fall created and museums in Manitoba. 2017, the project had temporarily managed the evolved into a potential book. Now it The site provides information database to track exists online with the stories of 150 regarding: of all the artifacts from Manitoba museums from submissions. • Upcoming courses and events across the province. • Grants Close to 250 submissions from 78 • Volunteer and Job opportunities Institutions from all 7 regions of the • Suppliers’ List Projector: & province were received. • Our lending library District Museum • COVID updates This is a living exhibit as additional information, links, photos and artifacts All Institutional and Associate will be added as time goes on. Library members are given their own page which they can edit as they see fit. A big thank you for the support of the Our lending library is free to museum They can update their information, post Province of Manitoba Sport, Culture members. It has books and videos on events, add links, and even post and Heritage: Historic Resources all aspects of museum work, plus a pictures. Visitors can search for Branch Heritage Grants Program; few things of general interest. The member museums by name or region. Canadian Heritage Museum catalogue is available on our website.

AMM Annual Report 7 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Our Members

Honourary Life Gary Dyck, Steinbach Janice Skene, Arborg Nancy Anderson, Winnipeg Loretta Dyck, Winnipegosis Terry Slobodian, Winnipeg Pierrette Boily, Winnipeg Debra Fehr, Winnipeg Kelsey A Smith, Winnipeg Joanne DiCosimo, Gatineau (QC) Stephanie Fraser, Winnipeg Cindi Steffan, Winnipeg Barry Hillman, Winnipeg Emily Gartner, Winnipeg Al Thorleifson, Manitou Christine Lammers, Winnipeg Guy Gauthier, John Young, Winnipeg Philippe Mailhot, Winnipeg Jennifer Gibson, Winnipeg Associate David McInnes, Winnipeg Jean-Paul Gobeil, Winnipeg Atikokan Centennial Museum, Wendy Molnar, Winnipeg Paula Grieef, Winnipeg Atikokan, ON Tom Nickle, Winnipeg John Hampton, Brandon Bank of Canada Museum, Ottawa, ON Jimm Simon, Stonewall Sara Hancheruk, Winnipeg Canadian Conservation Institute B. Diane Skalenda, Winnipeg Wayne Harnden, Headingley Library, Ottawa, ON Corinne Tellier, Winnipeg Stephen Hayter, Brandon Canadian Heritage Information Network, Ottawa, ON Paul Thistle, Stratford (ON) Leona Herzog, Winnipeg Canadian Museum of History, Timothy Worth, Winnipeg Rhonda Hinther, Winnipeg Gatineau, QC Seema Hollenberg, Winnipeg Canadian Museum of Nature, Family Alanna Horejda, Winnipeg Ottawa, ON Heather Bailey, Lockport Randy James, Winnipeg Conseil de développement Doreen & R.S. Oliver, Selkirk économique des municipalités Alana Jansen, Winnipeg bilingues du Manitoba, Winnipeg Andrea & Ernie Reichert, Winnipeg Sharain Jones, Dept of Anthropology, , Winnipeg Individual Andrew Kear, Winnipeg Dryden & District Museum, Matthew Komus, Winnipeg Renée Aho, Winnipeg Dryden, ON Peter Korzeniowski, Winnipeg Allison Alsop, Selkirk Fort Frances Museum, Rachel Baerg, Winnipeg Chuck Larocque, Brandon Fort Frances, ON Paul Balcaen, Winnipeg Jacques Lavergne, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre Archives/ Museum, Winnipeg Nathalie Bays, Winnipeg Natalia Lebedinskaia, Brandon Ingenium-Canada's Museums of Heather Beerling, Selkirk Claudette Leclerc, Winnipeg Science and Innovation, Anaïs Biernat, Treherne Doris Lemoine, Winnipeg Ottawa, ON Angeliki Bogiati, Winnipeg Nicole Maier, Winnipeg Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, Stratton, On Stephen Borys, Winnipeg Erin McIntyre, Winnipeg Lake of the Woods Museum, Monique Brandt, Winnipeg Thomas McLeod, Winnipeg Kenora, ON Jo Bunka, Winnipegosis Susan Moffatt, Winnipeg Institutional Patricia Campbell, Paul Newsome, Winnipeg 26th Field Regiment Museum - XII MB Angela Cassie, Winnipeg Duane Nicol, Selkirk Dragoons Military Museum, Kathleen Christensen, Brandon Lorne Perrin, Winnipeg Brandon Ashleigh Czyrnyj, Winnipeg Mary-Ann Playford, Cranberry Portage 38 Service Battalion Combat Service Support Museum, Winnipeg Jane Dalley, Winnipeg Leslie Poulin, Morris 4-H Museum, R.M. of Roland, Roland Sherry Dangerfield, Victoria Beach Lorne Roder, Winnipeg Alex Robertson Museum, Alonsa Jo-Anne Drewniak, Winnipeg Lara Rosenoff Gauvin, Lorette West Anola & District Museum, Anola Barry Dyck, Steinbach Phil Shaw, Winnipeg

