Goulbourn Museum Annual Report 15

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Sharing the Story of ’s Oldest Military Settlement FROM THE CURATOR MANAGER In 2015, Goulbourn Museum strived to create a sense of belonging and pride in our community’s past and present. Our milestones were designed to do just that: we celebrated 25 years in the community, held our largest event to date and received funding for a special project. To celebrate our anniversary, we featured several relevant artefacts on our Instagram page as well as in our newsletters, we threw an old-fashioned birthday bash on Father’s Day, and we launched a new exhibition about the history behind our local street names. Attendance at the annual Old Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market was astounding. The event attracted nearly 650 visitors, 15 artisan vendors and even Santa himself. That equates to 52% more visitors than the 2014 event, and 82% more than in 2013. We were also thrilled to have received funding through the Government of Canada’s World War Commemorations Community Fund and begin the process of developing exhibitions and programming related to medicine during the World Wars.

Our Board of Directors is committed to ensuring the Museum maintains its stable leadership while continuing to grow. A new Governance Committee was formed and has been reviewing and updating our policies on a regular basis. The Committee is also looking at our Emergency Preparedness Plan and other governance-related documents. The Board continues to be supported by the Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee. Long-term plans include addressing the Museum’s site needs and space requirements. This process commenced in October with a brainstorming session with several of our stakeholders. The Board is also committed to continuing education and participated in our second annual group training session, where we discussed opportunities to bring people closer to the Museum and our mandate.

The Museum’s messages are being shared in more ways than ever before. In addition to using newsletters, social media and word-of-mouth, we updated our website to be both bilingual and responsive. That means you can use our website on your computer, tablet or mobile device in both official languages. You may have noticed that the outdoor signs were finally replaced after years of using a laminated sign to amend old information. The new signs feature our logo and slogan – Sharing the Story of Ottawa’s Oldest Military Settlement – and use reflective materials to catch the light. We were also thrilled to have been featured in the Ottawa Citizen’s Five Worth the Drive column, which highlighted our exhibitions.

Over 45 volunteers put in 910 hours of their time to assist with programs, events, fundraising, digitization projects, artefact cataloguing, governance and planning efforts. The support has been tremendous and we look forward to building on this momentum in the coming year.

Kathryn Jamieson

2 2015 SUCCESS STORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Museum formed a partnership with Minto OULBOURN USEUM Potter’s Key in 2015. G M They not only sponsored ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Back to our Routes: The Evolution of Goulbourn’s From the Curator Manager 2 Streets exhibition, but also our Father’s Day Flashback event and the Mandate / Mission 3 Old-Fashioned Christmas as well as our monthly 2015 Successes 3 Yap & Yarn and Family Craft Day programs. Outreach, Programs 4

Thanks to a joint initiative between the Ottawa Exhibits, Collections 5 Museum Network and the City of Ottawa, including the Museums Museum ArteFACTS 6 and Heritage Programs Unit and the City of The Year in Review 7 Ottawa Archives, the Museum now has artefact records Staff 8 available online. Curator Manager Kathryn Jamieson (left) spoke at Board and Management 9 the launch of the new website. Partnerships 10 During the week of March Break the Museum offered Contributors 11 three creative craft workshops for children Members 12 aged 6-11. The workshops were well received and each one was sold out. The Museum also extended its hours to be open every MANDATE/MISSION day of March Break for more playtime. The Goulbourn Museum will disseminate the material and oral Nearly 650 visitors joined us in November for the history of Goulbourn Township by 3rd annual Old-Fashioned collecting, preserving, displaying and Christmas & Outdoor interpreting local artefacts. The Artisan Market making Museum will offer a range of it the most successful event in the Museum’s educational programs to increase the history. A fundraising raffle public’s understanding and enjoyment made over $300 and of local history. A History Centre is additional donations from open for genealogical and local history refreshments and Santa photos totalled $578. research. 3 OUTREACH, PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS: ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES

FIBRE ARTS

SPINNING YARNS AT DOORS OPEN

Interest in the fibre arts continued to grow in 2015 with two sold-out arm knitting workshops and steady attendance at our monthly Yap & Yarn meet ups.

During Doors Open, a dedicated number of volunteers from the Museum’s Yap & Yarn group spent the weekend demonstrating fibre arts techniques.

Visitors of all ages were able to watch the experts and learn about everything from knitting and crocheting to spinning and weaving.

