Shiloh Museum of Ozark History 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Financials Revenue Expenditures City of Springdale $714,081 Personnel & benefits $579,448 In-kind materials/services 6,223 Other City expenditures 136,069 Board of Trustees operating account 212,442 Board of Trustees expenditures 32,993 Board-designated funds 256,331 Board-designated fund expenditures 147,158 Grant funds 5,000 Grant projects 17,034 GRAND TOTAL $1,194,077 GRAND TOTAL $912,702 By the Numbers 56,690 people served in 2016, 17,269 people 23,097 virtual users, the third largest number ever, attended museum up 29% from 2016 including 33,593 served in person programs, including (vs. virtually), the second-largest 6,321 students onsite and number ever 7,367 students offsite $1,754,688 in the museum endowment on in museum store sales, $15,120 12/31/17, up 19% the second-highest ever from 2016 405 researchers used 76 volunteers helped run the museum and worked museum resources, people attended including 209 images 2,728 hours, valued at $61,143 3,110 used for such products 135 group meetings, up 6% as HBO’s True Detective from 2016 Our fifth-largest bequest, $72,535, series, Fox News, local came in2017 from former board member and history books, local A $5,000 Walton Family volunteer Ray Toler, of which $50,000 went to our business decor, and Foundation grant will help us endowment and $22,535 to facility repairs student research upgrade our website in 2018 We Get Letters... You folks at Shiloh Museum ROCK!!!! Thanks for all you have done and are continuing to do to preserve the history of our area. Family with 6 and 9 year olds. Enjoyed 1½ hours and learned a lot about the local area. Everyone working there was very nice and informative. It is a good mix of indoor and outdoor including many buildings. We asked them for a tour of the historic home which they did happily and gave a nice talk explaining and answered all questions from the kids. Great time and I was very surprised it is free. Check it out! We fell in love with this place! It shows aspects of life in Arkansas during different time periods, helping people to see how everyday life changed and progressed over time. Each section has a well-maintained hands-on activity for the kids (and adults) to explore. The items on display are well protected without feeling like a boring museum. Items are documented with interesting tidbits and explanations. The employees and volunteers were kind to the children and expressed a real desire for them to learn. Major Accomplishments in 2017 By year’s end, almost all of the interior renovation on the historic 1871 Shiloh Meeting Hall was complete and work on property improvements—a parking lot, lighting, signs, and grounds work—was about to begin. The commitment to project completion was put over the top by a $255,673 grant from Three movie “shorts” styled after the “Our Gang” the Walton Family Foundation. A celebratory opening of comedies were filmed in Fayetteville, Springdale, and the Hall will no doubt be a highlight of 2018. Bentonville in 1937, using local children as cast members. The Kidnappers Foil films were discovered in 2016 by Todd Terpening, who donated them to the Library of The fourth section Congress where he volunteers. Our library staff extensively of the museum’s researched the films, tracked down many of the child exhibit hall to be actors or their families, and arranged for an eighty-years- completed covers later premiere of the movies, along with reminiscences the 1950s to the by several of the child actors (now in their eighties and future. Included nineties) and a talk by Terpening. Thereafter museum staff are earlier and later created DVDs of the films and the premiere and provided versions of poultry them to all the known actors and/or their families. houses interiors, poultry-processing plants, and retail stores and a look at transportation, tourism, UA research, and how Beaver Lake affected the last half of the 20th century. Slideshows provide selections of late 20th-century photos from the Arkansas Ozarks, and there’s even a place to imagine the Ozarks in the future. Like our other new exhibits, all text is in both English and Spanish. The museum grounds were enhanced again this year by the amazing work of The museum partnered with 132 organizations and Washington County individuals to connect, collaborate, and share, including: Master Gardener “Pastimes of Black Settlers,” a program with the volunteers Washington County Historical Society; “Changing the who assist Narrative,” a dialog between NWA law enforcement and groundskeeper the community, sponsored by the NWA chapter of the Marty Powers and NAACP and NWA Urban League Young Professionals; keep our museum campus in tiptop shape. At the very “DREAMers: Untold Stories of the American Dream,” in end of the year we were able to provide a beautiful rock collaboration with the DREAMers of NWACC; and programs sign for the museum entrance, after our corner sign