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Transformation through Collaboration Dear Friends and Supporters, We all know the saying “two heads are better than our work as lead organization on two federal grants with one.” Or how about “many hands make light work?” At the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and as a the EcoTarium, working together as a team is essential partner site on two National Science Foundation grants, to everything we do. During popular events like Great bear fruit, paving the way to improving how we serve our Pumpkin Fest, Earth Day, or Free Fun Friday when more diverse audiences. than 5,000 visitors can be on campus, we couldn’t do it without the help of every single member of our staff and a It is our hope that when the stewards of the EcoTarium great many volunteers. Working together, we make great of tomorrow look back on 2014 and all that we have things happen. accomplished through collaboration, they will see it as a turning point, the pivotal moment at which this Collaboration is even more important at the organizational iconic Worcester treasure transformed to become an level. As a mid-sized science and nature museum, the indispensible national asset, securing the strongest of EcoTarium’s resources are limited. We are just one of many futures as we rapidly approach our 200th anniversary similarly sized cultural sites, competing for audience, in 2025. funds, and recognition in a world rich with entertainment and educational possibilities. And by collaborating with local, national, and internationally-renowned organizations we are able to make wonderful things happen. Joe Cox, Ray Quinlan, 2014 at the EcoTarium was a year of transformation President Chair, Board of Trustees through collaboration. It was about bringing together new partnerships and building on old alliances to increase the museum’s capacity to serve our community. It was about setting new standards so that we can reach new heights, working with incredible organizations like National Geographic, WGBH, and the Arbor Day ”Alone we can do so little; Foundation to provide national-level quality experiences together we can do so much.” in Central Massachusetts. And about deepening existing partnerships with key community assets including – Helen Keller Worcester Public Schools, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the Greater Worcester Land Trust, and many local businesses and corporations. It was a year when we saw
1 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 The EcoTarium Fun Facts A special thank you goes to...
The Yawkey Foundations for featuring the In 2014 the EcoTarium on the front cover and inside their EcoTarium welcomed In 2014 the EcoTarium 2014 Grants Report. The Yawkey Foundation memberships totaled 144,756 has generously supported our SCOPE program guests, the highest 2,202 (Special Community Outreach Programs of the in recent history EcoTarium) for many years. SCOPE improves accessibility to the museum for those members of our community who otherwise might find it As a leader in informal As of May 2015, over difficult to visit with us. science and nature education, the 9,500 World-renowned artist Stephen Knapp for EcoTarium welcomed EcoTarium fans are now following us on providing a private tour of his studio for our 1825 25,145guests Facebook. Check us Society members. Mr. Knapp is best known as as part of an educational out on Pinterest and the creator of lightpaintings, and has had solo group in 2014 YouTube, too exhibitions of his art at sites around the country including the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Baker Museum, and the Butler Institute of American Kudos! Art. For information about joining our prestigious 1825 Society, please see the Membership page In April, we were once again awarded Worcester on our website ecotarium.org. Magazine’s “Best Family Fun Destination” in their annual Best of Worcester competition. Thanks for voting for us! Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department In May, the EcoTarium was awarded the Association of of Early Education and Care, Thomas L. Weber, Children’s Museums (ACM) and MetLife Foundation’s who visited with us on June 25 as part of the 2014 Promising Practice Award Reimagined for state’s Brain Building in Progress initiative. Countdown to Kindergarten, our celebratory event Commissioner Weber proved he was an old hand designed to help kindergarten-bound children and at reading children’s stories and entertaining an their families prepare to successfully transition into the eager crowd of kids! Worcester Public School system.
In August, Worcester Living Magazine recognized the EcoTarium for being the “Best Place to Take the Kids.” Thank you to all our fans!
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 2 Transformation Through Collaboration National Geographic Partnership WGBH’s Plum Landing Alights at the EcoTarium When you’re a mid-sized museum of science and nature, it’s a good idea to partner with organizations and academic We were delighted to meet Plum, the
institutions that can help you bring cutting-edge research TM cute purple alien star of WGBH’s Plum and events to your audience. It’s an incredibly fantastic Landing online educational series, when idea to partner with what could arguably be the most well- the EcoTarium became the national museum outreach known and renowned non-profit scientific and educational partner for the PBS Kids Plum Landing initiative. As a institution in the world: National Geographic. On October space traveler from the planet Blorb, Plum leads kids ages 1, 2014, the EcoTarium was beyond thrilled to announce 6-9 through an indoor/outdoor exploration of space and that we were one of only a limited number of museums planet Earth. Using a specially developed digital curriculum around the country invited to become a partner. Benefits available through videos, animated games and even an include special access to one of the world’s largest and app, Plum’s curiosity gets kids excited about discovering most diverse libraries of award-winning science, nature the world around them. The EcoTarium is helping to bring and adventure films, as well as educational materials Plum Landing to the museum community nationwide. and promotional opportunities for the museum, our educational visitors, and our members! It also brings us one step closer to enacting the EcoTarium’s vision of becoming a national leader in engaging communities with science and nature.
In honor of our new partnership, 1825 + National Geographic = the EcoTarium and the George A Red Carpet Premiere Event I. Alden Trust were delighted to Members of the EcoTarium’s rename our planetarium as the prestigious 1825 Society and Alden Digital Planetarium: A generous donors to the museum celebrated in style on October 8 as National Geographic Theater. we welcomed National Geographic as a museum partner. With special guest Mark Katz, president of distribution for National Geographic Studios and featuring the New England premiere of the spectacular movie Mysteries of the Unseen World, it was a beyond-this-world first class event. 3 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Debut of the EcoTarium’s Research Foundation in partnership with organizations Nationally-Certified such as Keep America Beautiful, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the American Society of Landscape Architects. Nature Explore® Outdoor Exhibit Designed to help children learn to play and learn in One of the most visible transformations of 2014 was the nature, the EcoTarium’s Nature Explore® Outdoor Exhibit area previously known as the Freedman Playground. In incorporates the original Freedman Playground, and uses its natural wooded setting, the Playground had been a the natural beauty of the land to craft distinct areas that popular destination since it opened in 2004. But for many support children’s interactions with the natural world. children, particularly those who live in more urban areas, Whether it’s building objects out of twigs in the Messy playing and learning in nature does not come naturally; Materials Area, acting out stories or making up songs in being outside feels unfamiliar, maybe even a little scary. the Music and Movement Area, or getting dirty in the Dirt The future wellbeing of our environment requires that we Digging Area, we’ve seen children spend hours outside help these children not just become more familiar with without needing any encouragement. Fortunately, we the outdoors, but that they enjoy it and value it. Nature included lots of places for their parents to sit while they Explore® is a concept collaboratively developed by the do. Thank you to all of our generous supporters for making Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational this happen.