GUIDES AND SCOUTS

PROGRAMS GEARED TO BADGE REQUIREMENTS

In 2015 the Museum designed a youth program to help Girl Guides fulfill their Folklore Badge, the purpose of which is to encourage interest in the folklore of our province and Canada. Requirements for this badge had children performing skits, learning about local legends and brushing up on their sewing skills. As we move ahead, more programs will be created to bring Guides and Scouts closer to acquiring additional badges.

4 EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH PRESERVING OUR PAST

WHAT’S NEW GOULBOURN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS The Museum launched Back to Our Routes: The Evolution of Goulbourn’s Streets which delves into the origin of both community and street names in old Goulbourn.

The exhibition also relayed “fun facts” such as when Stittsville got its first street light and the definition of a corduroy road. Artefacts from the Museum’s collection helped narrate the Right: Men working to build a story and bring the exhibit to corduroy road in the former life. Goulbourn Township. Photo courtesy of the Goulbourn Township Historical Society

POTTER’S KEY STITTSVILLE TRAIN STATION INSPIRES MEDAL DESIGN In 1957, Debbie Eastop’s When designing parents bought a house the 2015 medals from a woman named for the annual Mrs. Potter. Mrs. Potter road race called held the mortgage and 9 RUN RUN, Debbie remembers walking organizers were through the field with inspired by the her mother to make the Kathryn Jamieson, left, history of Stittsville. monthly payment. After and Debbie Eastop. the mortgage was paid off, The race takes Mrs. Potter gave the family an ornate old house place through the streets of Stittsville and key appropriately labeled “Potter’s Key”. concludes in the Village Square, the location When Minto held a contest to name its new of the former Stittsville Railway Station. The development in Stittsville, Debbie’s entry medals were inspired by an image of the “Potter’s Key” won. In 2015 the Eastop family station circa 1921 created by local artist Todd generously donated the Potter’s Key to the Kowalik. Kowalik’s original artwork is part of the Goulbourn Museum collection. We are honoured Museum’s collection. The train ran through to be gifted with this piece of history. Stittsville from 1870 to 1990.

5 151 Artefacts Donated

470 Records added to the Artefact Database 910 Volunteer Hours

2,464 Museum Visitors

8,632 Program Participants MUSEUM 11,428 ARTEFACTS Total Museum Participants

48 1,436 orkshops W Social Media Updates & Lectures 23% 270% Increase in Increase in Facebook Fans Individual Donations 24% 17 Increase in Special Events Pinterest Followers

52% 163% Increase in attendance Increase in at Old-Fashioned Instagram Followers Christmas 100 118% Mentions in Local Paper Increase in Workshop Revenue 10 Publications 13% Increase in 62 Voting Members Community Partners

6 THE YEAR IN REVIEW

JANUARY • School program • Evening of Appreciation • Mansion Mayhem • Applied Museum Studies • OMAC Website Launch, event workshop presentation City of Ottawa Archives • Site needs meeting AUGUST • Arm Knitting workshop APRIL • Colonel By Day display, NOVEMBER • Top of the World – North Pole flag exhibit, Community • Beavers program • Remembrance Day exhibit, Cabinet (Jan-May) • Student video shoot • Minto Potter’s Key Stittsville Library photo shoot • Annual General Meeting • Two Sparks group FEBRUARY • Older adults program, programs • Fascinator workshop, Old Forge Community • , Ottawa International Women’s Club Resource Centre • Girl Guides group City Hall of Ottawa program • History of Hats exhibit, • Minto Potter’s Key Stittsville Library (Aug-Sept) • Old-Fashioned Christmas press conference MAY & Outdoor Artisan Market • Suncatcher workshop, • Cleaning the Capital SEPTEMBER International Women’s DECEMBER • Fascinator workshop • Richmond Fair display Club of Ottawa • Girl Guides group • Sparks program and program • Family Day event program • Older adults program, JUNE • Heritage Day outreach, Old Forge Community Ottawa City Hall • Resource Centre ONGOING EVENTS: • Snow Much Fun, traveling • Two school programs • Heritage forum, St. John’s • 12 Board Meetings exhibit • Father’s Day Flashback Anglican Church • Youth Arm Knitting • 9 Yap & Yarn • Back to Our Routes workshop OCTOBER Knitting Circles exhibit (June-Dec) • Homeschool program MARCH • 10 Family Craft Days JULY • Two older adult presentations, • March Break Craft • Canada Day program, West Ottawa Community workshops Goulbourn Rec Complex Resource Centre • Homeschool Heritage • 9 Run Run display, Village Fair • Stittsville Diners Club, older adults program Square Park