AMM Annual Report 8 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Arborg & District Darlingford School Heritage Museum, Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum, Multicultural Heritage Village, Darlingford Winnipeg Arborg Dauphin Railway Museum, Dauphin Legion House Museum, of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon Dufferin Historical Society Museum, Living Prairie Museum, Winnipeg Carman Ashern Pioneer Museum, Ashern Lundar Museum Society, Lundar Eriksdale Museum, Eriksdale Beautiful Plains Museum Inc., Lynn Lake Mining Town Museum Inc., Ethelbert & District Museum, Ethelbert Lynn Lake Beckoning Hills Museum Inc., Evergreen Firearms Museum Inc., Manitoba Agricultural Museum, Austin Belmont Boissevain Manitoba Amateur Radio Belmont & District Historical Fire Fighters Museum of Winnipeg, Museum Inc., Austin Winnipeg Society Inc., Belmont Manitoba Automobile Museum, Birdtail Country Museum, Birtle Station Museum, Flin Flon Elkhorn Brandon General Museum & Fort Dauphin Museum Inc., Dauphin Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame/ Museum, Morden Archives Inc., Brandon Horse Museum & Brandon Museum Inc. (Daly House), Archives Inc., Winnipeg Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum, Winnipeg Brandon Fort la Reine Museum, Pioneer Village Breidavik Njya Island Historical & Tourist Bureau Inc., Manitoba Children's Museum, Library & Resource Centre, Portage la Prairie Winnipeg Riverton Foxwarren Historical Society, Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library, Broken-Beau Historical Society, Foxwarren Winnipeg Beausejour Franklin Museum, Dominion City Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame & Museum Inc, Winnipeg Burrough of the Gleann Museum, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Manitoba Dairy Museum, St. Claude Canadian Aquatic Hall of Fame, Gardenton Ukrainian Museum & Manitoba Electrical Museum & Winnipeg Village Society, Gardenton Education Centre, Winnipeg Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame & Morden Manitoba, Winnipeg Museum Inc., Winnipeg Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Gimli Glider Museum Inc., Gimli Manitoba Sports Hall of Winnipeg Fame & Museum, Winnipeg Grant's Old Mill, Winnipeg Carberry Plains Museum, Carberry Manitoba Transit Heritage Association, Hamiota Pioneer Club Museum, Winnipeg Centre d’interprétation de Saint-Léon Hamiota Interpretive Centre Inc., Margaret Laurence Home Committee, St. Leon Hart-Cam Museum, Neepawa Charlebois Heritage Museum, The Pas Headingley Heritage Centre / Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk Jim's Vintage Garages, Charleswood Historical Society, Headingley Mennonite Heritage Village Winnipeg (Canada) Inc., Steinbach Inglis Area Heritage Comm. Inc., Inglis Clack Family Heritage Museum Miami Museum Incorporated, Miami Foundation Inc., Oak River Itsanitaq Museum, Churchill Miami Railway Station Museum Inc., Commonwealth Air Training Plan Ivan Franko Museum, Winnipeg Miami Museum, Brandon J.A.V. David Museum, Killarney Midwinter Heritage Association Inc., Cook's Creek Heritage Museum, Jewish Heritage Centre, Winnipeg East Braintree Cook's Creek Keystone Pioneer Museum, Inc., Miniota Municipal Museum Inc., Costume Museum of Canada, Roblin Miniota Winnipeg La Maison Gabrielle Roy Inc., Minnedosa District Museum & Crystal City Community Printing Winnipeg Heritage Village Corporation, Museum, Crystal City Minnedosa Lac du Bonnet & District Historical Currahee Military Museum, Virden Society, Lac du Bonnet Moncur Gallery - Peoples of the Plains Inc., Boissevain Dalnavert Museum & Visitors' Centre, Lac du Bonnet MHAC, Lac du Bonnet Winnipeg Morris & District Centennial Lansdowne Heritage Tourism Museum Inc., Morris Committee, Arden AMM Annual Report 9 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Musée de Saint-Pierre-Jolys, Museum, Rossburn Teulon and District Museum, Teulon Saint-Pierre-Jolys Royal Aviation Museum of Western The Dawson Trail Museum, Richer Musée des Pionniers et des Canada, Winnipeg Chanoinesses, The Historical Museum of Notre Dame de Lourdes Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum, St. James-Assiniboia, Winnipeg Winnipeg Musée St. Joseph Museum Inc., The Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg Saint-Joseph Russell Area Heritage & Arts Centre, Russell The Manitoba World War One National Indigenous Residential Museum, Archives & Library, School Museum of Canada, Saint-Claude Gaol Museum, Pilot Mound Saint-Claude Portage la Prairie The Prairie Dog Central Railway/The Naval Museum of Manitoba, Winnipeg Sam Waller Museum, The Pas Vintage Locomotive Society, Winnipeg Nellie McClung Heritage Site, Manitou Satterthwaite Log Cabin, McCreary The Seton Centre, Carberry New Iceland Heritage Museum, Gimli School of Art Gallery, Winnipeg Tolstoi Heritage Centre, Tolstoi Oak Hammock Marsh Selkirk Municipal Heritage Advisory Interpretive Centre, Stonewall Committee, Selkirk Transcona Museum, Winnipeg Oak Lake & District Museum, Settlers, Rails & Trails, Argyle Treherne Museum, Treherne Oak Lake Seven Oaks House Museum, Trembowla Cross of Freedom Ogniwo Polish Museum Society Inc., Winnipeg Museum, Dauphin Winnipeg Shoal Lake Mounted Police Museum, Turtle Mountain Flywheel Club Inc., Oseredok - Ukrainian Cultural & Shoal Lake Killarney Educational Centre, Winnipeg Sipiweske Museum Inc, Wawanesa Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Museum, Sandy Lake Pembina Threshermen's Museum Inc., Site Historique Monseigneur-Taché, Winkler Ste-Genevieve Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre & Museum, Dauphin Pilot Mound Museum Inc., Pilot Mound Snow Lake Mining Museum, Pinewood Museum, Wasagaming Snow Lake Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Manitoba Branch, Winnipeg Prairie View Somerset Lorne Citizens Museum, Elevator Museum, Plum Coulee Somerset Virden Pioneer Home Museum, Virden Prairie Mountain Regional Museums Souris Hillcrest Community Corp. Inc., Museum, Waskada Souris Collection, Shoal Lake Watson Crossley Community Museum, Sprague & District Historical Museum, Rapid City Museum, Rapid City Grandview Sprague RCA Museum, CFB Shilo Whitemouth Municipal Museum, St. Andrews Heritage Centre, Whitemouth Riverton Transportation & Heritage St. Andrews Centre, Riverton Winkler Heritage Society Inc, Winkler St. Francois Xavier Historical Society, RM of St Clements Heritage St. Francois Xavier Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Committee, Selkirk St. Vital Historical Society Inc., Winnipeg Police Museum, Winnipeg Ross House Museum, Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg Railway Museum, Winnipeg St. Volodymyr Museum - Winnipeg River Heritage Museum, Ukrainian Catholic Saint-Georges Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Winnipegosis Historical Society, Winnipegosis Strathclair Museum Association, Woodlands Pioneer Museum, Strathclair Woodlands Swan Valley Historical Museum, Swan River Telecommunications Heritage Showcase, Winnipeg

AMM Annual Report 10 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Member Reports