Thank you to Brick Pavers Joan and Rif Freedman Want to make a lasting The August 20, 2014 grand impression in Nature opening of Nature Explore® Explore®? How about proved to be a beautiful event purchasing one of our on a beautiful day. What made personalized Brick Pavers! the event particularly meaningful Celebrate a special birthday, was the presence and delight graduation, or how much you of Joan and Rif Freedman, love your dog. For details who so generously supported please visit ecotarium.org. the creation of the original Freedman Playground. We thank them for their continuing support and kindness. TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 4 Starting School Right with The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and Countdown to Kindergarten MetLife Foundation jointly recognized the EcoTarium’s Starting kindergarten is a big deal – for young children Countdown to Kindergarten and their families or caregivers. New faces, new event for adding special experiences, new expectations, it can be overwhelming! features to support families On Tuesday, August 26, the EcoTarium and Worcester who experience physical or mental challenges and Public Schools jointly presented Worcester’s first learning or social difficulties. Countdown to Kindergarten, a free event designed to prepare Worcester Public Schools’ incoming kindergartners and their families for the transition to kindergarten. Over 300 children (along with their siblings, parents, and caregivers – more than 1,000 visitors in all) learned important skills such as how to climb aboard EcoTarium Land Preservation a school bus, cross the street safely, visit with a school nurse, and write their name on their lunch bag. As a museum of both science and nature, the EcoTarium is committed to using our blend of landscaped and natural Story book readings were provided by Worcester grounds to help our visitors become more aware of the Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Melinda Boone; beauty and diversity of New England’s flora and fauna, Massachusetts Department of Early Education and the importance of ecological balance, and the role they Care Commissioner, Thomas Weber; and Worcester’s can play in preserving our environment. In June of 2014, Mayor, Joseph Petty. Modeled on the popular Boston we got to play a more active part in land preservation. Children’s Museum event of the same name, Countdown In partnership with the State of Massachusetts, City of to Kindergarten is designed to calm children’s fears, Worcester, and Greater Worcester Land Trust, we were ease the transition into school, and get everyone off to able to preserve for all time nearly 20 acres of land that the best start possible in this next stage in their lives. is part of the EcoTarium’s campus. The Ancient Black Oak Thanks to a host of community supporters, including the Savannah habitat, home to the Orange Sallow Moth – a Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, designated species of special concern in Massachusetts Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Worcester Public Library, – will be safe for generations to come thanks to these Durham School Services, and Quinsigamond Community efforts. The EcoTarium will continue to use the land for College, the event was a huge hit! educational purposes and for parking during our busy events, in selected areas.
5 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 From the Lab to the Neighborhood Helping to Make STEM Education a Regional Priority Learning at the EcoTarium is designed to be fun! But can our museum exhibits also be designed to positively impact EcoTarium President Joe Cox was invited to participate how visitors think about their urban neighborhoods? in regional efforts to develop a STEM-focused (science, Maybe even help our communities become greener, technology, engineering, math) strategic plan for schools safer, and better places to live? In the second year of as a panelist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s STEM a National Science Foundation funded collaborative Education Center. The EcoTarium has partnered with project with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, schools and teachers for many years to design and Clark University, and Loyola Marymount University in Los provide unique hands-on science programming that fits Angeles, we invited curious and fun-loving people of all with today’s STEM curricula. The year-long program, ages – in the community and at the museum – to help us titled STEM Integration for District Leaders, will help explore the idea. After testing new interactive exhibits K-12 teachers and schools explore their best options for that delved into a range of urban design issues – including excellence in STEM education. how housing developments can impact local wildlife, and how adding parks and trees can keep cities cooler and healthier in the summer – visitors were invited to design Worcester: The City that Reads: their ideal neighborhoods and compare their efforts with other people’s designs. Their results allow us see whether A City-Wide Literacy Venture learning about urban ecology in a fun and hands-on way On October 3, the EcoTarium celebrated citywide efforts helps our visitors to think “green.” What a great way to to make Worcester: The City That Reads. This expansive inspire a passion for science and nature! partnership of local schools, colleges, universities, and organizations aims to raise awareness of the importance of literacy in the community. At the EcoTarium we gave Partnering with the Regional books away to families attending our regular Preschool Environmental Council (REC) and Toddler Wednesdays, and to those who joined us outside in our Nature Explore® Outdoor Exhibit for an With a little help from our friends at REC’s Youth Grow interactive story and acting program. To encourage program, the EcoTarium was able to turn a patch of early reading efforts, children could also borrow some scrubby bushes by our sunny outdoor cafe into a beautiful of our favorite story books to read to one of our indoor raised vegetable garden. It looked beautiful, inspired feathered, furry, or scaly friends. our visitors to grow their own vegetables, and provided a delicious source of organic greens for our staff and volunteers.
