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Annual Report 2013-2014 Annual Report The Manitoba Museum 2013/2014 2013/2014 Annual Report < i Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions On World Water Day, March 22, 2014, The Manitoba International Institute of Sustainable Development, Museum launched Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions, one of Manitoba Hydro, Royal Bank Blue Water Project and the most ambitious exhibits in the history of the Science additional support from Manitoba Pork, Environment Gallery. The lake was named the world’s most threatened Canada’s EcoAction Community Funding Program, lake in 2013 by the Global Nature Fund. Shared Solutions Manitoba Education and Literacy, Lake Winnipeg asks the question, “How would you fix Lake Winnipeg?” Foundation and Canadian Wildlife Federation. The centrepiece of this interactive exhibit is a high-tech The Lake Winnipeg Exhibit Advisory Committee was computer simulation of the Lake Winnipeg watershed, composed of representatives from Manitoba Education, allowing visitors to make decisions that affect the Manitoba Hydro, Talking Water Project, Lake Winnipeg health of the lake. As lake stewards, visitors must decide Foundation Science Committee, Keystone Agricultural which problems to prioritize, and which solution has the Producers, International Institute for Sustainable desired effect. Development, Environment Canada, Lake Friendly, Richardson International Limited, Manitoba Pork Council Lake Winnipeg: Shared Solutions is the first $1 million plus and The Manitoba Museum. exhibit to be built in the Museum’s Science Gallery and received financial and in-kind (lead) support from the ii > The Manitoba Museum Adèle HEMPEL, Director of Research, Kathy NANOWIN, Manager, AWARDS Collections & Exhibits Collections and Conservation Nancy ANDERSON, Collections Director, Board, Alliance of Natural Regional Representative, Canadian Assistant (Human History) History Museums of Canada; Chair, Association for Conservation of Award of Merit, Association of Nominations; Chair, Special Exhibit Cultural Property Project (2017) Manitoba Museums Dr. Diana Bizecki ROBSON, Curator Treasurer, Association of Manitoba Javier SCHWERSENSKY, Director of Botany Museums; Chair, Long-range of Marketing, Sales & Programs Planning Committee Board Member/Education Director, Iluminis Award – Excellence in Executive Manitoba Association of Plant Biologists Development, Universidad de Ciencias Claudette LECLERC, Chief Executive Member, Collections Sub-Committee, Sociales y Empresariales [University of Officer Alliance of Natural History Museums Social Sciences and Business], Buenos Board of Directors, Winnipeg in Canada Aires, Argentina Chamber of Commerce Dr. Roland SAWATZKY, Curator Betsy THORSTEINSON, Diorama Artist Board of Directors, Manitoba Arts of History and Cultural Alliance Award of Distinguished Service, Adjunct Professor, Department of Canadian Museums Association (CMA) Committee Member, Manitoba Anthropology, University of Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce – “DINOSAURS UNEARTHED” Tourism Council Dr. Graham YOUNG, Curator of MARKETING CAMPAIGN Geology and Paleontology Committee Member, Winnipeg Manitoba Tourism Award for Marketing Downtown BIZ – Main Street Advisory Adjunct Professor, Department Excellence, Travel Manitoba Committee of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba ALLOWAY WORLD EXHIBITS (AWE) Dr. Maureen MATTHEWS, Curator Board Member, Canadian Geological Spirit of Winnipeg Award, Not-For-Profit of Ethnology Foundation Category, The Winnipeg Chamber Adjunct Professor, Department of of Commerce Anthropology, University of Manitoba External Ph.D. Thesis Examiner, University College Dublin, Ireland Dr. Randall MOOI, Curator of Zoology APPOINTMENTS Publicity Chair, Geological Association Adjunct Professor, Department of of Canada-Mineralogical Association Shauna CARMICHAEL, Planetarium/ Biological Sciences, University of Canada 2013 ; Conference – Winnipeg Science Gallery Animator of Manitoba Board of Directors, Interpretation Member, Editorial Board, American Canada Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Member, Steering and Technical Committees for the Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas; Regional Coordinator for the Northern Interlake Region RETIREMENTS Karen POOLEY, Business Office Manager The Manitoba Museum would like to recognize Karen Pooley for 31 years of service to the institution. Karen started at The Manitoba Museum in February 1982 as the Business Office Clerk. She soon moved into other positions including Information/Receptionist, Business Office/Inventory Clerk, Administrative Secretary, and Junior Accountant. In 1989, she permanently stepped into the role of Business Office Manager and she held that position until she retired in 2013. Karen was a stabilizing presence at the Museum; through three decades she saw the Museum grow from “pencil and paper” to computerized systems. 