Central Region their experiences and an opportunity the Anola and District Museum. This for their stories to be documented and was to have been a special year, shared in perpetuity”. Former Manitoba 150, with emphasis on a few Musée des Pionniers et des Residential School Survivors shared new displays highlighting our Chanoinesses, their stories and Ojibway songs. community. Notre-Dame-de- Lourdes Plum Coulee Prairie View Elevator Dawson Trail Museum, Richer The Notre-Dame Museum, Plum Coulee Things are slow at The Dawson Trail Museums are In 2019, the Museum had 907 visitors. Museum due to the COVID 19. Our list administered by La We had children’s activities on several of activities has been pretty much Société Historique days including a bannock making cancelled for this year. We are de Lourdes. Six morning, using an outside red brick planning to open for Canada Day volunteers sit on oven. Volunteers put in approximately serving individual cakes and cold the board and 180 hours, giving tours, cleaning, and beverage from 2 pm to 4 pm. The town contribute helping with displays etc. We were is organizing fireworks in the evening. approximately 275 open July & August, Tuesday to We will be practicing social distancing hours of volunteer Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Tours and making sure everyone follows the time. The museum is open year-round were given by appointment in spring guidelines. We will hold a Farmers and had around 100 visitors during the and fall. Market every Saturday from 10am to 2 course of the year. Projects included pm outdoors at the museum. the completion of the Trail of Bridges/ Several new Les voies des pont display about the displays were We’re having our electrical updated in building of the CN rail line from added: a teepee the building. During this project the Roseisle to Somerset, with a spur line in our culture museum will be closed to the public. to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, and the area and a We will have a summer student restoration of the cupola. mural of a truck working on the grounds and assuring driving into the elevator painted by all is running smoothly. This is a slow Ongoing projects include the archiving local artist Neil Fehr. downtime, but it also permits us to of old photos of the community and the catch up with needed projects such as indexing of a collection of letters sent organizing a library area in the from a family of brothers to their Eastern Region museum. All in all, everything will find mother back in France in the early its place. years of the 20th century. It is hoped these first-hand accounts of pioneer Anola and District Museum, Anola Franklin Museum, Franklin life will shed some light on the joys and Along with a few new artifacts in our In May & June the museum was struggles of these early settlers. collection, the year 2019 saw the cleaned and prepared for the coming opening of the Our School display season. Volunteers have planted and National Indigenous Residential located within the original Anola looked after flowers and cut the grass School Museum of Canada, schoolhouse. We were honoured to regularly. We received a museum Portage la Prairie receive the AMM Award of Merit for operating grant from Historic From April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 this presentation. Resources Branch in August. A we had 490 visitors, up from 326 last volunteer has taken on the task of year. Opening hours remained Sundays entering our artifact data into a from 1-4 p.m., May through October, museum software program. The Mamiikwendan (Remembering) with 264 signed-in visitors, and 12 Project was completed in March 2020. volunteers putting in over 200 hours. Maintenance items included replacing The goal of the project was to “foster The Opening and Closing Day events a ceiling fan, a new light in the storage healing in Residential School Survivors brought in the largest number of room at the Franklin Craft Club, a and their families by providing an visitors, and we hosted a school tour of refurnished café stool for the authentic venue for acknowledging Grade 1 students. As a year-end restaurant display, and a new flag for event, we participated in the Anola the outside flagpole. A larger display Parade of Lights: candy canes for all! area was set up in the Hempton Several Board members spent time building enabling a permanent area for over the winter researching material for laundry and agricultural displays. A

