2014 Annual Report

Goulbourn Museum
Annual Report
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www.goulbournmuseum.ca
Sharing the Story of Ottawa’s Oldest Military Settlement
FROM THE CURATOR MANAGER
The Goulbourn Museum plays an instrumental role in preserving and sharing our community’s vibrant history. In 2014 we marked two significant anniversaries: the centennial of
World War I and the 75th anniversary of World War II. Of course, these events changed the
world, but the exhibition Homegrown Heroes highlights our local contribution. In conjunction with the exhibition launch we planted an ivory silk memorial tree, kindly donated by
the Fallowfield Tree Farm. We welcome you to add a name in memory of a loved one on
your next visit.
Thanks to our commendable team and our notable programs and exhibitions we saw a
23% increase in onsite visitation and a 16% increase in total participation. Additionally, the
Museum was nominated for two awards in the West Ottawa Board of Trade’s People’s
Choice Business Awards. Our fundraising expectations were exceeded by 43% and we
received nearly 560 artefact donations. The third volume of Voices from Goulbourn’s Past,
by Chairperson Linda Preston and her sister Cheryl McCoy, was released at Stittsville’s Arts
in the Park event in May and quickly became a best seller.
We were fortunate to partner with many new organizations in 2014. We worked with the
Stittsville International Women’s Day Committee and Distinctive Women magazine to
celebrate International Women’s Day. Together, we marked the occasion on Rogers
Television and gave a historical presentation to students in Stittsville’s St. Stephen Catholic
School. Other partnership activities included an art exhibition featuring work from students
in Elemenopaint’s art classes and a unique boot-camp style obstacle course offered by
the Canadian Armed Forces. Seven community organizations have partnered together to
form the 2018 Unified Committee which will plan for the bicentennial of the settlement of
Richmond. We’ll be working closely with the Richmond Village Association, Richmond
Legion, Richmond Lions Club, Kiwanis Club of Goulbourn, Richmond Agricultural Society
and the Goulbourn Township Historical Society over the coming years for this project.
Additionally, the Museum has been a proud member of the Ontario By Bike Network since
the spring of 2014. As part of this program, we now have picnic tables under the trees as
well as a water cooler, bike rack and bicycle repair kit on site. Please stop in for a rest and
a visit next time you’re cycling by.
We welcomed Bram Blenk, Ken Cownley and Murial Gingras to the Board of Directors
at our Annual General Meeting and hired Stephanie Miles on contract through the Pilot
Program for the Youth Training Initiatives in Culture grant. Over 61 volunteers put in 1,736
hours of their time to assist with programs, events, fundraising, digitization projects, artefact
cataloguing, governance and planning efforts. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Kathryn Jamieson
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2014 SUCCESS STORIES
The Museum partnered
with the Canadian
Armed Forces for this
year’s Father’s Day event
which commemorated
Goulbourn’s contribution
to WWI & WWII. Over 400
visitors attended Homegrown Heroes to compete against dad in the
military obstacle course,
examine a WWII jeep,
transmit live messages via
Morse Code, and more.
The Museum was
entrusted with a Pattern
George IV British Infantry
Officer’s Sword that once
belonged to Colonel
George Thew Burke of the
Carleton Militia. Made in
the 1820s, this full dress
sword was donated by
Burke’s third great granddaughter. “I wish to share
this artefact with the
museum so that others
will have the opportunity
to see it.”
We received $5,000 from
the City of Ottawa’s Pilot
Program for the Youth
Training Initiatives in Culture.
We were able to extend
the hours of our Curatorial
Assistant & hire Collections
Intern Stephanie Miles for
12 weeks. Stephanie was
instrumental in preparing
the Museum’s records
for the public artefact
database.
With interest in fibre arts
on the rise, the Museum’s
knitting circle, Yap & Yarn,
saw a steady increase in
participants in 2014. In
November the group
rallied together to “yarn
bomb” the railings in front
of the Museum. Known as
fibre graffiti, the final product added festive flair to
our annual Old-Fashioned
Christmas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOULBOURN MUSEUM
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
From the Curator Manager
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Mandate / Mission
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2014 Successes
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Outreach, Programs
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Exhibits, Collections
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Museum ArteFACTS
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The Year in Review
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Staff
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Board and Management
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Partnerships
10
Contributors
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Members
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MANDATE/MISSION
The Goulbourn Museum will
disseminate the material and oral
history of Goulbourn Township by
collecting, preserving, displaying and
interpreting local artefacts. The
Museum will offer a range of
educational programs to increase the
public’s understanding and enjoyment
of local history. A History Centre is
open for genealogical and local history
research.
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OUTREACH, PROGRAMS
AND WORKSHOPS:
ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS
OF ALL AGES
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
INAUGURAL WALKING TOUR OF RICHMOND
The International Women’s Club of
Ottawa got a rich lesson in local history
during the Goulbourn Museum’s
inaugural walking tour of Richmond. The
group included dignitaries and women
from Indonesia, Korea, Japan and
Nigeria.