2013/2014 Annual Report < 1 GOVERNANCE BOARD OF GOVERNORS Bob Brennan Hubert Mesman Ken Ross Jeoff Chipman, Chair Jeoff Chipman Scott Craig (ex-officio) Emőke Szathmáry Scott Craig, Vice-Chair Scott Craig Jeoff Chipman (ex-officio) GOVERNMENT Ken Ross, Secretary Don Epstein AD HOC Committees RELATIONS COMMITTEE Bob Brennan, Treasurer Ken Ross Hubert Mesman, Chair Nancy Anderson PENSION COMMITTEE Standing Committees Jeoff Chipman Bill Baines Elizabeth Chipilski, Chair Scott Craig Sangeet Bhatia FINANCE COMMITTEE Jack Dubois Bob Brennan Kevin Brownlee Bob Brennan, Chair Penny McMillan Kevin Brownlee Lawrie Cherniack Sangeet Bhatia, Vice-Chair Cindi Steffan Charles Henaire Loren Cisyk Kevin Brownlee David Thompson James Cohen Scott Craig Bert Valentin The Manitoba Museum Don Epstein Ken Ross Foundation Incorporated INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Charles Henaire Emőke Szathmáry Scott Craig, Chair BOARD OF DIRECTORS Penny McMillan Jeoff Chipman (ex-officio) Ken Ross, President Bob Brennan Hubert Mesman Bill Baines HUMAN RESOURCES & Jeoff Chipman Emőke Szathmáry Jeoff Chipman COMPENSATION Gary Coopland COMMITTEE Barbara Crutchley EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Charlie Curtis Penny McMillan, Chair Gus Leach Scott Craig, Chair Bob Darling Loren Cisyk Sangeet Bhatia Art Pearson Sangeet Bhatia POLICY PROJECT Bob Brennan Jennifer Rattray Scott Craig (ex-officio) Don Epstein, Lead Jeoff Chipman RESEARCH ADVISORY Jeoff Chipman (ex-officio) Lawrie Cherniack Loren Cisyk COMMITTEE Penny McMillan REVENUE COMMITTEE CAPITAL RENEWAL Dr. Jill Oakes, Chair Ken Ross Loren Cisyk, Chair PLANNING COMMITTEE Jay Anderson Penny McMillan, Vice-Chair Jeoff Chipman, Chair Dr. William Rannie NOMINATING & Sangeet Bhatia GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Nancy Anderson Dr. Geoffrey Scott Scott Craig Sangeet Bhatia, Chair Bill Baines James Cohen Nancy Anderson James Cohen 2 > The Manitoba Museum Table of Contents Message from the CEO and Board Chair 4 Museum Staff 5 Exhibits 6 Programs and Interpretation 9 Collections 13 Research 17 Volunteer Resources 20 Community Partners 22 Museum Community Partners 24 Annual Giving 26 The Manitoba Museum Foundation Inc. 30 Financial Statements 31 Detail from Aschkibokahn Mini-Diorama: A Place for Every Season 2013/2014 Annual Report < 3 Message from the CEO and Board Chair We are extremely pleased to report that the 2013–2014 fiscal cycle was another successful year at The Manitoba Museum. From opening cutting-edge exhibitions to receiving community awards for the economic and social impact of our institution, we are truly humbled by the level of support and recognition that the work of the Museum has garnered. One of the highlights of the year was Shared Solutions is the most advanced curators in the lab and on research trips, the opening of Lake Winnipeg: Shared watershed simulator in North America. to working in the Museum gift shop Solutions in the Science Gallery, as well An important aspect of our role in to being on the Board of Governors, as the successful temporary exhibit the community is the development of our volunteers do it all. We simply Wrapped: The Mummy of Pesed reaching community exhibitions, led mostly by couldn’t do any of this without them. a record number of school visitors. The volunteer community members that To everyone who visited, donated, Manitoba Museum was the recipient of chose to use our galleries to share their sponsored and joined the Museum in Travel Manitoba’s Award of Marketing important historical stories with our the previous 12 months, and to our Excellence and the Winnipeg Chamber visitors. In the past year, we were proud dedicated Museum team of staff, please of Commerce Spirit Award in the to feature two exhibits Trees of Life and accept our heartfelt thank you! non-profit category for our Alloway Fort Rouge: Commemorating 275 Years The Manitoba Museum remains World Exhibits program. of French Presence in Manitoba in our fully committed to supporting our The accolades were not only from Discovery Room and The Beat of Kenya communities, commissioning innovative awards, but also Manitobans showed and Berens Family Collection in our research and collections, developing their support by visiting our Museum. new acquisitions case. exciting programs, attracting the best Over the past 12 months, we have The Museum hosted Wrapped: The possible exhibitions and renewing our recorded 319,531 visits, with over Mummy of Pesed in Alloway Hall. galleries. In the next 12 months we will 97,000 of those visits being students This was the Museum’s third year for be bringing National Geographic’s Real coming to take part in curriculum- its Alloway World Exhibits partnership Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah based programs. This was our 22nd program. Thanks to the generosity of from
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