2016 Annual Report

Goulbourn Museum Annual Report 16 www.goulbournmuseum.ca Sharing the Story of Ottawa’s Oldest Military Settlement FROM THE CURATOR MANAGER 2016 was a successful year for the Goulbourn Museum. The Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market saw a 21% increase in attendance, a new point-of-sale system was installed; a significant sponsorship was secured; and the gift shop was revived with new product. We also launched Healing Hands — Medicine During the World Wars and Food Will Win the War, for which we received funding from the Government of Canada’s World War Commemorations Community Fund. Museum staff undertook several training opportunities in 2016. Full time staff completed a two-day certification seminar in First Aid, CPR and defibrillator training, while part time staff completed one-day training. To ensure an understanding of the law and safe-handling practices, staff took the Canadian Firearms Safety Course onsite. This training was also made available to other museum professionals in the Ottawa Museum Network resulting in a small workshop in the Museum. I was honoured to receive the Ontario Museum Association’s (OMA) 2016 Promising Leadership Award of Excellence and attended my first OMA conference as an employee of the Museum. I enjoyed the presentations and discussions with colleagues from across the Province. We received an incredible amount of support from 72 volunteers who collectively put in 1,108 hours of their time to assist with many areas of museum work, including governance and planning efforts, artefact cataloguing, digitization projects, fundraising, programs and events. The Museum’s achievements are a direct result of your hard work and dedication. On a personal note, I will be on maternity leave for most of the 2017 year and in my place, Tracey Donaldson will become Acting Manager. While I am on leave, I look forward to attending our events as a visitor, and I hope to see you at the Museum. Kathryn Jamieson 2 2016 SUCCESS STORIES TABLE OF CONTENTS The Museum launched two successful new GOULBOURN MUSEUM exhibitions thanks to funding from ANNUAL REPORT 2016 the Government of Canada’s World Wars From the Curator Manager 2 Commemorations Community Fund. The bilingual exhibits are Mandate / Mission 3 entitled Healing Hands – Medicine During the 2016 Successes 3 World Wars, and Food will Win the War. Outreach, Programs 4 2016 saw the Exhibits, Collections 5 implementation of a long overdue Point of Sale System at the Museum. Museum ArteFACTS 6 This new system allows for donations, gift shop sales The Year in Review 7 and program registration payments to be made by credit card. In Staff 8 addition, the Museum’s gift shop inventory also Museum Governance 9 expanded to include vintage wooden toys. Partnerships 10 Curator Manager Kathryn Contributors 11 Jamieson received the Ontario Museum Association’s 2016 Members 12 Promising Leadership Award of Excellence. In the four years that she has occupied her position, MANDATE/MISSION attendance at the Goulbourn Museum has increased by over 180%. The Goulbourn Museum will disseminate the material and oral The Old-Fashioned history of Goulbourn Township by Christmas & Outdoor collecting, preserving, displaying and Artisan Market has continued to show interpreting local artefacts. The a steady increase in Museum will offer a range of popularity. In 2016 vendor educational programs to increase the numbers went up by over public’s understanding and enjoyment 33% and attendance of local history. A History Centre is rose by 21% making it the open for genealogical and local history Museum’s most successful event to date. research. 3 OUTREACH, PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS: ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES CAREER DAY STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT MUSEUM JOBS Education Officer, Tracey Donaldson, was invited to Career Day at St. Philip Elementary School in Richmond. She told the Grade 1 class about the wide variety of jobs available in the museum field - everything from collections, conservation, and research to programming and communications. Children were shown how to safely handle artefacts and a lucky few even got to try on some heritage costumes. According to the school, that afternoon during outdoor recess the students were found digging eagerly in the sandbox for pieces of history. MARCH BREAK CREATIVE CRAFT WORKSHOPS SELL OUT The Museum met community demand for March Break programming by offering three drop-off craft workshops for children aged 6-11. Participants constructed robots out of recyclables, made large marionette puppets, and designed container gardens. Registration was flexible – kids could sign up for all three days and get a price reduction, or enroll in just one workshop. The formula proved popular and each workshop sold out. 4 EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH PRESERVING OUR PAST WHAT’S NEW MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS The Museum launched Healing Hands – Medicine During the World Wars