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 6 January 16: January 31: March 22: Elmo and Cookie Monster Boys Night Out: 18th Annual make a visit Astronomy Adventure Women in Science
January 18: February 18 – 21: March 29: Planetarium Show Premiere: School Vacation: 6th Annual Men Back to the Moon for Good “Maker” Week in STEM
January 18 & 19: March 1: April 22 – 25: Members’ Weekend Brownies “Take a Hike” School Vacation: “Close Encounters January 25: March 13: of the Wild Kind” Exhibit Opening: Worcester Public Animals Without Passports Schools Science Fair
Rain or shine, summer or winter, there’s always something fun for the whole family to discover at the EcoTarium
July 6, 20 & Aug. 3, 17: August 12: September 27: Birds of Prey programs A visit by Caterpillar Lab Siegfried’s 50th Birthday and Smithsonian Day July 7 – August 15: August 20: 2014 Summer Nature Explore® October 1: Discovery Camp Outdoor Exhibit opens Renamed Alden Digital Planetarium: A National July 18 & Aug. 15: August 26: Geographic Theater Keeper Caper programs Countdown to Kindergarten in honor of our new partnership July 25 & Aug. 22: August 29: Bubble Bubble Pop Free Fun Friday October 3: programs (sponsored by Highland Worcester: The City Street Foundation) that Reads day at the EcoTarium
7 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 April 25: May 17: June 7: 25th Annual 3rd Annual A Night at Exhibit Opening: Earth Day Celebration the Museum fundraiser Run! Jump! Fly! and YMCA 150th Anniversary May 10: May 24: Celebration Family Fun Day Worcester Incubator for Tree Canopy Walkway Innovation: Community opens for the season June 15: Transportation Day Father’s Day May 24: (free admission for Dad) May 11: Exhibit Opening: Mother’s Day Play on the Plaza July 1 – August 19: (free admission for Mom) Movers & Shakers every Tuesday
Rain or shine, summer or winter, there’s always something fun for the whole family to discover at the EcoTarium
October 4: October 11 & 12: November: Exhibit Opening: Girl’s Night Out: Teacher Appreciation Month KEVA: Build It Up! Science Adventure November – April 2015: October 4 & 5: October 25: Monthly KEVA Members’ Weekend 11th Annual Great Facebook Challenges! Pumpkin Fest October 8: Dec. 26 – January 4: Planetarium Show Premiere October 29: Holiday Vacation: and special 1825 and Annual Preschool and Days of the Unseen World! Donor Event: National Toddler Halloween Geographic’s Mysteries Costume Party and December 31: of the Unseen World Corporator After Hours 2nd Annual Noon Year’s Eve Celebration
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 8 EcoTarium Governing Body 2014 – 2015
Officers of the Mark W. Fuller Alfred J. Cotton Gail M. Morgan Board of Trustees Richard Hardy Dorothy Chen Courtin Erin M. Motameni Raymond L. Quinlan James H. Harrington Frederick G. Crocker, Jr. Christine M. Murray Chair Dr. Mark Hirsh David F. Dalton Donald F. Nelson Janet S. Jones Mary C. DeFeudis Randi S. Nichols Timothy Gray Paul S. Kennedy Jeffrey L. Donaldson, Esq. David A. Nicholson Vice Chair William C. Kunkler James S. Dymek Beth O’Brien Janet K. Lankton David B. Everitt Joseph O’Brien David P. McManus Stephen B. Loring Heather N. Feland Michael O’Brien Treasurer C. Jean McDonough Dr. Leslie Fish Andrew B. O’Donnell Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil Warner S. Fletcher, Esq. Dr. Christopher Palatucci Dr. Susan Nava-Whitehead Mary H. Melville Jack Foley Sherri Greene Pitcher Clerk / Secretary Erwin H. Miller, Esq. Joan L. Freedman Stephen M. Pitcher Dr. Arthur M. Pappas Mark W. Fuller Edward Plotkin Trustees Robert M. Siff Jeff Glick Roger Plourde, Jr. Jeffrey Arnett Dr. Shirley S. Siff Janine Hughes Goldberg Dr. Phyllis Pollack Whitney Beals Sumner B. Tilton, Jr., Esq. David R. Grenon Seth Popinchalk John D. Bennett Dr. Abraham W. Haddad Sheela Pradhan George F. Booth II Corporators Thomas F. Halpin, III Jean Publicover Todd E. Brodeur, Esq. Jo-Ann Alessandrini Sheila M. Harrity Hilda Ramirez William C. Cavanagh Christina Andreoli Dean J. Hickey William W. Rawstron Dorothy Chen Courtin Leonard T. Antcil Frances F. Jacobson Diane H. Robbins Patricia Z. Eppinger Frances E. Arena Michelle Jones-Johnson Marco Rodrigues Allen W. Fletcher Dexter A. Bailey, Jr. Alison C. Kenary Joan Sadowsky Susan Foley Thomas J. Bartholomew Janice H. Kervick Kimberly M. Salmon Michael T. Gorman Kay E. Bassett Jean King, Ph.D. Matt Salmon Gayle Holland John E. Bassick Lisa Kirby Gibbs Jane Siebels Tia Lotuff Whitney Beals Dr. Deborah Kochevar Polly A. Tatum Robert C. Macomber Paul Belsito Robert Lachance Tamisha Thompson John E. Mannila Carolyn E. Berglund Robert J. Laut Sumner B. Tilton, Jr., Esq. Robert H. McLaren Kathy Berube Thuha Le Dr. Stephen E. Tosi Michael V. O’Brien Christienne K. Bik Christine Levenson Dr. Florina S. Tseng Sherri Greene Pitcher Michael Bollus Timothy Loew Michael P. Tsotsis Marco Rodrigues Dr. Ramon Borges-Mendez Robert S. Loring Maureen Umphrey Bonnie Scanlon Carolyn E. Carpenter, CPA Jennifer Luisa Carmen D. Vazquez Deborah Cary Dr. Thomas J. Lynch, III Charles Weiss Honorary Trustees Dr. Matilde Castiel Michael T. Madulka Meridith D. Wesby Donald F. Berth Ronald H. Chand Heather Maykel Mark R. Wetzel Paul E. Cohan Catherine M. Colinvaux Lisa Hill McDonough Todd H. Wetzel Mary H. Coolidge J. Christopher Collins Kate McEvoy-Zdonczyk Susan B. Woodbury Joan L. Freedman David Connell Joseph J. McGowan, Jr. Phillip D. Zamore Howard G. Freeman Mary H. Coolidge David S. Milton Kelsa Zereski
9 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 EcoTarium Leadership Joseph Cox President Patricia Crawford Deputy Director Betsy Loring Director of Exhibits Linda McGowan Director of Institutional Advancement
EcoTarium Staff As of May 31, 2015
Mariselly Alvarez Elaine Constantine Richard Godfrey Michael Mitzcavitch Thomas Runstrom Kate Banyas Anna Crocker Dennis Grammont Liz Nash Melissa Scannell Alyssa Barton Dianne Davis Anne Harris Pam Olson Helen Shore Robert Benedict Tracy Dill Shana Hawrylchak Tobie Owens Amy Warren Don Biehl Jennifer Dobson Ashlie Jensen Kaleigh Pare Tatumn White Johanna Black Mary Domenichelli Kathy Kennedy Gene Peterson James Whitman Danielle Cadarette Ashley Dupre Charlene Leith-Bushey Alice Promisel Amber Wiersma Chadyn Case Natalie Dymerski David McDonald Nancy Ramsey Kathy Wolchesky Christina Chappell Linda Fitzgibbons Mary McIntosh Don Ricklin Eric Zago
Thank you to the EcoTarium’s hardworking and creative staff!