AMM Annual Report 11 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 new display featuring the Grier family the animals, and trimming everything provincial level with our second Birds was installed at the front entrance of that grows. and Beer Flights event featuring all the the museum. Winnipeg craft breweries. Most of the visitor comments were Our annual fundraising barbecue was appreciative of the information, We received the Responsible Tourism held in June. The Museum was open experience, and positive vibe that MHV Award from the Tourism Industry for its 25th season from Tuesday to provides. We hope to build on that and Association of Canada (TIAC) and we Sunday each week through July and become something of a “therapeutic developed a new Self-Guided Canoe August. Copies of our museum hot spot” in these challenging times Trail. This was funded in part by the newspaper books were made available ahead. Conservation Trust and the Interlake for purchase on a memory stick. A bus Tourism Association (ITA) product Submitted by Gary Dyck, tour stopped at the museum in August development fund. Executive Director and a school tour took place in We also participated in Science September. Midwinter Heritage Site, Odyssey and offered our visitors a East Braintree Two artifacts from our collection are chance to become a Biologist for a We hope to obtain a used storage unit represented in the AMM online exhibit, Day for a second year. and paint a mural of the Historic 150 for 150. In early March, a total Dawson Road from Lake of the Woods We developed and built a pollinator cleanup of our storage room in the to Winnipeg on it. exhibit, a new exhibit on Decoys Craft Club was necessary due to featuring one of the largest collection moisture problems over the winter. Tolstoi Heritage Centre, Tolstoi of decoys in Canada, as well as a Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, Submitted by June Hormann small temporary exhibit called Cocktail spring at the Tolstoi Heritage Centre Carvings. We also received a new Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV), was very quiet. Two of our biggest survey cabin from Red River College. Steinbach annual fundraising events had to be I’m very thankful for the staff at MHV. cancelled: our Spring Spaghetti Submitted by Jacques Bourgeois Our office manager, Jo-Ann Friesen, Supper and our Spring Concert. These Settlers, Rails & Trails Inc., Argyle makes sure the gift shop has the right events may be rescheduled for later in We purchased 12 acres of land for a products that promote our current the year. We also had to postpone our permanent home for the organization exhibit theme. AGM, which is usually held in June. and began security fencing and gate We plan to reschedule it for This year’s exhibit, work. Our 3 heritage buildings, a September. The Russländer, stretch of railway track, ties, was award- The Heritage Centre is an organizing equipment, and signage were moved winning. partner of the Tolstoi Harvest Festival to the new land in the fall of 2019 - Congratulations which is usually held in August. It has foundation work begins in late 2020. Senior Curator also been cancelled for this year. Andrea Dyck! We The museum began its first capital Some positive news for the Heritage had a recent high of 60,000 visitors campaign fundraiser called the Shared Centre is that we were able to and our Development Coordinator is Heritage Fund. Our 3 year goal is complete the upgrade of our electrical building up our online community. $150,000, we system using funds raised and grants reached our The Program Department continues to from the Sturgeon Foundation and annual goal of work with Hanover School Division and Manitoba 150. The work is almost $50,000 by late other schools located from Winkler to completed. For the last two summers, March. Winnipeg. the Heritage Centre has been open for a few hours on Sundays. Whether that Our membership increased from 12 to The Livery Barn Restaurant served up happens again this summer, has yet to over 50 and our 15 volunteers logged traditional Mennonite fare. Rentals is be determined. over 1,700 hours. another solid revenue stream for us and a way to serve our constituency. We started to grow our province wide We increased the staffing in this area Interlake Region Manitoba Brick & Block Collection - a to make sure our customers were future exhibition of the province's being well served. masonry history. Bricks were sourced Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive and collected from around the Interlake Finally, we have the grounds crew that Centre (OHMIC), Stonewall region, with more regions and more are busy all season opening and OHMIC received the Award for Event bricks/blocks slated for next year. closing the buildings each day, feeding of the Year in both the regional and AMM Annual Report 12 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 We were successful in securing • April 3 – to May 30, we hosted and flow to the artifacts and displays. funding from the Manitoba Voices from the Engraver from The addition of Wi-Fi to the Museum Government's Building Sustainable the Bank of Canada Museum and selectively placed QR scans to Communities and the Thomas Sill corresponding displays has added a Foundation. • June 7 – Sept. 30, Canola: A multi-media experience to some of the Canadian Innovation from the artifacts. Our ability to store and The museum continues to rent space Canada Agriculture and Food organize overflow artifacts and records from the Argyle Community Centre, as Museum was on display has also been improved with the a public exhibition space. We are open placement of shelving units in the the first Saturday of each month and • October 4 – 30, Across basement of the Museum. by appointment. Our exhibits continue Manitoba: Selections from the to showcase history with hands-on and 2017 Rural and Northern Juried Roger’s Hometown Hockey event in technology-based activities. Art Show a traveling exhibition November was a huge success. We from the Manitoba Arts Network welcomed many visitors to the Teulon & District Museum & was exhibited Museum in an otherwise slower month. Historical Society, Teulon In late 2019, a project was started to As fundraisers, we held our Annual • Nov. 5 – 30, Karen Cornelius complete the final piece of the HO Tea & Bake Sale, selling memberships and Peter Tittenberger’s scale model railroad layout depicting and we had 2 barbecues. Displacement, a traveling exhibition from the Manitoba Dauphin in 1954. The 1:87 model of With grant monies and donations that Arts Network the Station is being 3D printed and we received we were able to hire 2 fabricated by FabLab of the Faculty of summer students, replaced the door of • Dec 5 – Feb. 28, Ace Academy Architecture and the University of the Ukrainian house, new doors were from the Canada Aviation and Manitoba. purchased and installed on the Space Museum We hosted approx. 760 visitors and Ukrainian church, a ridge cap was • March 6 – 31, Mainly Manitoba volunteers logged 815 hours. applied to the shed roof and the the artwork of Linda Munro doorway was repaired. There’s Submitted by Jason Gilmore ongoing maintenance of our buildings The Museum also held a 1950s Fort Dauphin Museum, Dauphin and updating signage for museum themed tea party in August and The Museum hosted Parkland displays. Culture Day events in partnership with Museums Musings in May. We opened our local arts council and “tweeny” We participated in Teulon's 100th in early May to celebrate Manitoba’s paint afternoons. anniversary and hosted over 260 Birthday and hosted a Volunteer visitors over two days. We were open Appreciation. We received funding to for Manitoba Day and for Culture Days. Parklands Region hire 3 summer students who helped with our summer programming, events, We have a dedicated executive and and fundraising. School tours started in members in Preserving the Past for Alex Robertson Museum, Alonsa early May and were consistent till the Future Generations. We held our The Museum had a successful year end of June. annual meeting on January 20, 2020. starting in April with our annual bursary Our display space has increased with We had a doll house donated with 388 gift to an Alonsa school graduate. This a new cabinet in the main building and pieces,1900 framed church bands, a was followed in May by a dessert several portable exhibits that can be mourning dress from the late 1800s, theatre presentation by the Highway viewed in Dauphin’s Parkland Library th and a barn quilt. We are registered as and Credit Union. On August 15 we 50 Players, which was attended by th part of the Interlake Barn Quilt tour. roughly 80 museum supporters. In celebrated Peter Fidler’s 250 Birthday. Submitted by E. Joan Woloshyn, June we held our annual open house During the winter months volunteers Secretary. BBQ, which attracts a growing number of attendees every year. Our AGM painted, applied granite rock to the held in January saw no changes to the stairs, and upgraded our track lights in the display areas to LED. Northern Region executive with one new appointee to the board. Rossburn Museum, Rossburn We were open 90/600 hours and had Dauphin Rail Museum, Dauphin Sam Waller Museum, The Pas about 325 visitors with 20 volunteers The Museum has undergone a The Sam Waller Museum hosted the contributing 230 hours. following exhibits: complete overhaul of the museum space to provide more organization Submitted by Brian Brown