was sponsored by the Downtown Springdale Alliance, such as demolished in a car accident. barn parties, hayrides, and visits with Santa. Our Partners in 2017 Arkansas Chapter, Trail of Tears Association Engage NWA Sons of Confederate Veterans Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese Brian Espenschied Sons of Union Veterans Arkansas Education Television Network Fayetteville Business & Professional Women Lyle Sparkman and his Ozark Balladry classes Arkansas Historical Association First United Methodist Church Springdale Chamber of Commerce Arkansas Humanities Council Greg Garner Springdale Community Garden Arkansas Living History Association Greedy Goats of NWA Springdale for Monarchs, Mary McCully & Arkansas Municipal League Carole Harter Jack Bardwell Arkansas Museums Association Heritage Trail Partners Springdale Kiwanis Arvest Bank & Trust Management Hispanic Women’s Organization of Arkansas Springdale Public Library Beaver Watershed Alliance Jones Family Trust Still on the Hill Kathryn Birkhead Doug Kidd Tellers of Tales Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Kidnappers Foil actors, families, and friends Todd Terpening Will Bush Violin Studio KUAF 91.3 FM NPR Mike Tillery Butterfield Trail Village Library of Congress Olivia Trimble Camp Noark Alumni LifeWriters Don Tyson School of Innovation & Mike Carney Toinette Madison Calvin Ryerse City of Fayetteville Woolsey Farmstead Marion Chapter DAR Helen Tyson Middle School Visionary Committee LaNita McKinney United Bank City of Springdale City Council Joyce Mendenhall United Daughters of the Confederacy City of Springdale Community Engagement NWA Civil War Roundtable UA Animal Science Department Committee NWA Handweavers Guild UA architecture class City of Springdale Planning Dept. NWA Lace Guild UA Inspiration Chorale & Dr. Jeff Murdock City of Springdale Water Department, NWA Master Naturalists University Museum Collections Rick Pulvirenti & Jerry Cook NWA NAACP University of Arkansas Press Linda & Ken Coffee NWA Sacred Harp Singers University of Louisiana-Lafayette Master of Cheri Coley NWA Trailblazers Architecture Program Dr. Sean Connors and UA “Literacy in Ozark NWA Urban League Walton Arts Center Lives” class project OneCommunity Walton Family Foundation Ernie Deane family Ozark Folk Cultural Center Washington County Extension Service Joe Doster Ozark Off-Road Cyclists Washington County Historical Society Downtown Springdale Alliance Ozark Wireless Society Washington County Master Gardeners DREAMers of Northwest Arkansas Gail Pianalto Brandon Weston Endeavor Foundation Ethel Simpson Wool and Wheel Handspinners Guild Board of Trustees weekend manager (starting June); Kris Ann Kabanuck, Cheryl Larson, Craig April Rusch, president; Jason House, Johnson, photographer; Aaron Loehndorf, Larson, Jayne Laster, Mira Leister, Patsy vice president; Kathryn Birkhead, education/collections specialist; Curtis Louk, Linda MacLean, Rebekah Martin, secretary; David Beauchamp, treasurer; Morris, exhibits manager; Kathy Plume, Mary McCully, Pat McKeown, Jamie Clifton Ruddick, vice treasurer. Jovi receptionist/store manager; Marty Middleton, Pat Mills, Tom Oppenheim, Champaphanith, Dr. Jami Forrester, Powers, maintenance; Carolyn Reno, Jan Partain, Sharon Perry, Lynn Phillips, Zessna Garcia Rios, Dr. Marian assistant director/collections manager; Annette Pianalto, Tom Porter, Pam Hendrickson, Melisa Laelan, Jim Carly Squyres, education specialist/ Redfern, Laura Redford, Brenda Smith, Meinecke, Leo Orpin, MJ Sell, Hank weekend manager (through April); Rachel Danny Smith, Lyle Sparkman, Martha Taylor, Judy Van Hoose Whitaker, research specialist; Susan Sparkman, Mariette Spidel, Dolores Young, outreach coordinator Stamps, Truman Stamps, Julia Stilwell, Ex-Officio Board Members Laura Stilwell, Meredith Stilwell, Janet Dr. Marsha Jones, Allyn Lord, Robert Volunteers Tackett, Janice Torbett, Mary Vaughan, Mello, Dolores Stamps Geri Alvis, Mary Ann Bardwell, Ethna Paula Whitaker, Richie Whitaker, Terry Billings, Kathryn Birkhead, Madeline Whitaker, Thomas Whitaker, Kevin Life Trustees Brown, Noah Calhoun, Amanda Calico, Wilkin, Neta Winston Dr. C. S. Applegate, Dr. Dwight Ginger Candrilli, Trinity Castro, Heathman, Martha Lankford, Maudine Analiece Clark, Rick Conard, Tina On the cover Sanders, Stephen Taylor (all deceased) Conard, Karen Cordell, Georgia Cox, Mr. T, the unofficial but popular Shiloh Kyla Cross, Elizabeth Davis, Fiona Davis, Staff Museum mascot, takes part in many Jack Davis, Allison Dillingham, Tom outside museum activities and has his Allyn Lord, director; Judy Costello, Duggan, Astre Dunn, Cheryl Fears, own fan club. He’s even appeared in education manager; Marie Demeroukas, Henry Freeman, Regina Gabel, Debbie several films and has a cider named after photo archivist/research librarian; Gilmore, Nevaeh Hatfield, Donald him at Black Apple Crossing cidery. Kimberly Hosey, education specialist/ Hendrix, Molly Hutchins, Bill Jones, shilohmuseum.org.