EcoTarium Volunteers
In many great sporting events there’s an award for the Corporate and organizational volunteer list: most valuable player, the MVP – that one person whose AKUITY Technologies, Assabet Valley Collaborative, efforts, talent, and dedication saved the day and made Bancroft School Senior Cooperative, Becker College the team exponentially better than it otherwise had CAB Executive Board, Center of Hope Foundation, the capacity to be. At the EcoTarium, our list of MVPs Credit Suisse Group USA, Hanover Insurance Group, is extensive. We call them Volunteers. Every single one Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at of them – whether an individual volunteer or part of a WPI, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health corporate or organizational crew - has helped us become Sciences University, Mercy Centre, North High School, a better team in the service of our mission than we would Quinsigamond Community College, Retired Senior otherwise have the capacity to be. For every time they’ve Volunteer Program, University of Massachusetts Graduate herded preschoolers, cleaned an exhibit, entered data, School of Biomedical Sciences, United Parcel Service, provided a welcoming smile to our visitors, or done any of Worcester County Sheriff’s Department Community Service the thousand other needed tasks large and small, we thank Program, Worcester Public Schools Transitions Program, them. They’re awesome! Worcester Technical High School, YouthBuild USA
Together in 2014, 182 individuals contributed a total of Together, our corporate and organizational volunteers 14,196 hours of service. Thank you! provided 5,097 hours of service. Thank you all!
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 10 EcoTarium Members
We think of our EcoTarium members as a pretty special Here are some of the things we did to thank our group of folks. First of all, they’re financially savvy! Taking members in 2014: out a membership is a great way to save money, with year round free admission, money-saving offers on our special In January we joined with the Hanover Theater and events (including Great Pumpkin Fest), discounts at up Worcester Art Museum to provide an extra special to 500 other science and children’s museums across the benefit to all our members: a complimentary WOO country, and many other great benefits. card! WOO cards provide discounts and special offers at over 70 area arts and cultural destinations, restaurants, Best of all, our Members love us! How can we tell? They retailers, hotels, and transportation providers throughout keep coming back. And then they tell their families about Worcester County! us, then their neighbors, their friends, their colleagues, and sometimes even the person they stood next to at During our January 18 & 19 Winter Members’ Weekend the grocery store checkout (sorry about that!). They buy we celebrated the opening of our Back to the Moon gift memberships, they like us on Facebook, they Tweet for Good planetarium show, with special shows and about us, they send us emails telling us what a great time discounts for our members as well as a visit by the they had, and stop us on the museum floor to comment Aldrich Astronomical Society. on a new exhibit or ask about one of our wildlife inhabitants. Some go on to become donors, or pass their In the fall, our October 4 & 5 Members’ Weekend love of the museum onto new generations. Our members celebrated the opening of our KEVA: Build It Up! exhibit. are our ambassadors to the community. With fun-filled individual and team challenges, and the coolest giveaways we have ever been able to hand out – mini KEVA kits – it was a sure-fire hit.
Did you know that our special If you’ve ever been stuck when it Members’ Weekends allow comes time to giving the perfect ® our members to bring in four gift, how about an EcoTarium additional guests for free? Your Name Here Membership? It’s great for Check ecotarium.org for other families, for grandparents who free or discounted programs need somewhere to take the If you’re an EcoTarium and deals during these special kids, or for anyone who likes year member, stop by our days, such as free admission to round science and nature fun. Fuller Welcome Center our planetarium, extra discounts Visit ecotarium.org for more for your complimentary in our Museum Shop, and information on the many great WOO card, while reduced prices for renewing membership packages we offer. supplies last. your membership. What a deal!
11 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 EcoTarium Donors
The names listed on the following pages recognize those who, through their generous and thoughtful gifts, have strengthened the EcoTarium in 2014. To each of them, the museum extends its most sincere appreciation.