AMM Annual Report 13 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Winnipegosis Historical Society, billboards along Highway 1 in Brandon. contributed a total of 526 hours and we Winnipegosis The artists also led a community held two fundraisers. We were actively involved with partner walking tour of the billboard projects, We were saddened by the passing of groups throughout our community. We held an artist talk, and led Beading Cheryl Orr-Hood this year. She was a spearheaded the Remembrance Day Basics and Intro to Cree Language staunch supporter of The Seton Centre service and worked in partnership with workshops. In January the AGSM for numerous the local Thrift Shop and schools. made a commitment to prioritize years. She Renovations to Medd House were women and non-binary artists of Black, managed many completed. Indigenous, and People of Colour projects while (BIPOC) identities. With the help of our dedicated summer Board Chair and students, the museums were open for In March the AGSM will host a Master was especially tours from May to October. We had a Class session with Dana Inkster, the proud to oversee the completion of facility consultation through the office award-winning queer filmmaker and The Little Seton Park. We planted a of Community Development Branch digital media artist based in shrub (pictured here) in the garden in and were given valuable information Lethbridge, AB. The AGSM organized remembrance of Cheryl. and structural designs for future many exhibitions and related talks and renovations to the buildings. has seen increased engagement from Winnipeg Region local and national news outlets for its We continue to receive requests for programming. information relating to genealogy and properties in the Mossey River The AGSM been working to steadily Canadian Aquatic Hall of Fame Municipality. Often these requests lead improve and upgrade its profile and We have a new Collections Manager, to gaining valuable information for our facilities. This has included the hiring Richard Martin and a new President, archives. of a new Executive Director, Deirdre Steven Stothers. Chisholm. In September, the AGSM Fundraising Advisory Board added new Directors Costume Museum of Canada included with expertise in business, education, The Museum partnered with Dalnavert working 5 days and photography. Museum for Doors Open Winnipeg in at Country Fest May 2019 providing the dressed cleaning The provides mannequins for the exhibit Strike 1919: showers, 2 29% of our revenue through their Our Cause is Just. Having the BBQs, making and selling pies and ice Manitoba Arts Partnership agreement. museum's working space in a former cream, 2-yard sales, and picking and The City of Brandon provides a grant dry goods warehouse in the Exchange, selling raspberries from our Heritage that amounts to 33% of our operating we held a Walking in Style: A Garment garden. budget, which corresponds to the District Tour with the assistance of the exact amount of our rent and utilities Biz followed by a expenses paid back to the city. Twenty Western Region talk on historic clothing. -seven percent of AGSM revenue is self-generated through our gift shop, Our Nuit Blanche exhibit in September, art education classes & workshops, titled Dapper Dans and Delightful Art Gallery of Southwestern and fundraising. Dames, attracted many visitors to see Manitoba (AGSM), Brandon our collection of fancy menswear. Spring 2019 began with an exhibit of The Seton Centre, Carberry artists with a connection to our region. This year we were successful in The conservation of the historic The AGSM also presented an artist receiving grants and were able to wedding dress of Muriel Richardson talk during Brandon’s annual Wheat employ three summer students to help was completed and displayed in the City Nuit Blanche. with the running of the museum in July lobby of the Richardson building and August. These students offered commemorating her legacy. The RBC Public Art Mentorship nature related crafts, games, and Program, an initiative funded by the We had a total of 4,728 volunteer information to the children during our Royal Bank of Canada that fosters hours. children’s activities sessions over the artistic leadership in racialized and summer. They also welcomed guests Indigenous artists living in Brandon and gave tours of the museum. was launched. Two emerging Indigenous artists were selected to We were open to the public for 62 days participate in the program. Their (425 hours) and welcomed around 261 projects were installed on Pattison visitors. Seventeen volunteers AMM Annual Report 14 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 Living Prairie Museum supporting the campaign in the amount The Manitoba Sports Hall of We were happy to host spring school of $17.5 million. Fame & Museum groups for environmental education The Museum recently celebrated its The Manitoba Electrical Museum & programs, with our most popular 40th anniversary and our Honoured Education Centre programs focusing on prairie soil and Members’ exhibit will run well into The Museum welcomed 5,660 visitors. plants. Our annual Prairie Planting 2020. New exhibits could focus on the This includes 1,736 students though Workshops helped our guests learn 2020 Summer Olympics and the 90th our school programming. Daycares in how to start a prairie garden from site anniversary of the Winnipeg Football July and August accounted for an prep to planting. We assisted five Club. The Museum gallery continues to additional 301 student visits. schools with planting a native prairie be a vibrant hub of activity with butterfly garden while educating Throughout the year we held special seniors’ tours, media conferences, students about habitat and helping events: event rentals and it enjoys increased staff with the first summer of care. visitor traffic each year. • A special Volunteer Our 13th annual Monarch Butterfly Appreciation luncheon in the Winnipeg Police Museum Festival hosted over 1,500 people. Park Café at The Museum staffed one curator and in April. Family Theme Days allowed us to offer 31 volunteers who amassed 3,530 • We hosted a session for presentations and crafts to local Grade 9 teachers as part of hours. The Museum had 9,087 visitors. children. As fall approached, we had the SAGE conferences in In keeping with the 100th Anniversary volunteers assist us with native seed October. of the 1919 General harvesting. Winter brought the return • In November, we were part of Strike, the Museum of our annual Winter Speaker Series, the Hydro component of Take assembled a large where five researchers shared their Your Child to Work Day. • CKY Breakfast TV visited us in display showing many fascinating work in front of a full room November to publicize our All original artifacts and on Tuesday evenings. We also held That Glows seasonal pictures showcasing our Snowshoe Sundays, where the festivities. the event. The display public could try a new sport for free. included hundreds of We thank our guests, supporters, and We hosted several Christmas parties, metal identification badges, armbands, staff for a great season. a double 90th birthday celebration, and a 60th wedding anniversary as part of and improvised wooden batons used Royal Aviation Museum of our Event Rental programme. Our new by the “Specials” who were hired to Sustainable Development exhibit replace members of the Winnipeg In July the federal government started meeting in February, planning Police Department when almost the announced it will contribute an a May 2021 opening. entire Force was fired. Also included in additional $8.8 million to build an the display were pictures showing 86,000 square-foot facility for our new All That Glows continues to be our strike events, a timeline, uniforms, and space. busiest time of the year welcoming original newspapers from 1919 1,938 guests. The museum has moved showing the headlines and stories of The Museum ceased operations in storage facilities from one warehouse significant moments during the strike. October 2018 and was in a holding to another and acquired a storage pattern until federal funding finally fell facility for smaller artifacts, down the into place in July. With these funds the road from the museum. construction project was finally “cleared for takeoff!” The $45 million Our volunteers have worked tirelessly Climb Aboard! Capital and Endowment during this time period; the total of Campaign to raise funds for the new 5187 hours does not fully illustrate the Museum has reached $37.5 million, or workload. We hope to open this 83% of its goal. The federal Museum Annex to the public at some government had previously committed point, to show the behind-the-scenes $1.2 for a total commitment of $10.0 workings of the museum. million, the province has contributed The museum closed on March 14, $8.75 million, and the private sector is 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.

