Sustainable Heritage Is About More Than Just the Money
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FRD What do we do? • Curators • Planners • Conservators • Designers • Writers • Filmmakers FRD We take collections of things and tell stories with them – in doing so we make the past relevant to the future COTMA So what do you do? • Heritage Tramways • Museums • Tourist Tramways • Preservation Societies • Historians • Enthusiasts THE PAST THE FUTURE CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE FUTURE COTMA So here’s a couple of important questions – Why do you do it? Who do you do it for? COTMA • Heritage Preservation • Personal interest • The visitor • The community • The enthusiast • For the future SUSTAINABILITY To survive as a heritage enterprise you need: 1. More money coming in than going out 2. Enough people and expertise to operate 3. A place to operate SUSTAINABILITY A sustainable heritage enterprise is one that achieves these 3 fundamentals – not today but in 50 years for now 100 years from now SUSTAINABILITY How do we achieve the fundamentals using Heritage Trams? SUSTAINABILITY What you are up against: • Heritage spending is discretionary • The internet • Hollywood • Sport • Fun • The economy SUSTAINABILITY What you need to do: • Engage • Be relevant • Be inclusive • Communicate • Make a difference ANZAC HALL - The Australian War Memorial ‘Strike by Night’ Exhibition CAVANAUGH MUSEUM FLIGHT CAVANAUGH – CASE STUDY STUDY CASE Why did Mr. Cavanaugh collect these aircraft? WW2 Patriotism Honoring sacrifice Adventure Mission to preserve and commemorate CAVANAUGH MUSEUM FLIGHT CAVANAUGH – CASE STUDY STUDY CASE A THEMATIC FRAMEWORK COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES THEME THEME THEME THEME s t o r y a r t i f a c t s t o r y a rs t t i o f r a y c t a r t i f a c t s t o r y a rs t t i o f r a y c t s t o r y s t o r y s t o r y s t o r y The museum is turned on its head with a focus on the purpose with the aircraft as tools Why did Mr. Cavanaugh collect these aircraft. WWII Patriotism Honoring Sacrifice Adventure MUSEUM FLIGHT CAVANAUGH – Mission to preserve and commemorate. CASE STUDY STUDY CASE COMMUNCATION OBJECTIVES 1. The war that protected society changed society. 2. That war effort to protect the nation contributed to the development of our modern way of life. CAVANAUGH MUSEUM FLIGHT CAVANAUGH – 3. Aviation is fundamental to that way of life and our freedom to enjoy it. CASE STUDY STUDY CASE World War I early aircraft history Korean War Major General Frederick C."Boots" Blesse, born in 1921 in Colón, Panama Canal Zone, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1945. He flew two combat tours during contrast technology of the Korean War, completing 67 missions in F-51s, 35 missions in F-80s and 121 missions in F-86s. During the second tour in F-86s, he was officially credited with shooting down nine aircraft MiG-15s and one La-9. Cornell v sabre At the time of his return to the United States in October 1952, he was America's leading jet ace. General Blesse remained with fighter aircraft for practically his entire military career. During the 1955 Air Force Worldwide Gunnery Championship, he won all six trophies offered for Boots Blesse individual performance, a feat never equaled. During the Vietnam Conflict, he served two tours in Southeast Asia; while on his first tour in 1967-1968, he flew 156 combat missions. In December 1952 General Blesse went to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, where he served as a jet fighter gunnery instructor, squadron operations officer and squadron commander. He was a member of the Air Training Command Fighter Gunnery Team in 1954 and 1955. Both years this team won the Air Force Worldwide Fighter Gunnery Championship. During the 1955 gunnery meet, General Blesse, flying an F-86F aircraft, won all six trophies offered for individual performance, a feat that has never been equaled. During this tour of duty, General Blesse wrote his fighter tactics book, No Guts, No Glory. This book has been used as a basis of fighter combat operations for the Royal Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, Chinese Nationalist, Korean Air Force, and U.S. Air Force since 1955. As recently as 1973, 3,000 copies were reproduced and sent to tactical units in the field. Industry Threads how was industry changed by war how necessity of war expedited technology what did infrastructure become after the war Consolidated Aircraft Corporation sudden influx of industry to Dallas - impact on community and family's family's that remain in Dallas because of this industry Life Threads how were peoples lives changed by war Betty Stine what did people do after the war Betty Stine (born in Fort Worth) trained at Avenger Field Sweetwater killed on her final flight before graduation parachute failure died at a young age, life cut short explore the lives of other women in her Class 44-w-2 how their lives were changed by being WASPS Bailing Out On night Operations