Annual Report 2013/2014
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Annual Report 2013/2014 Canterbury Museum Annual Report 2013/2014 Our Museum Celebrating Canterbury, discovering the world. For us and our children after us Waitaha-kōawa-rau, ka whakanuia; Te-ao-whānui, ka tūhuratia. Mā tātou ko ngā uri e whai ake nei What we do Ko te wāhi ki a mātou Canterbury Museum acquires and cares for world-wide collections of human and natural history, with a focus on Canterbury and the Antarctic. Access to these collections drives research, inspires learning and ignites imagination through stories that surprise and delight our visitors. The principles we live by Ō Mātou Tikanga Connected – locally, biculturally, nationally, globally Engaging – welcoming, dynamic, fun Trusted – guardianship, integrity, authenticity Sustainable – accountable, responsible, safe and secure 03 Our year at a glance Visitors in the year, a Museum record Participants in our education & public programmes Articles & papers published 04 Canterbury Museum Annual Report 2013/2014 Visitors during RISE, our most popular exhibition ever Visitor satisfaction Earned income Temporary exhibitions 05 The Canterbury Museum Trust Board gratefully acknowledges the following funding bodies: Christchurch City Council, Hurunui District Council, Selwyn District Council and Waimakariri District Council contributed a significant proportion of the funding to maintain, operate and develop Canterbury Museum under the provisions of the Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act 1993. The Ministry of Education provided funding for a Learning Experiences outside the Classroom contract which enabled the Museum to provide ongoing educational programmes to schools throughout the region. The Mason Foundation, the Marsden Fund and the R S Allan Memorial Fund provided funding for research initiatives by staff and Research Fellows. The Mason Foundation also supported the publication of the Records of the Canterbury Museum. The Ministry of Primary Industries provided funding for a research project into the development of a key to New Zealand spiders for biosecurity purposes. The Cranleigh Barton Trust made a grant towards conservation of Museum-owned art works. The Friends of Canterbury Museum continued to provide support throughout the year. 06 Canterbury Museum Annual Report 2013/2014 Contents 06 35 Chairperson's & Director's Statement of Service Performance Report 36 08 Independent Auditor's Report Engaging Our Communities 38 10 Publications Significant Collections & Research 40 13 Exhibitions Professional & Committed People 14 41 Benefactors Financial Statements 42 15 Museum Staff Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement of Changes in Equity 44 Organisational Chart 16 Statement of Financial Position 45 Museum Representation on 17 External Organisations Statement of Cash Flows 46 18 Canterbury Museum Trust Board Notes to the Financial Statements Canterbury Museum Friends Committee Bequests 07 Chairperson's & Director's Report This has been the first full year that we have been open since the disruption following the earthquakes and it is pleasing to report a number of outstanding achievements during this time. Record visitor numbers Future Focus This year we have concentrated on the 660,000 people visited the Museum in A key achievement in the year was the earthquake remediation of our collection the year, surpassing our previous production of our new Strategic Plan which stores. Earthquake recovery staff have been pre-earthquakes record of 653,000 in we completed with the involvement of all our systematically working their way through the 2009 financial year. staff. The plan provides us with a roadmap all the collection stores. Damage to these for the next three years until 2017, the 150th storerooms was considerable in some Most popular exhibition anniversary of Julius von Haast setting up instances and has required the complete Almost 40% of people (248,000) visited Canterbury Museum and further on towards decanting and rehousing of all objects while during the RISE street art exhibition, 2020, the 150th anniversary of our location on the repairs were done. We moved our entire the Museum’s highest-ever viewed the Rolleston Avenue site. manuscript collection off-site to create working exhibition. 