AMM Annual Report 15 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020

In Memoriam

We would like to take this opportunity to honour those who passed this year and to thank them for their contribution to the museum community in Manitoba:

Pat Boyd, Dauphin Lise Brémault, Winnipeg Marguerite Cory, Wawanesa James Fell, Flin Flon Dave McDowell, Winnipeg Harry Mortimer, Dufresne Cheryl Orr-Hood, Carberry Doreen Pruden, Winnipeg Andrea Sweetland, Eriksdale

AMM Annual Report 16 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020

Audited Financial Statements

AMM Annual Report 17 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020 December 2, 2020

To: The Members Association of Manitoba Museums [1972] Inc

I have examined the attached Balance Sheet and Statement of Revenue and Expenditures for the year ended March 31, 2020. My examination was made in accordance with generally accepted audit standards and includes such tests and other procedures as I considered necessary in the circumstances, except as noted in the following paragraph.

In common with many charitable organizations, the Association of Manitoba Museums [1972] Inc. reported amounts for grants, membership, donations and fees which are not susceptible to complete verification by audit purposes. Accordingly, my verification of receipts from these sources was limited to a comparison of recorded receipts with bank deposits.

In my opinion, except for the possibility of adjustments to grants, membership, donations and fees being perceptible to complete audit verification, these financial statements present fairly the financial position of the Association of Manitoba Museums [1972] Inc. as at March 31, 2020 and the result of this operation for the year ended with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.

Yours truly

T. W. Nickle CPA - CMA STATEMENT 1

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. BALANCE SHEET MARCH 31, 2020

CURRENT ASSETS 2020 2019

Cash in Bank [Note 3] $ 16,743.48 $ 16,686.06 Petty Cash $ 100.00 $ 100.00 Accounts Receivable $ 15,399.72 $ 3,575.26 Prepaid Postage $ 89.12 $ 121.27 Prepaid Rent $ 595.42 $ - Supply In Kind Expense $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00 Prepaid Expenses $ 11,384.20 $ 5,245.67

Total Current Assets $ 45,311.94 $ 26,728.26

FIXED ASSETS

Furniture & Equipment [Notes 1 & 2] $ 31,138.15 $ 31,138.15

Total Assets $ 76,450.09 $ 57,866.41

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable $ 17,226.52 $ 11,385.05 Unearned Revenue $ 18,041.25 $ 6,150.75 Vacation Payable $ 10,124.49 $ 7,608.03 $ 45,392.26 $ 25,143.83

Operating Surplus $ 31,057.83 $ 32,722.58

Total Liabilities & Operating Surplus $ 76,450.09 $ 57,866.41 STATEMENT 2

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

REVENUE 2020 2019

Grants Province of Manitoba - Programming $ 22,300.00 $ 22,300.00 Province of Manitoba - Training $ 18,100.00 $ 18,100.00 Canadian Heritage - MAP $ 64,421.00 $ 32,352.00 Province of Manitoba - Cultural Stewardship Program. $ 30,500.00 $ 30,500.00 Province of Manitoba -Special Grant $ 4,500.00 $ 750.00 The Winnipeg Foundation $ 16,188.00 $ 4,881.00 Government of Canada - CEWS $ 3,371.50 $ - Government of Canada - YCW $ 10,000.00 $ - Membership Fees $ 16,670.00 $ 16,150.00 Annual Conference $ 12,380.00 $ 14,120.00 Donations $ 4,996.01 $ 7,655.29 Certificate Programs - Registration Fees $ 5,370.00 $ 6,670.00 Registration Fees - Other Courses $ 3,345.00 $ 8,455.00 Investment/Interest Income $ 636.82 $ 329.29 Fund Raising - Auction $ 775.00 $ 944.00 Fund Raising - Other $ - $ 6,116.00 Publications Income $ 70.00 $ 255.00 CSP. Revenue $ 450.00 $ 200.00 Corporate Sponsorship $ - $ 5,000.00 Total Revenue $ 214,073.33 $ 174,777.58

EXPENDITURES 2020 2019

Office Rental/Utilities $ 6,876.36 $ 6,741.60 Photocopying/Printing $ 4,292.63 $ 4,718.10 Stationary & Office Supplies $ 2,354.55 $ 2,193.61 Postage $ 932.56 $ 836.74 Insurance $ 2,152.17 $ 2,099.52 Telephone/Fax $ 758.06 $ 772.49 Internet $ 784.83 $ 861.84 Office Equipment/Maintenance $ 1,522.23 $ 583.35 Travel $ 6,062.24 $ 6,801.41 Facility Rental $ 605.00 $ 2,395.50 Training Event Supplies $ 1,089.36 $ 1,301.40 Resource and Training Materials $ - $ 50.95 Consulting Fees $ 36,000.18 $ 1,511.87 Annual Conference $ 4,068.52 $ 6,708.07 Clerical Support $ 48,605.82 $ 31,221.83 Salaries $ 60,473.69 $ 56,388.89 Employee Benefit Costs $ 7,982.14 $ 6,440.38 Instructors Honoraria $ 5,601.25 $ 16,545.30 Professional Development $ 1,906.12 $ 1,441.25 Council Expenses $ 1,173.98 $ 881.27 Membership Fees $ 485.75 $ 471.75 Bank Charges $ 74.35 $ 110.97 Museums Awareness $ 1,369.75 $ 200.00 Audit $ 2,000.00 $ 1,500.00 CSP Consultant $ 18,305.21 $ 16,740.24 CSP Equipment $ - $ 41.27 Website Maintenance $ 261.33 $ 148.58 Fundraising Costs $ - $ 1,060.72 Supply In-Kind Expense $ - $ 533.00 HTP - Endowment Fund $ - $ 3,000.00 Total Expenditures $ 215,738.08 $ 174,301.90

Net Revenue [Expenditures] $ (1,664.75) $ 475.68 STATEMENT 3

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - CORE OPERATIONS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