EXPLORERS Kenneth H. Knight* Benefactor $2,500 - $4,999 Rosamond L. Bennett The EcoTarium’s Explorers are Janet K. and Gordon B. Lankton Jack and Susan Bassick Janet Marie Bessette and individuals whose total lifetime Stephen B. and Valerie S. Loring George F. Booth, II Peter Ivaska giving to the museum totals more Rachel L. Lowe* Allen W. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Brodeur than $50,000. They are honored for C. Jean and Myles* McDonough Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Robbins Bill and Teri Cavanagh their support in the museum’s George A. and Mildred H. McEvoy* Mark and Barb Wetzel Mary H. Coolidge Lower Courtyard. Mary and Don Melville Al Cotton Linda and John* Nelson Patron $1,000 - $2,499 Joseph P. Cox Anonymous Carleen and John O’Brien H. Paul and Sally Buckingham Mr. and Mrs. David F. Dalton George I. Alden* Dr. Arthur M. and Martha R. Pappas Dorothy Chen-Courtin and Mr. Andrew Freedman and Dr. Robert E. and Rosamond R. Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher Patrick Courtin Dr. Paula Bellin Bennett* Ann and Richard* Prouty Mel Cutler Dr. Wayne B. and Laura Glazier Donald F. Berth Albert W. and Mary G. Rice* Mr. and Mrs. Warner S. Fletcher Tim and Cynthia Gray Howard M. and Barbara A. Booth* Ted and Linda Robbins Susan and Jay Foley Drs. Ivan and Noreen Green Robert W. Booth* Edith Rockwell* Richard and Joan Freedman Dr. Jerry Gurwitz and Mary M. Coes* Lester and Joan Sadowsky Mark and Jan Fuller Dr. Leslie Fish Mary H. Coolidge and Family Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff Dr. Abraham and Linda Haddad Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Halpin Catherine Colinvaux and Harry G. and Janett W. Stoddard* Christina T. Hobbs Joy and Ralph Hall Phillip Zamore Robert W. and Helen E. Stoddard* Gayle Holland Janice and Robert Kervick Jeanne Y. Curtis* Tony and Martha Tilton Robert and Patricia Laut Drs. Deborah and John Kochevar Melvin S. Cutler Mark and Barb Wetzel Bob and Debbie Macomber Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lotuff F. Harold and Eleanor G. Daniels* Alice M. Wright* Mr. and Mrs. David P. McManus Michael Madulka Fred H. and Sarah L. Daniels* * Deceased Gail M. Morgan and Laura and Doug Marcotte Rosemary Davis* Bernard Lempicki Joseph and Linda McGowan Warren A. and Ruth H. Ellsworth* MEMBERS OF THE 1825 SOCIETY Martha and Arthur Pappas, M.D. Robert and Penny McLaren The Eppinger Family December 2014 Marlene and David Persky William and Ann Rawstron Allen W. Fletcher The 1825 Society is the EcoTarium’s Stephen and Cynthia Pitcher Patrick and Bonnie Scanlon Paris and Marion S. Fletcher* leadership level giving society Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. Plourde Ashley and Tony Shirley Warner S. and Mary F. Fletcher composed of people with a passion Phyllis Pollack and Peter Metz Drs. Patricia and Greenfield Sluder Joan and Richard “Rif” Freedman for science and nature whose Raymond L. Quinlan and Tina and William C. Sullivan, Jr. Howard G. and Esther Freeman membership gift is $750 or above. Jane B. Morgan Herb and Jean Varnum George F. and Sybil H. Fuller* William and Diane H. Robbins Todd Wetzel Richard and Sarah Hardy President’s Circle Joan and Lester Sadowsky Dr. Susan M. Nava-Whitehead Raymond P. Harold* $5,000 and above Robert M. and Shirley S. Siff and Richard G. Whitehead Francis A. Harrington, Jr. Anonymous Martha A. and Sumner B. Tilton, Jr. Francis A. & Jacquelyn H. Catherine Colinvaux and Meridith D. Wesby Harrington* Phillip Zamore Susan and David Woodbury If your name has been inadvertently James H. Harrington Frederick and Patty Eppinger omitted or is incorrect, please accept Phyllis Harrington Richard and Sarah Hardy Sponsor $750 - $999 our apologies and contact Tracy Dill, Bradley C. Higgins* Judy and Tony King JoAnn and Bernardino Manager of Major Gifts Harriet P. Hight* Lisa Kirby Gibbs and Peter Gibbs Alessandrini at [email protected] or Dr. Mark and Jane C. Hirsh Stephen and Valerie S. Loring Thomas J. and Lynora S. 508.929.2715. Frances and Howard Jacobson C. Jean McDonough Bartholomew Raymond and Louise Kalil* Whitney Beals and Pamela Esty B. Anthony and Judith S. King
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 12 EcoTarium Donors continued
INDIVIDUAL DONORS Laurieann Grenier NATURE EXPLORE 2013-2014 HONOR AND MEMORIAL GIFTS David Gully Anonymous In Memory of Gerard D. Bowman To the Annual Fund David P. Hallock William & Teri Cavanagh Central Mass Safety Council Restricted gifts appear in Alison C. Kenary Centene Charitable Foundation Timothy J. Cooney, Jr. Designated Support. Joyce and Steven Kressler Joseph P. Cox Catherine M. Kershaw Clara LaBoy Patricia Crawford and Gerry Quam Anthony A. Meola Over $25,000 Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Lane The Eppinger Family Brian Rota Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Lastella Susan and Jay Foley Timothy Loew and Alison Alaimo Joan and Richard Freedman In Honor of Mary McIntosh $1,000 - $9,999 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch, III Harvard Pilgrim Health Care John Lindner Kevin & Katie Baker, Baker Family Carolyn and Joe MacLeod The Kressler Family Charitable Fund of Fidelity Charitable Meredith MacNeill Elizabeth Loring In Memory of Thomas R. Mountain Mr. Jeremiah Bianculli Paul and Catherine Masterson Robert & Penny McLaren J. Irving England and Jane L. Fred and Patty Eppinger Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil Raymond Quinlan and Jane Morgan England Charitable Trust Gayle M. Holland Dorothy G. Millard Ted and Linda Robbins Steven and Jane Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Miller Saint-Gobain GIFTS FROM CORPORATIONS, Gail Morgan and Bernie Lempicki UniBank FOUNDATIONS AND AGENCIES $500 - $999 Don and Mickie Nelson The Nathaniel Wheeler Trust Anonymous David and Susan Nicholson $100,000 and above Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bennett Pamela J. Osborn and DESIGNATED SUPPORT Robert W. Booth Fund in Memory of Jacki and Pete Chechile Harry Der Harootunian George F. Booth of Greater Care of the Wildlife Mary C. DeFeudis Cynthia and Stephen Pitcher Worcester Community Foundation Rosamond R. Bennett Fox Annual Mr. and Mrs. David R. Grenon Dr. Phyllis Pollack and Institute of Museum and Library Physical Endowment Fund Phyllis Harrington Dr. W. Peter Metz Services Myrna Garber Frances and Howard Jacobson Mrs. Beverly Ragsdale and Massachusetts Cultural Council Honorary Owl Guardian EcoTarium Elizabeth Loring Ms. Kim Kennedy Endowment Fund in memory of Brian Primeau and Brenda J. Roder Ricarda Rausse $10,000 - $49,999 Florence B. Sternfeld