which focused on the vital role of the Canadian Red Cross, Nursing Sisters and veterinarians during the World Wars. New artefacts and panels were added to the Museum’s Village Store transforming it into a WWII era general store dealing with food rationing. The exhibition was made Project Coordinator, Jennifer Adams possible by the Government poses in a replica Nursing Sister’s uniform of Canada’s World Wars (above) and leads a lecture about Commemorations Community medicine during the World Wars (right). Fund. ASHTON GENERAL STORE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS POSTAL WICKET The Museum In 2016, after 150 years, the received a series Ashton General Store closed of large format its doors. The store opened photographs of one of the area’s first rural Betty Hill, the Reeve post offices in 1851 and local of Richmond in the residents continued to collect early 1970s and first their mail at the Ashton Sylvie Pignal, Bill Truscott, Mayor of the new General store until its closure. and Kathryn Jamieson Goulbourn Township from 1974 to 1982. The original wooden “money orders” wicket (pictured) took center stage in the shop. In 2016, the Betty Hill was both the first female reeve of store’s last owner, Sylvie Pignal, generously donated the village of Richmond and, because of amalgamation, the last reeve of Richmond which the wicket and a number of other post office had a municipal history dating back to 1850. artefacts to the Goulbourn Museum. She also made the donation in the name of the late Bill Patterson The images capture moments from her political who had been the property owner for many years. career including ground breaking ceremonies and In addition, Bill Truscott donated a 1947 Canada a ceremonial puck drop at a Richmond Royals Post mail bag from the Ashton General Store. hockey game. 5 432 ARTEFACTS DONATED 689 RECORDS ADDED TO THE ARTEFACT DATABASE 1,108 VOLUNTEER HOURS 2,677 MUSEUM VISITORS 11,937 TOTAL MUSEUM MUSEUM PARTICIPANTS ARTEFACTS 150% INCREASE IN EDUCATioNAL PROGRAMS 21% 25% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE INCREASE IN AT OLD-FASHIONED FACEBOOK FANS CHRISTMAS 248% 10 INCREASE IN PUBLICATIONS INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS 109 85 OMMUNITY ARTNERS C P MENTIONS IN LOCAL PAPER 6 THE YEAR IN REVIEW JANUARY • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Potter’s Key display, • Halloween workshop, • Sparks group program • Healing Hands Lecture, Minto’s Boots & Bordeaux International Women’s • Family Craft Day Kanata United Church • Evening of Appreciation Club of Ottawa • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Annual General Meeting event • Family Craft Day • Back to our Routes exhibit, • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle FEBRUARY MAY Stittsville Library • Halloween program, • Exhibit preview, Healing • Cleaning the Capital AUGUST Goulbourn Rec Complex Hands • Two school programs • Colonel By Day display, • Mansion Mayhem • Exhibit launch, Food Will • Media event Bytown Museum grounds workshop Win the War • Family Craft Day • Family Craft Day NOVEMBER • Family Craft Day • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Arts in the Park • Remembrance Day JUNE exhibit, Stittsville Library • Family Day program SEPTEMBER • Doors Open Ottawa • Sparks group program Goulbourn Rec Complex • Richmond Fair school • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Family Craft Day MARCH program • Guardian Angels School • Richmond Fair display • Yarn Bombing • March Break Craft Carnival workshops • Older adults program • Old-Fashioned Christmas • Father’s Day Flashback & Outdoor Artisan Market • Arm Knitting Workshop • Family Craft Day • Healing Hands exhibit DECEMBER • Family Craft Day (June-Dec) • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle • Two Girl Guides group • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle OCTOBER • Before There was a Tiger, programs • Homeschool Heritage There was a Lyon, exhibit • Munster Harvest Fest program • Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle Fair (June-Dec) Munster Park • Sparks group program • Family Craft Day • Healing Hands Lecture • School program ONGOING GOVERNANCE EVENTS: APRIL JULY • 12 Board Meetings • Lecture, Ottawa Branch of • Canada Day program, • 8 Governance Committee Meetings the Ontario Genealogical Goulbourn Rec Complex • 3 Executive Committee Meetings Society • Fascinator Workshop • 2 Nominating Committee Meetings • Family Craft Day • Family Craft Day 7 STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER MEET OUR TEAM SUE WOODFORD CURATOR MANAGER KATHRYN JAMIESON COLLECTIONS & PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR EDUCATION OFFICER SARAH HOLLA TRACEY DONALDSON L-R: MUSEUM ASSISTANT, JAMIE STIRLING, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT, JAMES RILEY, AND COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, KATHLEEN CUMMINGS PROJECT COORDINATOR JENNIFER ADAMS COLLECTIONS & “UNITY IS STRENGTH. WHEN THERE IS PROGRAMMING TEAMWORK

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