In addition to this new tour of Richmond,
the Museum has also developed an
interpretive walking tour of Stittsville.
Both are available to the public and
can be booked by calling or emailing
the Museum.
I REMEMBER WHEN...
PRESENTATIONS SPARK MEMORIES
Due to an increase in demand, the Museum
gave 166% more older adult presentations
and programs in 2014.
Dressed in period costume, Museum staff
give a brief presentation about Goulbourn’s
history followed by a hands-on presentation
of some local artefacts. Participants enjoy
sharing their personal stories from childhood
and our staff often come away with fresh
insight into how the artefacts were actually
used.
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EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS
AND RESEARCH
PRESERVING OUR PAST
WHAT’S NEW
GOULBOURN MUSEUM
EXHIBITIONS
The Museum launched
Homegrown Heroes which tells
of life beyond the trenches in
Goulbourn Township during
WWI & WWII.
In addition to artefacts from
the Museum’s collection, the
exhibition also features items
on loan from the Cameron
Highlanders of Ottawa
Regimental Museum.
Right: Tracey Donaldson
and volunteer Anthony Bill
construct the bones of the
Homegrown Heroes exhibit.
The new exhibit space features
moveable wall panels built by
staff and volunteers which will
continue to be used in future
exhibitions.
EXTRA! EXTRA!
LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER HONOURED
In 2014, the Museum
received two editions of
the Ottawa Citizen
newspaper dated
Tuesday, August 14, and
Wednesday, August 15,
1945.
Long-time
volunteer
Brenda Holtz
was awarded
the Heritage
Advocacy
Award for her
extensive
research into
Brenda Holtz, centre, receiving the
Heritage Advocacy Award.
Goulbourn’s
WWI veterans. What started as a single scrapbook quickly evolved into multiple volumes, all
of which are on display as part of the
Museum’s Homegrown Heroes exhibition.
Among the information contained in the six
books are attestation papers for each veteran
and photographs, where available.
The papers capture Ottawa’s reaction to
Victory in Japan and subsequently the end
of the Second World War. The newspapers
preserve the headlines, “Japan Surrenders!”
and (pictured here) “Peace at Last! Allies
Issue “Cease Fire” Order As Japan Surrenders.
Ottawa Celebrates Joyously, With V-J Holiday
Today”.
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557
Artefacts Donated
163
Feet of Archival
Materials
42%
Increase in
Volunteers
23 %
Increase in Onsite
Visitation
MUSEUM
ARTEFACTS
166 %
Increase in Older
Adult Programming
13,932
Total Museum
Participants
2,457
Museum Visitors
Increase in Fundraising
Revenue
10,893
25%
Program Participants
47
Workshops
& Lectures
13
Increase in Facebook
Fans
14%
Increase in Twitter
Followers
Promotional Outreach
Events
37%
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54%
876
Social Media Updates
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Special Events
204
Mentions in Local Paper
6
43%
Increase in Blog Views
Increase in Pinterest
Followers
Publications
59
Community Partners
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY
• Beavers program
• Applied Museum Studies
presentation
APRIL
• Sparks program
• School program
• The Write Stuff calligraphy
exhibit, Community Cabinet
(Jan-May)
• National Capital History Day,
FEBRUARY
• Winterlude, Ottawa City Hall
• International Women’s Day
outreach, CTV News
Confederation Education Centre
• Kidsfest,
Ottawa Ernst & Young Centre
• Older adults presentation,
West Ottawa Community
Resource Centre
• Girl Guides program
• Doors Open Ottawa
• Councillor’s Park Party
• Homegrown Heroes event
• Homegrown Heroes
exhibit (June-Dec)
• Two school programs
JULY
• Canada Day program,
Goulbourn Rec Complex
• Evening of Appreciation event
• 2018 Unified Committee
meeting
• Mansion Mayhem
children’s workshop
NOVEMBER
• Homegrown Heroes traveling
exhibit, Stittsville Library
• Older adults presentation,
West Ottawa Community
Resource Centre
• Sparks group program
• Family Day event
• Annual General Meeting
AUGUST
• Governance workshop
• Heritage Day outreach,
Ottawa City Hall
• Fascinator workshop,
International Women’s Club
of Ottawa
• 1812 traveling exhibit,
Stittsville Library (Aug-Sept)
• Old-Fashioned Christmas
& Outdoor Artisan Market