Julie Reitter Arnold Worldwide LLC $250 - $499 Reid and Sue Roberts Educational Programs and Centene Charitable Foundation Jeffrey Arnett and Lene Jensen Don Ross and Karen Czaplicki Field Trip Scholarships Mary M. Coes Charitable Trust Kay and John Bassett Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rotman Educational programs and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Suzanne and Patrick Clisham Mr. and Mrs. James Russell professional development at the The Ruth H. & Warren A. Laurie and Phil Davis Johanna Sagarin and Philip Villars EcoTarium are organized through Ellsworth Foundation Sebastian Dill Brenda and Michael Shore the Arthur M. Pappas Center for The George F. & Sybil H. Joel P. Greene and Ann T. Lisi Troy and Jane Siebels School Programs and the C. Jean Fuller Foundation Christopher Haas and Judith Cusick Mark Silverman McDonough Center for School Greater Worcester Community Mr. Eugene F. Hayward and Joyce Southworth Partnerships. Scholarships for field Foundation, Rosemary Davis Miss Ann Amatucci Marjorie J. Spidle trips are a component of the Special Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kunkler Mary E. and Gordon Stewart Community Outreach Programs of the The Hanover Insurance Group Mr. and Mrs. Ryan L. Merten Josephine Stone and Angela Hurd EcoTarium (SCOPE). Hermann Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Morgan Dolly Vazquez Highland Street Foundation Serra May and Roger Plourde, Jr. William and Sally Williams Booth Family Educational EcoTarium Hyde/Dexter-Russell Alexea and Eric Portner Janet M. Wornham Endowment Fund Charitable Foundation Heather and Mark Selvitelli The Ruth H. & Warren A. Morgan Worcester, Inc. Emily V. Wade COUNTDOWN TO Ellsworth Foundation National Grid KINDERGARTEN Greater Worcester Community UniBank Up to $250 A Program with Worcester Public Foundation, Rosemary Davis Unum Mr. Ronald P. Abraham Schools and Worcester Child Memorial Fund Worcester State University Anonymous Development Head Start Hyde/Dexter-Russell Yawkey Foundation Rebecca Arenson Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Armstrong In Kind and Volunteers Support The MathWorks, Inc. $5,000 - $9,999 Mrs. Elaine W. Beals Screen Actors Guild BookPals Lester and Joan Sadowsky Scholarship George I. Alden Trust Donald F. Berth Durham School Services EcoTarium Endowment Fund Association of Children’s Museums Mr. Edward W. Bettke Edward M. Kennedy Community ‘ Unum J. Irving England and Jane L. England Mr. Jeff Burk and Mr. Dale Lepage Health Center Patty and Daniel Walton Charitable Trust Mark Burke MCPHS University, School of Mark and Barbara Wetzel Scholarship Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Dayna Casey Optometry EcoTarium Endowment Fund Foundation Susanne and Jonathan Choate Massachusetts Department of Early Women’s Initiative of United Way Judy and Tony King Foundation Henry J. Ciborowski Education & Care of Central Massachusetts Kirby Foundation Fund of Greater Leonard and Juliann Ciuffredo Massachusetts Farm to School Worcester Educational Development Worcester Community Foundation David Connell NEADS Foundation, Inc. (GWCF) Joseph Cox Quinsigamond Community College, Saint-Gobain June Davenport Dental Hygiene Program Summer Discovery The Nathaniel Wheeler Trust Glenn C. DeMallie RSVP Worcester Area Volunteers Camp Scholarships Worcester Educational Development John Doherty, Jr. Wegmans Food Markets Inc. Dr. Leslie Fish and Dr. Jerry Gurwitz Foundation, Inc. Robert S. Fairbrother WGBH and the Krueger Charitable The George F. & Sybil H. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Barbara E. Fargo Foundation Fuller Foundation Douglas and Julieane Frost WIC Harriet P. Hight Camp Scholarship $2,500 - $4,999 George and Mary Gerrior Worcester Family Partnership EcoTarium Endowment Fund Builders Systems, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Godfrey Worcester Public Library Hoche-Scofield Foundation Clif Bar & Company Lisa and Allen Greenman Worcester Public Schools United Bank Fallon Health
13 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Fletcher Tilton PC Bird House Spy Cam Tracy and Jeff Dill Music Worcester Foley Marine & Industrial Engines Anya Bogdanovich Dino’s Ristorante Italiano New England Patriots Hoche-Scofield Foundation Bollus Lynch LLP Pam and William Earle Charitable Foundation Massachusetts State Historical Durham School Services Ed Hyders Mediterranean Niche Hospitality Group Records Advisory Board and the Fletcher Tilton PC Marketplace Beth and Michael O’Brien National Historical Publications and Framingham Department of The Eppinger Family Michelle Paretti Records Commission Public Works Fallon Health Ron Cino and Nathalie Perez-Cino Nypro, Inc. GMS Automotive, Inc. Frank and Elenda Fetchner Perro’s Flowers Paine Charitable Trust U/A Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC Peterman’s Boards & Bowls Shana Hawrylchak Mary and Warner Fletcher Cynthia and Stephen Pitcher $1,000 - $2,499 MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Allen W. Fletcher Sherri and David Pitcher Alexander, Aronson, Finning CPAs Saint-Gobain Fletcher Tilton PC Acupuncture office of American Institute of Architects Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Sposato, Jr. FLEXcon Serra May Plourde Central MA Thermo Fisher Scientific Floral Elegance Mr. and Mrs. Seth Popinchalk Melvin S. Cutler Meg Trau Susan and Jay Foley Professional Limousine Charitable Foundation Worcester Bravehearts Foley Industrial Engines Profilo Spa Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC Worcester County Sheriff’s Inmate Framed in Tatnuck Jane B. Morgan and Good Shepherd Ghana Agricultural Training Program Frank Nash Training Systems Raymond L. Quinlan Methodist Church Worcester Regional Transit Authority Richard and Joan Freedman Christopher Rapp Highland Power (WRTA) French Twist Boutique Revelation Productions Interstate Battery of Auburn Worcester Technical High School Douglas and Julieane Frost Ted and Linda Robbins Augusta H. Kressler, M.D. WSRS Radio / iHeart Media Ellen Fugatt Mary Frances Rozock Fund of GWCF Furniture by Dovetail Saint-Gobain The MathWorks, Inc. A Night at the Museum Ted and Jodi Gallagher Salon 4D Mercier Electric Company, Inc. May 17, 2014 was the EcoTarium’s Tim and Cynthia Gray Bonnie and Patrick Scanlon Ruth and Peter Metz A Night at the Museum fundraising Ann Lisi and Joel Greene Seed to Stem Family Foundation event. Proceeds from the evening Lisa and Allen Greenman Sharfman’s The Plourde Family Charitable Trust were used to support educational Barbara and John Guertin Brenda and Michael Shore Reliant Medical