13 temporary exhibitions space into which we could systematically staged in the year. Our strategic focus is to achieve a significant empty each store. Checking all items for upgrade of our buildings while continuing to damage, recording their location and securely Education and public programmes enhance our community, national and global repackaging them follows. That work will take 29,220 people, including 20,300 school engagement and to provide knowledge-based at least another three years. students, participated in a Museum research and relevant collections. education programme and 19,500 Engaging our Communities attended a public programme. More During the year, we reviewed the capital During the year, we again delivered a diverse than 56,000 children and adults visited development plan that the Museum had been and fascinating programme of exhibitions, our popular Discovery Centre. about to embark on prior to the earthquakes. public programmes and educational While all the exterior building earthquake experiences. Our two earthquake-themed High visitor satisfaction maintained remediation work has now been completed, exhibitions – Doc Ross’s 37 Portraits and 95% of visitors rated their experience major deficiencies in other aspects of our Beyond the Cordon: The Red Zone through the visiting the Museum as good, very good buildings have been highlighted over the eyes of the New Zealand Police Photographers or excellent. last year. – were well attended. 39 articles and papers published In March, rain storms saw staff deployed with RISE, our summer blockbuster exhibition, was Our Curators and Research Fellows buckets and mops to keep on top of leaks a particularly exciting event to be involved in. engaged in collaborative research which appeared in a large number of places. While we were hosting a number of street programmes leading to a record number Environmental issues in our stores continue to artists creating art on the Museum’s walls and of publications. plague us, along with frequent lift breakdowns, an exhibition of original Banksy works, our insufficient storage, blocked drains and 33% increase in trading revenue collaborative partner Oi YOU! was bringing temperature extremes. While our local authorities contributed the city alive with amazing large-scale outdoor works. The interest in this exhibition exceeded $7.4 million to our operating costs in Continuous patching of our buildings over all expectations and opened our doors to a the year (2013: $7.1 million), revenue many years is not sustainable and we are wider section of our community. from door donations, Discovery Centre looking at the most viable options to save, ticket sales, grants, bequests and other restore and protect the heritage areas of the Our Curators continue to be involved in cutting- trading income was $2.4 million (2013: Museum and to meet new building code edge research including field work on early $1.8 million). standards. We are working closely with the Miocene fossil lake deposits near St Bathans Ministry of Culture and Heritage, along with in Central Otago and the editing and publishing central and local government to find a solution. of Tony Fomison’s previously unpublished manuscript on Maori Rock Art in North Otago and South Canterbury. 08 Canterbury Museum Annual Report 2013/2014 Michael McEvedy Anthony Wright Chairperson Director As the repository of a wealth of collection Canterbury Antarctic community gathered Our architects, engineers, and contractors items, we are acutely aware of our community at the Museum for this special recognition of for earthquake remediation have again been responsibilities. We have hosted a variety of Baden’s commitment to the Antarctic. The responsive and proactive in their services events at the Museum and worked with local event also gave us the perfect opportunity to to us. We are proud to be associated with organisations to produce major exhibitions such invite Sally Burrage, our other Emeritus Curator such a group of loyal professionals who work as Resurface: Discovering our Archaeological (of Canterbury Museum History), and surprise tirelessly for the Museum. Past. This exhibition gave us an opportunity her with a “This is your Life” review of her time to work closely with the New Zealand in the Museum and to mark her retirement in Finally, we acknowledge the support, Archaeological Association and our visitors the 2011. direction and guidance of the Canterbury chance to see an array of long-buried items Museum Trust Board, our visitors, funders, which have resurfaced since the earthquakes. Acknowledgements sponsors and benefactors. Thank you all for None of what has been achieved in this year your ongoing support. We continue to support the Canterbury Cultural could have been done without the support of Collections Recovery Centre through Advisory our professional and committed team. They Board membership, and have delivered many have worked tirelessly to ensure the Museum presentations to interested groups on our remains a safe and fascinating place to visit recent disaster recovery experiences. and to ensure the safety and security of our collections. Through their efforts we were Acknowledging the significance of WWI in New delighted to have been awarded the Investors in Michael McEvedy Zealand’s history, we have been working closely