7 STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER MEET OUR TEAM SUE WOODFORD CURATOR MANAGER

KATHRYN JAMIESON

COLLECTIONS & PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR EDUCATION OFFICER SARAH HOLLA

TRACEY DONALDSON PROJECT COORDINATOR

JENNIFER ADAMS

COLLECTIONS MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ASSISTANT INTERN

MACKENZIE BIRDGENAW SARAH ALLEN STEPHANIE MILES

COLLECTIONS & PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR “THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAM IS EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. THE STRENGTH KAITLIN NORMANDIN OF EACH MEMBER IS THE TEAM.” ~ PHIL JACKSON 8 GOULBOURN MUSEUM MANAGEMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JOHN CURRY - DIRECTOR, CASEY PALMER (RESIGNED), PHIL SWEETNAM - TREASURER, KATHRYN JAMIESON (CURATOR MANAGER), FRANK ARGUE - SECRETARY, LINDA PRESTON - PAST CHAIRPERSON, BRAM BLENK - DIRECTOR, KEN COWNLEY - VICE-CHAIRPERSON, AND KEITH HOBBS - CHAIRPERSON. ABSENT: GLENDON MOORE - DIRECTOR.

Administrative Accomplishments in 2015 • Developed and implemented • Awarded $22,450 from the orientation and procedural guides Government of Canada’s World for new staff War Commemorations Community Fund • Fundraising and Case for Support training for Board and • Established a Governance Committee staff with terms of reference

9 PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS THE GOULBOURN MUSEUM GRATEFULLY CONTRIBUTED FUNDING; VOLUNTEERED TIME AND ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND EXPERTISE; DONATED OR LOANED ARTEFACTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY AND SUPPLIES; OR SHARED OUR NEWS LOCALLY. 2015 PARTNERSHIPS 4 Season Pool & Spa Councillor Scott Moffatt Marketa’s Creations Richmond District Lions Club Care Inc. Councillor Shad Qadri Matthews Kennels Richmond Legion 2018 Unified Committee Crazy 4 Crafts Members of the 100th Richmond Nursery 9 Run Run Cumberland Heritage Regiment Historical Society Richmond Village All That Glam Village Museum Minto Potter’s Key Association Ashton General Store Department of Canadian Monkey Mud Pottery Heritage Rob More Publishing Bakers Bean Village Café Mud Mitts Diefenbunker: Canada’s RONA Stittsville Big D’s Dog House & Cold War Museum Myers Kanata Poutine Emporium Royal’s Restaurant Dragonfly Dreamers Napolis Café Billings Estate National Sandee’s Country Kitchen Fairfields Heritage Property Historic Site Nepean Museum Senators Sports & Farm Boy Black Sheep Artisan by Bike Entertainment Fin de Ville Brookstreet Hotel Osgoode Township Museum Sheila Cain-Sample Pen Giant Tiger & Pencil Artist Brown’s YIG Ottawa Fire Services, Golden Triangle Signs City of Ottawa Shopper’s Drug Mart Bytown Museum (Stittsville) Goulbourn Township Ottawa Museum Network Calligraphy Society of Historical Society Stittsville District Lions Club Ottawa Ottawa Public Library, His and Hers Home Co. Richmond Branch Stittsville IDA Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Home Depot Ottawa Public Library, Stittsville News Museum Stittsville Branch Home School Heritage Fair Stittsville Village Association Canadian Golf & Country Ottawa Valley Woodturners The Beckwitch Club Hurley’s Grill Pinhey’s Point Historic Site The Cheddar Stop Canadian Museums Jiffy Photo and Print Pizza All’Antica Association Kanata Theater The Cheshire Cat Pub Pizza Pizza Stittsville Carruthers Cakes and Kavanagh Bookkeeping The Great Canadian Candy Pottery Playhouse Fireplace Co. King’s YIG Christine Toth, Steeped Tea Pretty Pots Flower Shop Inc. Tim Horton’s (Edgewater Dr.) Kiwanis Club of Goulbourn City of Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Touch of Glass Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services KvJ Tutoring Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Clare’s Old Farmhouse Soap Tracey Kerr Elements Laura’s YIG Richie Feed & Seed Inc. Photography Coldwell Banker Lilly Luvs Bowtique Richmond Agricultural Vanier Museopark Council of Heritage Society MacEwan/Tin Cup Organizations Ottawa Watson’s Mill Manotick, Inc.