Group programs at the EcoTarium. We Dr. Abraham and Linda Haddad Troy and Jane Siebels Sullivan Group extend a heartfelt thank you to The Hanover Insurance Group Greenfield “Kip” Sluder Hester N. Wetherell Trust everyone who sponsored, donated, The Hanover Theatre for the Chris and Richard Small The Mark and Barbara Wetzel bid and volunteered many hours to Performing Arts Spice Merchants, Mashpee Commons Family Fund make it a success. Sarah and Richard Hardy John Spillane Wyman-Gordon Foundation Harleysville Insurance Mark Spuria Jo-Ann and Bernie Alessandrini Cilsy and Steve Harris Sterling National Country Club Up to $1,000 Alexander Aronson Finning CPA’s Sean and Betty Hauver William and Donna Stock Elkanah B. Atkinson Community & Janet and Tony Amorello The Hay-Adams Struck Catering Education Fund of GWCF Marie and Mike Angelini Helen Herold Interiors Tina and Bill Sullivan Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc Arcuri Moda Dr. Pablo Hernandez and Dr. Olga Sullivan Group Friends of the Oxbow Armsby Abbey / Alec Lopez Ceron Hernandez The Capital Grille - Naples, FL and David R. & Rosalie A. Grenon Fund Artworks Highland Power Washington, D.C. of GWCF Thomas Barthel and Marci Jones James E. Hogan, III Tommy Bahama Natick International Ceramic Engineering Jack and Susan Bassick Gayle M. Holland Jennifer and Bob Tonning Magical Designs Liz Beals Bess Holland Agnitti Tower Hill Botanic Garden Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Beechwood Hotel Ken and Geraldine Joseph UBS – The Gray Group Struck Catering Paul Belsito Pam Kates Herb and Jean Varnum United Bank Michael and Jenny Benadon Robert and Janice Kervick Wagner Auto Group United Way of Webster & Dudley, Inc. Rosamond L. Bennett La Jolie Fleur The Wagner Family / MAPFRE Insurance Margareta G. Berg Amy Langlois Photography Mr. William Wallace Worcester Public Library Foundation Herbert E. Berg Florist, Inc. Thuha Le The Wetzel Group at Morgan Stanley Christienne K. Bik Lisa and Michael Letendre Regie Wolff Corporate Members Kate Blehar Christine and Dana Levenson Sue and David Woodbury AbbVie Bloomers Florist Rob and Annette Loring Worcester Bravehearts Curtis Industries Boynton Restaurant Patricia and Joseph Lotuff Worcester Center for Crafts The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Todd E. Brodeur Lotuff Leather Worcester Historical Museum Nypro, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Budd Jennifer and Christopher Luisa Worcester Polytechnic Institute Struck Catering Nancy Buffone Robert and Deborah Macomber Worcester Restaurant Group Unum Builders Systems, Inc. Laura and Doug Marcotte Worcester Telegram and Gazette Worcester Telegram & Gazette Café Manzi’s Mass Liquors, Inc. Val Callahan Mrs. C. Jean McDonough If your name has been inadvertently Matching Gift Companies Carolina Wine & Spirits Chris McGovern and Timothy Corrinet omitted or is incorrect, please accept Bank of America Christine Cassidy Office of Congressman our apologies and contact Liberty Mutual Foundation Jim and Jenny Catapano James McGovern Linda McGowan, Director of IBM Corporation CC Lowell Art Supply Joe and Linda McGowan Institutional Advancement at Morgan Worcester, Inc. Chase Graphics Robert and Penny McLaren [email protected] or Unum Cheri and Steve Couture Dr. Ogretta V. McNeil 508.929.2718. Joseph Cox Mercier Electric Company, Inc. IN-KIND DONORS 2014 Patricia Crawford and Gerry Quam Mr. and Mrs. David S. Milton 146 Supply Rick Crocker Alexandra Montgomery Timothy Baird Curry Printing Morgan Worcester, Inc. Baystate Parent Sarah Day Mugford’s Flower Shoppe
TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 14 Outreach Did You See Us? The EcoTarium Out and About
Because not everyone is able to visit the museum, and Along with our radio partner WSRS, the EcoTarium ran a we are a bit of a “hidden gem,” our team of staff and booth at the DCU Business Expo in Worcester volunteers take the show on the road. 2014’s outreach efforts included: We were a sponsor of the 11th Annual Mass STEM Summit, also held at the DCU, where EcoTarium Vet Tech and eagle expert Dianne Davis, along with President Joe Cox and Museum Educator Kathy Kennedy Jello, our red-tailed hawk, appeared on the Hank Stolz spoke at the closing ceremony (along with Jello, our Experience on local cable Channel 3 red-tailed hawk, and Red, our screech owl – who both stole the show!) Departing Wildlife Manager, and now Early Childhood Museum Educator, Kathy Kennedy (aka Miss Kathy to We were featured in the girl-power inspired Geek is Glam her many preschool friends) also appeared on Channel 3 STEM Expo at Worcester Polytechnic Institute talking about how we take care of our wildlife during the super cold seasons Did You See Siegfried? The EcoTarium was an official exhibitor at the 2014 was Siegfried the Stegosaurus’ 50th birthday! Massachusetts Environmental Education Society Annual Though he might seem kind of young for a dinosaur Conference at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester (after all, they did live millions of years ago), Siegfried is a venerable work of art dating back to the World’s Fair of The EcoTarium presented at Worcester Polytechnic 1964 (he was cast from the same mold and in the same Institute’s and NASA’s TouchTomorrow – A Festival of year as the original stegosaurus that appeared in the show). To mark the occasion, we decided to host a six- Science, Technology and Robots stop Pop-Up Siegfried Tour around Worcester so everyone could help us celebrate. Thanks to the generosity of the We helped with the City of Worcester’s Wheels to Water & Worcester Arts Council, June through September saw Beyond Program encouraging kids to have fun with science our museum educators and local artist Jen Swan leading excited children and families in dinosaur-themed art and We were busy helping visitors to the Clinton Olde Home science sessions at the following locations and events: Day, in Clinton, MA, make glow-in-the-dark bracelets • Asian Festival • Worcester Historical Museum At Canal Fest, in the Blackstone Canal District, we • Worcester Art Museum • Worcester Public Library examined the science of sinking and floating • EcoTarium • stART on the Street
15 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 Cultivating History: Tending to the EcoTarium’s Historic Collections