for home defense the right-hand betty stine bailed out but didn’t survive engine suddenly exploded into flames - probably due to boots blesse bailed out of F 86 (better technology) enemy fire. Control response was marginal and, after caterpillar club jettisoning canopy, the pilot lost control of the aircraft. advance in technology parachutes Wireless Operator baled out and was severely wounded eject seats with parachutes and dinghys on landing with his parachute. Lt Fries could not regain sufficient control to try landing the burning aircraft and ejected. He landed unhurt by means of his parachute. The aircraft crashed at 01.25 hrs. 3 Km south of sエ Hertogenbosch and was destroyed. "Life depends on a silken thread" CONTEXT how was industry changed by war how necessity of war expedited technology what did infrastructure become after the war B-24 built by Consolidated factory in Fort Worth in 1941, 1500 familys relocated, many who remain in Dallas today THEMATIC PLANNING PLANNING OPTIONS THEMATIC testing the thematic frameworks EDUCATION CURRICULUM MATRIX CAVANAUGH FLIGHT MUSEUM June 2009 EDUCATION CURRICULUM CONTENT TEKS Curriculum relevance Museum Grade Subject TEKS requirements Museum Application TEKS Glossary / Biography Reference - Other Comments Thematic Area *** Grade 1 6 yrs Grade 2 7 yrs (1) History. The student (A) explain the significance of memorial day, the museum will be understands the historical various community, state, and known as the most relevant place to significance of landmarks and national celebrations such as Memorial Day *** celebrations in the community, Memorial Day , Independence Day, go on Memorial day, host to state, and nation and Thanksgiving commerorative events Grade 3 The student understands the 8 yrs concepts of time and chronology. (A)use vocabulary related to chronology, including ancient and (3) History modern times and past, present, and Whole Museum Timelines throughout museum *** future times; (B)create and interpret timelines; (C)describe historical times in terms of years, decades, and centuries. (F) use appropriate mathematical Maps and graphs will be featured skills to interpret social studies throughout museum, including (16) Social studies skills. Whole Museum information such as maps and historical maps, and used as an * graphs. interpretive tool Grade 4 A civil war is a war between factions or sections within a country. The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) resulted from years of conflict between competing sectional interests. These included slavery and 9 yrs disagreements over its continuance and expansion, the sovereignty of states, and the conflicting economic and social structures of the North and South. Texas played a key role in the coming of the (4) History Civil War discussed/explored through war. The admission of Texas as a slave state in 1845 marked the first significant westward expansion envisioned by President James K. Polk. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo transferred more The student understands (A) describe the impact of the Civil WW1 Civil War hot air balloons Thaddeus Lowe western territory to the United States and reinvigorated the sectional conflict over the expansion of slavery into territories. Texans were divided in their loyalties, some favoring nationalism and the the political, economic, and War and Reconstruction on Texas *** union and others adopting the sectional views of southern Democrats. Fear over the ability of the United States to protect the Texas-Mexico border caused some Texans to rethink their allegiances. social changes in Texas during New Horizons Use of historic maps and photographs On January 28, 1861, convention delegates voted 166 to 8 to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America. Texas Confederates saw action in the western, eastern, and the last half of the 19th century. southern portions of the state as well as on major battlefronts throughout the Confederacy. The last land battle fought in the Confederacy occurred in south Texas in May 1865. As many as 68,500 Texans served the Confederacy, most notably in Terry's Texas Rangers, Ross's Texas Brigade, and Hood's Texas Brigade. (5) History. (A) identify the impact of various rapid advance of aircraft technology Technological Innovations The student understands issues and events on life in Texas during WW2, population impact of Technological innovations are new ways of doing things which are based in a technology. The telephone revolutionized the way people communicated because it allowed people to hear the voices such as urbanization, increased use of friends and family living miles away. Travel became easier due to improvements in transportation which began with systems of canals and railroads and expanded to include automobiles, important issues, events, and WW2 Factory Workers, whole suburbs born :important issues, events, and of oil and gas, and the growth of *** interstate roadway systems, and airlines with international flights.