REVENUE 2020 2019

Grants Province of Manitoba - Programming $ 22,300.00 $ 22,300.00 The Winnipeg Foundation - Donor Grants $ 188.00 $ 131.00 Federal - CEWS $ 3,371.50 Membership Fees $ 16,670.00 $ 16,150.00 Annual Conference $ 12,380.00 $ 14,120.00 Donations $ 4,996.01 $ 7,655.29 Investment/Interest Income $ 636.82 $ 329.29 Fund Raising - Auction $ 775.00 $ 944.00 Fund Raising - Other $ - $ 6,116.00 Publications Income $ 70.00 $ 105.00 Registration Fees - Other Courses $ - $ - Total Revenue $ 61,387.33 $ 67,850.58

EXPENDITURES 2020 2019

Office Rental/Utilities $ 2,062.91 $ 2,022.48 Photocopying/Printing $ 2,143.64 $ 2,126.65 Stationary & Office Supplies $ 767.26 $ 457.33 Postage $ 288.21 $ 268.07 Insurance $ 555.65 $ 510.30 Telephone/Fax $ 227.39 $ 231.15 Internet $ 235.45 $ 258.59 Office Equipment/Maintenance $ 312.29 $ 192.04 Annual Conference $ 4,068.52 $ 6,708.07 Salaries $ 18,605.49 $ 19,118.85 Clerical Support $ 8,832.45 $ 7,304.47 Employee Benefit Costs $ 1,668.59 $ 1,960.31 Professional Development $ 298.35 $ 322.87 Council Expenses $ 336.29 $ 264.38 Membership Fees $ 145.73 $ 141.52 Bank Charges $ 54.97 $ 64.22 Museums Awareness $ 550.92 $ 200.00 Audit $ 600.00 $ 360.00 Travel $ 1,642.66 $ 2,041.70 Facility Rental - Other $ 1,920.50 Website Maintenance $ 44.57 $ 44.57 Fundraising Costs $ - $ 1,060.72 Supply In-Kind Expense $ - $ 533.00 Instructors Honoraria $ 250.00 $ - HTP Endowment Fund $ - $ 3,000.00 Total Expenditures $ 43,691.34 $ 51,111.79

Net Revenue [Expenditures] $ 17,695.99 $ 16,738.79 STATEMENT 4

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - TRAINING PROGRAM TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

REVENUE 2020 2019

Grants Province of Manitoba - Training $ 18,100.00 $ 18,100.00 Province of Manitoba - Special Grant $ - $ 750.00 Canadian Heritage - MAP $ 36,835.00 $ 32,352.00 The Winnipeg Foundation $ 1,000.00 $ 4,750.00 Certificate Program - Registration Fees $ 5,370.00 $ 6,670.00 Registration Fees - Other Courses $ 3,345.00 $ 8,455.00 Corporate Sponsorship $ - $ 5,000.00 Total Revenue $ 64,650.00 $ 76,077.00

EXPENDITURES 2020 2019

Office Rentals/Utilities $ 3,438.13 $ 3,370.80 Photocopying/Printing $ 1,776.65 $ 2,465.16 Stationery and Office Supplies $ 1,156.30 $ 1,254.38 Postage $ 454.82 $ 420.62 Insurance $ 926.09 $ 850.50 Consulting Fees $ - $ 1,511.87 Telephone/Fax $ 378.91 $ 386.85 Internet $ 392.45 $ 430.92 Travel $ 1,805.40 $ 3,580.79 Facility Rentals $ 605.00 $ 475.00 Council Expenses $ 613.49 $ 440.63 Training Event Supplies $ 1,089.36 $ 1,301.40 Resource and Training Materials $ - $ 50.95 Office Equipment/Maintenance $ 936.06 $ 280.42 Clerical Support $ 22,322.91 $ 22,108.14 Salaries $ 30,845.23 $ 31,210.61 Employee Benefit Costs $ 3,862.39 $ 3,845.49 Instructors Honoraria $ 5,351.25 $ 16,545.30 Membership Fees $ 242.87 $ 235.88 Professional Development $ 1,408.87 $ 903.13 Bank Charges $ 17.90 $ 40.18 Audit $ 1,000.00 $ 900.00 Website Maintenance $ 187.04 $ 74.29 Museum Awareness $ 584.88 Total Expenditures $ 79,396.00 $ 92,683.31

Net Revenue [Expenditures] $ (14,746.00) $ (16,606.31) STATEMENT 5

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - CULTURAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

REVENUE 2020 2019

Grants Province of Manitoba - CSP $ 30,500.00 $ 30,500.00 CSP -. Revenue $ 450.00 $ 200.00 ABCs $ - $ 150.00 Total Revenue $ 30,950.00 $ 30,850.00

EXPENDITURES 2020 2019

Office Rentals/Utilities $ 1,375.32 $ 1,348.32 Photocopying/Printing $ 369.57 $ 126.29 Stationery and Office Supplies $ 430.99 $ 481.90 Postage $ 185.84 $ 148.05 Insurance $ 670.43 $ 738.72 CSP Consultant $ 18,305.21 $ 16,740.24 Office Equipment/Maintenance $ 208.18 $ 110.89 Telephone/Fax $ 151.57 $ 154.49 Internet $ 156.93 $ 172.33 Travel $ 2,262.21 $ 1,178.92 CSP Equipment $ - $ 41.27 Clerical Support $ 1,644.00 $ 1,809.22 Salaries $ 5,882.43 $ 6,059.43 Employee Benefit Costs $ 628.30 $ 634.58 Council Expenses $ 224.20 $ 176.26 Membership Fees $ 97.15 $ 94.35 Professional Development $ 198.90 $ 215.25 Bank Charges $ 1.48 $ 6.57 Audit $ 400.00 $ 240.00 Website Maintenance $ 29.72 $ 29.72 Museum Awareness $ 233.95 $ - Total Expenditures $ 33,456.38 $ 30,506.80

Net Revenue [Expenditures] $ (2,506.38) $ 343.20 STATEMENT 6

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS - DATABASE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

REVENUE 2020 2019

Grants Province of Manitoba - Special Grants $ 4,500.00 $ - Canadian Heritage - MAP $ 27,586.00 $ - Government of Canada - YCW $ 10,000.00 $ - The Winnipeg Foundation $ 15,000.00 $ - Total Revenue $ 57,086.00 $ -

