The Helmerich Research Center and Gilcrease National Archive

The Helmerich Research Center and Gilcrease National Archive

Gilcrease Museum Report to the
City Council Budget Committee
Duane H. King
March 1, 2012
Gilcrease Museum
Helmerich Research Center and
Gilcrease National Archive
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
Helmerich Research Center
$19 Million Raised
of
$25 Million Project Cost
Zarrow Center for Art & Education
Zarrow Center Opening
• Dedication May 15, 2012
• Exhibition Opening: More than a
Ballgame: Sport and Sacrifice
– Drawn from Gilcrease Museum and the TU sports
collection
Benchmarks
2010 AAMD Survey
Artifacts
350,000
300,000
300,000
258,155
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
20,592
2,989
794
660
500
372
CM Russell
National Wildlife
Booth
Rockwell
0
Gilcrease
Autry
National Cowboy Stark Museum of
Art
Paintings
5,000
4,550
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,640
1,550
1,500
1,372
1,340
998
1,000
915
900
587
500
303
265
Rockwell
Amon Carter
0
Gilcrease
Joslyn
Stark
Museum of
Art
National
Cowboy
Buffalo Bill
National
Wildlife
Autry
CM Russell
Booth
Sculptures
1,200
1,072
1,000
884
800
587
600
576
432
400
395
345
251
220
160
200
53
0
CM Russell
Buffalo Bill
Joslyn
National
Cowboy
National
Wildlife
Stark
Museum of
Art
Gilcrease
Booth
Amon Carter
Autry
Rockwell
Members
7,000
6,400
6,000
5,000
5,000
4,859
4,846
4,000
3,050
3,000
2,400
2,391
1,822
2,000
1,100
1,027
1,000
311
0
Gilcrease
Joslyn
Buffalo Bill
Autry
National
Cowboy
National
Wildlife
Eiteljorg
Amon Carter
Booth
CM Russell
Rockwell
Attendance Growth
1H 2012: 47,676
1H 2011: 39,521
21% Increase
Exhibitions
Peace Medals:
Symbols of Influence
and
Prestige in North America
December 4, 2011 –
April 1, 2012
Palazzo Pitti
New Frontiers
30'-4"
14'-0"
14'-4"
Amerigo Vespucci 1480?1512
1
6'-9"
1'-0"
1'-0"
7'-1"
6'-9"
3'-1"
1'-0"
6"
1'-0"
28'-8"
8"
1'-1"
3'-9"
29'-0"
Intro Hall Wall 1
Boboli Gardens
TU’s Masters Program in
Museum Science and Management
Award Nominations
2012 Finalist for the
Oklahoma Center for the Book Award
• Non-Fiction:
Forging a Nation: The
American History
Collection at Gilcrease
Museum
Finalist for the 2012
Oklahoma Center for the Book Award
• Design/Illustration To Capture the Sun: Gold of Ancient Panama and
Forging a Nation
Awards Received
Oklahoma Book Awards
• Two of the museum’s major
publications of the past year
were nominated for the
Oklahoma Book Awards for
2010. Among 33 finalists, the
Best Non-Fiction award went
to Thomas Gilcrease written
by seven members of the
Gilcrease Museum staff and
the Best Design award went
to Willard Stone, designed
by Carol Haralson.
American Association of
Museums
• The Gilcrease Journal has won eight awards
in the last ten years. The last three issues,
Volumes XVII.1 and XVI.1&2, all were
awarded first place in the AAM design
competition for scholarly journals.
Western Heritage Award
• The catalog for the Russell
exhibition at the won the
Western Heritage Award
for 2010.
• Entitled The Masterworks
of Charles M. Russell: A
Retrospective of Paintings
and Sculpture, edited by
former Gilcrease director
Joan Carpenter Troccoli.
Oklahoma Center for
Non Profits 2010
• The Barnett Family Foundation
Award for Arts and
Humanities
True West Magazine
“Best Western Art Museum”
Oklahoma Magazine
“Best of the Best”
July 2011
Oklahoma Living Magazine
Chosen “Best Museum in 2012”
Treasures of the Gilcrease
Television Series
• Four productions to
date
• Total of eight airings
• Seen by more than
700,000 people
• Winner of MarCom
Gold Award
Recently Released Publications
Jeanne
Tripplehorn
Narrator of the Video
To Capture the Sun:
Gold of Ancient Panama
Grants for Special
Initiatives
Digitization of Collection
NEH Challenge Grant