As the second oldest natural history society in the Here are a few things they’ve accomplished: country, the EcoTarium has a lot of history behind it. We also have a lot of history in storage: our historic Received a grant from the Massachusetts State Historical collections. While the museum’s signature style is to Records Advisory Board and the National Historical incorporate items from our historic collections - wherever Publications and Records Commission to participate in possible - into our exhibits, it has been many years their Roving Archivist Program, providing a professional since we have had staff with the expertise, experience, archivist to kick-start the inventorying process and time to dedicate to cataloging and preserving our collections in a systematic and rigorous manner. Developed an innovative way to have EcoTarium volunteers assist in the inventorying process, In January of 2014 we welcomed Shana Hawrylchak considerably increasing the speed of inventorying as Manager of Exhibits and Collections, who with Collections Specialist Kaleigh Pare, form our new and Improved our Curator’s Workshop experience, including formidable Collections team. Along with a band of trusty providing new training for our volunteer Interpreters volunteers, they have taken on the task of inventorying the entire 55,000 items in our collections as a first step Relocated many specimen’s from our fantastic Henry W. to better preserving and utilizing them, as well as making Goddard mineral collection to the beautiful hand-painted them available to researchers for study. dome on the museum’s Middle Level, where they easily catch the eye Just how important are the EcoTarium’s historic Oversaw the loan of our magnificent Siberian tiger to the collections? Holy Cross biology professor Robert nearby Museum of Russian Icons Bertin used our herbarium (collection of dried plants) to identify 56 species previously unknown to have existed in the Central Massachusetts area. Collected between 1876 and 1938, our plant collection helped Professor Bertin to document the loss of plant species within the last 150 years.
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Wildlife Update: Feathers, Fur, and Fun
In August we welcomed new wildlife member and cuteness Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon, she has extensive ambassador, Harper the opossum experience in animal husbandry and training
On August 12, as part of our 2014 Summer Discovery Camp, Luna and Lola, our charming rats, helped with prototyping for we enjoyed a visit from Caterpillar Lab and a few of their our upcoming City Science exhibit, which will show off rats’ favorite northeastern caterpillars ultrasonic hearing and how intelligent rats are
In October, Eduardo, our behind the scenes mallard duck, Why does the EcoTarium packed his bags and left us for a new home where he could have outdoor Critter Cams? As part of our upcoming swim with other ducks in a beautiful duck-friendly sanctuary City Science exhibit, an (he’s too fond of humans to be released to the wild) exploration of the hidden science stories of urban In October, when reviewing hours (and hours!) of video environments, we’re taking footage caught on our outdoor Critter Cams, we were a peek at City Animals and the tools used by urban shocked to find two bucks dueling it out ecologists to study them. Stay tuned for more on this In December Johanna Black joined the EcoTarium as our exciting new exhibit! new Wildlife Manager. Arriving from the west coast’s Oregon
Collaborating to Connect to the Electrical Grid When the EcoTarium campus was developed in 1971, which will replace the museum’s heating and cooling sufficient power was not available on Harrington Way. systems to ones compatible to the electrical grid, we Building a power plant to support the campus was the are thrilled to be investing in technologies that will have only solution. Cutting-edge in its day (it was part of an us ready for our third century of operation, providing exhibit!), the now 43 year old cogeneration plant has a power source that is efficient, economical, and become worn and unreliable, with much of the equipment environmentally friendly to run. expensive and difficult to replace. Thanks to generous As part of our Grid support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Connection Project, the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund, and the Robert W. EcoTarium got to talking with National Grid. Not Booth Fund in Memory of George F. Booth of Greater only were they helpful in Worcester Community Foundation and collaboration with coordinating connection partners, in 2014 the EcoTarium completed the work to efforts, they also generously contributed $25,000 toward connect to the electrical grid which was made possible our upcoming City Science following renovations to adjacent North High School. As exhibit! Thanks for the we undertake Part Two of the Grid Connection Project, support!
17 ECOTARIUM ANNUAL REPORT 2014 EcoTeasers: Here’s What’s Coming Up in 2015! Our annual A Night at the Museum fundraiser on May 16, For Worcester Public School kids new to school, where the museum comes to life and everyone gets to be a Countdown to Kindergarten is on August 25, hosted in kid for the evening! collaboration with Worcester Public Schools
Trek through the treetops when our Tree Canopy Walkway Thanks again to Highland Street Foundation for helping us reopens for the season on May 23 host our sixth annual Free Fun Friday on August 28
Experience one of our biggest summer exhibits ever when Get your cool on when our popular Cool Moves exhibit Wild Music: Experience the Songs and Sounds of Life makes a return visit on September 22 opens on two floors of the museum on May 30 Fall for everybody’s family favorite Halloween celebration on Book your kids into a summer of fun for the start of the October 24, when the Great Pumpkin Fest makes its 12th EcoTarium 2015 Summer Discovery Camp, opening July 6 annual appearance
For wee party-goers, join us for our Noon Years Eve end of year mid-day celebration on December 31
2014 Financial Results Support & Revenue (000’s) *, ** Expenses (000’s) *, ***
Educational Programs, Contributions, Gifts & Grants Exhibits / Events & Services $1,431.1 / 34.1% $1,451.6 / 41.5%
Endowment Support $875.0 / 20.9% Maintenance $508.9 / 14.5%
Other $521.0 / 12.4% Museum Shop Educational $109.0 / 3.1% Programs & Events Administration $466.6 / 11.1% Development $523.3 / 14.9% $222.3 / 6.3% Admissions % .6
Museum Shop $538.5 / 12.8% / 6 $157.8 / 3.8% Utilities $170.9 / 4.9% life .5 1 ild Membership 3
$203.4 / 4.9% 2 W arketing
Total $ Total $252.8 / 7.2% / $252.8 $4,193.4 M $3,506.7 * Includes donated goods and services valued at $42,081 ** Includes support for special projects *** Excludes depreciation TRANSFORMATION THROUGH COLLABORATION 18 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID
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