EXPENDITURES 2020 2019

Photocopying/Printing $ 2.77 $ - Postage $ 3.69 $ - Consulting Fees $ 36,000.18 $ - Office Equipment/Maintenance $ 65.70 $ - Telephone/Fax $ 0.19 $ - Travel $ 351.97 $ - Clerical Support $ 15,806.46 $ - Salaries $ 5,140.54 $ - Employee Benefit Costs $ 1,822.86 $ - Total Expenditures $ 59,194.36 $ -

Net Revenue [Expenditures] $ (2,108.36) $ - STATEMENT 7

ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. STATEMENT OF OPERATING SURPLUS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

2020 2019

Balance, Beginning of Year $ 32,722.58 $ 32,246.90

Net Profit [Loss] Core Operations [Statement 3] $ 17,695.99 $ 16,738.79

Net Profit [Loss] Training Program [Statement 4] $ (14,746.00) $ (16,606.31)

Net Profit (Loss) Cultural Steward (Statement 5) $ (2,506.38) $ 343.20

Net Profit (Loss) Database (Statement 6) $ (2,108.36) $ -

Balance, End of Year $ 31,057.83 $ 32,722.58

Balance. End of Year - Made Up of Following:

Furniture and Equipment $ 31,138.15 $ 31,138.15

Accumulated Operating Surplus - Core Operations $ 169,231.23 $ 151,535.24

Balance - Training Program $ (151,838.26) $ (137,092.26)

Balance - Cultural Stewardship Program $ (15,364.93) $ (12,858.55)

Balance - Database Program $ (2,108.36) $ -

Balance, End of Year $ 31,057.83 $ 32,722.58 ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. BANK RECONCILIATION MARCH 31, 2020

Crosstown Civic Credit Union - Chequing Account #2100411

Balance as per Bank Statement March 31, 2020 $ 11,914.51

Less Outstanding Cheques/Accruals:

6127 Julianna Roberts $ 76.80 EX_RG_03-31-2020 Receiver General $ 9,686.35 EX_RCAP_03-31-2020 Leasing $ 646.24 $ 10,409.39 Balance as per General Ledger March 31, 2020 $ 1,505.12

Crosstown Civic Credit Union - 52 Premium Savings - 1

Balance - General Ledger & Bank Statement March 31, 2020 $ 6,082.08

Crosstown Civic Credit Union - 52 Premium Savings - 2

Balance - General Ledger & Bank Statement March 31, 2020 $ 6,915.72

Crosstown Civic Credit Union - 01 Plan 24-1

Balance - General Ledger & Bank Statement March 31, 2020 $ 2,093.09

Crosstown Civic Credit Union - 91 Surplus Shares

Balance - General Ledger & Bank Statement March 31, 2020 $ 147.47 ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. BALANCE SHEET ACCOUNT LISTINGS MARCH 31, 2020

CURRENT ASSETS

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Registration Fees Receivable - Certificate $ 180.00 Registration Fees Receivable - Other $ 225.00 Membership Receivable - Institution $ 18.75 Membership Receivable - Individual $ 35.00 Federal YCW $ 2,500.00 GST $ 738.47 MAP Grant - Training $ 8,331.00 Federal - CEWS $ 3,371.50 TOTAL RECEIVABLES $ 15,399.72

PREPAID EXPENSES

Amex - Domain Registration $ 19.18 Art Appraisal - Consulting Fees $ 155.00 Bridgeport Service Contract $ 248.62 Visa - Square $ 30.23 Coda Multimedia - Website Hosting $ 61.50 Futura - GST - Anti-Virus, Remote Backup $ 256.72 Amex - Sage Software $ 909.68 Collabria Visa - CMA Conference $ 1,125.00 Change - Trivia Night $ 500.00 MB Children's Museum - Facility & Deposit $ 1,835.00 Jane Dalley - Heritage Consulting $ 4,430.56 Amex - CMA Travel $ 588.52 Amex - Zoom $ 150.00 Collabria Visa - Office & Trivia Supplies $ 427.95 RCAP Leasing $ 646.24 TOTAL PREPAID EXPENSES $ 11,384.20 CURRENT LIABILITIES

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Bridgeport - Photocopying $ 11.45 PayPal Processing Fee $ 1.50 City of Winnipeg Transit $ 183.70 Andrea Reichert - Instructor Honoraria $ 225.00 Nancy Anderson - Instructor Honoraria $ 225.00 Whirl-i-gig - Consultant Fees $ 16,579.87 TOTAL PAYABLES $ 17,226.52

UNEARNED REVENUE

Pre-Paid Memberships $ 971.25 In-Kind Donations - Received In Advance $ 1,000.00 Unearned Income - The Winnipeg Foundation $ 14,000.00 Unearned Income - CWMB $ 2,070.00 $ 18,041.25 ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA MUSEUMS [1972] INC. NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TWELVE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

NOTE 1

Significant Accounting Policies

Depreciation on fixed assets has not been provided for on these financial statements.

NOTE 2

Furniture and Equipment is comprised of:

Furniture $6,047.15

Equipment $25,091.00 ______

$31,138.15 ______

NOTE 3

Cash in Bank is comprised of:

Crosstown Civic Credit Union – Chequing Account $1,505.12

Crosstown Civic Credit Union – 52 Premium Savings-1 $6,082.08

Crosstown Civic Credit Union – 52 Premium Savings-2 $6,915.72

Crosstown Civic Credit Union – 91 Surplus Shares $147.47

Crosstown Civic Credit Union – 01 Plan 24-1 $2,093.09 ______

TOTAL $16,743.48 ______NOTE 4

a. The Council of The Association of Manitoba Museums (1972) Inc. implemented a change in the financial reporting format starting in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The Cultural Stewardship Program will be reported as a separate program consistent with the reporting for the Training Program. In prior years, the revenue and expenditures for this Program were reported in the Core Operations Statement. The Cultural Stewardship Program will be an ongoing core program of the Association. The new reporting format will facilitate the allocation and recording of all revenues and expenditures for this program.

b. The Council of The Association of Manitoba Museums (1972) Inc. implemented a change in the financial reporting format starting in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The Database Program will be reported as a separate program consistent with the reporting of the Training and Cultural Stewardship Program. The Database Program will be an ongoing core program of the Association.

AMM Annual Report 20 April 1, 2019—March 31, 2020