10 2015 CONTRIBUTORS

Alberta Aboud Iva James Julie Stewart Kirsty Walker Jennifer Adams Adam Jamieson Janet Sullivan Terry Ward Elaine Argue Kenneth Jones Patrick Sullivan Cliff Ward Frank Argue Sheila Jones Phil Sweetnam Melinda Whitaker Jessica Arsenault Donna Keays-Hockey John Sweetnam Ian White Tino Bevacqua Brianne Kerik Helen Trimble Don Wilson Mackenzie Birdgenaw Janet Kramers Debra Turnbull Margaret Wilson Steve Blackburn Eric Kramers Kenneth Wadsworth Ross Wilson Richard Blanchard Bonnie Lamb Sharon Wakeman Vivian Young Bram Blenk Gerd Lohman Lynne Blenk John Maguire Kelsey Boggis-da Silva Dwight Martineau Susan Brinkert Lia Mazzolin Allison Burnett Barbara McCourt Sheila Cain-Sample Gerry McCourt Helen Cathcart Cheryl McCoy Susan Clark-Dow Carolyn McIlquham Ken Cownley Harold McIlquham John Curry Heather McIlquham Nancy Dale Shannon McIlquham Robin Derrick Jim McIlquham Jana Dinelle Casey McLaughlin Janet Donaldson Melita Mildon Debbie Eastop Stephanie Miles Bob Easy Glendon Moore Marguerite Evans James Neelin Jacques Faille Catherine Normandin Tony Feng Sarah Norton Ashley Fong Dan Pak Marjorie Gillick Erin Poulton Jim Gillick Linda Preston Muriel Gingras Luka Raspopovic Lynn Griffiths Hélène Rivest L. Col. Gordon Hagar Alan Rushforth Mickie (Olga) Hebert Rob Sample Keith Hobbs Rebecca Scott Les Hockey Mary Seabrook Munro Teresa Holla Hailey Simpson Bill Holla Jordyn Simpson Brenda Holtz Jim Stanzell Michelle Iseman Doris Steacy

11 HELPING US PRESERVE & SHARE GOULBOURN’S STORY 2015 MEMBERS & KITS’ CLUB

Elaine Argue Eliza Jones Erin Poulton Karen Weir Frank Argue Emerson Jones Linda Preston Melinda Whitaker Bram Blenk Kenneth Jones Hélène Rivest Ian White Lynne Blenk Sheila Jones Pat Roberts Don Wilson Barbara Bottriell Donna Keays-Hockey Jim Stanzell Margaret Wilson Susan Brinkert Brianne Kerik Phil Sweetnam Ross Wilson Beth Burke Paige Kolanko Sheila Cain-Sample Ryan Kolanko Ivy Canning Eric Kramers Helen Cathcart Janet Kramers Susan Clark-Dow Evelyn Leroux Ken Cownley Gord Long John Curry John Maguire Nancy Dale Richard Mains Janet Donaldson Barbara McCourt Marise Dubé Gerry McCourt Ron Duffield Cheryl McCoy Greg Enns Ann E. McJanet YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS: Marguerite Evans Melita Mildon Jacques Faille Hilda Moore KITS’ CLUB $5.00 (ONE CHILD UNDER 18) Jamie Flanders Glendon Moore Zoe Flanders James Neelin INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $10.00 Jim Gillick Virginia Notley (ONE ADULT) Marjorie Gillick Casey Palmer FAMILY MEMBERSHIP $20.00 Lillian Hobbs Jeff Palmer (TWO ADULTS AND CHILDREN UNDER 18) Keith Hobbs Christine Parkinson *Family membership includes up to four additional Kits’ Pauline Hobbs Dorothy Parkinson Club memberships for children OR grandchildren. Les Hockey Glen Parkinson OUR YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS RUN FOR A William Hoy Josephine Parkinson FULL YEAR, STARTING THE DAY WE RECEIVE YOUR Edward Jones Vera Parkinson MEMBERSHIP FEE.

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