• Colonel By Day display
Bytown Museum
DECEMBER
MARCH
• Bridal Fashion exhibit,
Stittsville United Church
• International Women’s Day
school program
MAY
• Older adults program,
Top Generation
• Vintage Charm workshop
• International Women’s Day
offsite event
• Art exhibit, Elemenopaint
• Older adults program,
• Richmond Walking Tour
CareFor Health & Community Services
• Sparks program
• Homeschool Heritage Fair
• Heritage Celebration display,
Chartwell Stonehaven
• Cleaning the Capital
• Two older adult programs,
Olde Forge
JUNE
• Arts in the Park
• Lansdowne Opening
• Older adults museum tour
SEPTEMBER
• Richmond Fair display &
program
• Celebrating 15 Years,
Lions Club exhibit (Sept-Oct)
OCTOBER
• Older adults program,
Kanata Seniors Centre
• Homeschool Program
ONGOING EVENTS:
• 9 Yap & Yarn
Knitting Circles
• 10 Family Craft Days
• Older adults presentation,
West Ottawa Community
Resource Centre
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STAFF
CURATOR MANAGER
MEET OUR TEAM
KATHRYN JAMIESON
EDUCATION &
COMMUNITY
PROGRAMMER
TRACEY DONALDSON
CURATORIAL
ASSISTANT
SARAH HOLLA
MARKETING &
VISITOR SERVICES
COLLECTIONS
ASSISTANT
SUE WOODFORD
MACKENZIE
BRIDGENAW
COLLECTIONS
INTERN
STEPHANIE MILES
COMMUNITY
PROGRAMMER &
MARKETING ASSISTANT
SARAH NORTON
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“I AM NOT A TEACHER, BUT AN AWAKENER.” ~ ROBERT FROST
GOULBOURN MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
PHIL SWEETNAM - TREASURER, JOHN CURRY - DIRECTOR, KEN COWNLEY - DIRECTOR, MURIEL GINGRAS - DIRECTOR,
KATHRYN JAMIESON - CURATOR MANAGER, GLENDON MOORE - DIRECTOR, LINDA PRESTON - CHAIRPERSON,
KEITH HOBBS - VICE CHAIRPERSON, FRANK ARGUE - SECRETARY, ABSENT: BRAM BLENK - DIRECTOR
Administrative Accomplishments in 2014
•Shaped a Nominating
Committee and approved a
Process for Nominations and
Elections Policy
•Completed a successful Board
training workshop
•Increased the maximum size of the
Board to 10 directors
•Updated Operating By-laws to
allow Board meetings to be open to the public
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PARTNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
THE GOULBOURN MUSEUM GRATEFULLY
CONTRIBUTED FUNDING; VOLUNTEERED TIME AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND
EXPERTISE; DONATED OR LOANED ARTEFACTS
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY
AND SUPPLIES; OR SHARED OUR NEWS LOCALLY.
Air1One Mechanical
2014 PARTNERSHIPS
Councillor Shad Qadri
KvJ Tutoring
All That Glam
Crazy 4 Crafts
Limestone City Pen Turner
Alex Ryder
Creekside Gardens
MacEwan/Tin Cup
Ashton Brewing Company
Cumberland Heritage
Village Museum
Marketa’s Creations
Department of Canadian
Heritage
Matthews Kennels
Ashton General Store
Baker’s Bean Village Cafe
Beechwood Cemetery
Billings Estate National
Historic Site
Brantim Country Garden
Centre
Brookstreet Hotel
Bulk Barn Kanata/Stittsville
Button Box Originals
Bytown Museum
Calligraphy Society of
Ottawa
Diefenbunker: Canada’s
Cold War Museum
Dragonfly Dreamers
Elemenopaint
Fairfields Heritage Property
Fallowfield Tree Farm
Fin de Ville
Fine Fibre Finds
Forest Row Farm
Gaia Java
Marlborough Pub & Eatery
Members of the 100th
Regiment Historical
Society
Members of the 1st
Canadian Parachute
Battalion (Re-Enacted)
Richmond District Lions Club
Richmond Legion
Richmond Village
Spinners and Weavers Guild
Sandee’s Country Kitchen
Saunders Farm
Scottish & Irish Store
St. Emily’s Catholic School
Morse Telegraph Club &
Cumberland Telegraph
Operator’s Club
Stittsville News
Nepean Museum
Henry’s Kanata
Canadian Armed Forces
Ontario by Bike
HobbsFarm1860.ca
Canadian Aviation and
Space Museum
Jabulani Vineyard and
Winery
Osgoode Township Historical
Society and Museum
Canadian Museums
Association
Jewelry by Barbara
Carruthers Cakes and
Candy
Kanata Theater
City of Ottawa,
Richmond Agricultural
Society
St. Paul’s United Church
Women (The Pie Ladies)
Goulbourn Township
Historical Society
Kavanagh Bookkeeping
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Members of the 84th
Regiment of Foot
Re-Enactment Group
Cameron Highlanders
of Ottawa Regimental
Museum
Jiffy Photo and Print
Province of Ontario,
9 Run Run
Ottawa Museum Network
Ottawa Public Library,
Richmond Branch
Ottawa Public Library,
Stittsville Branch
Stittsville District Lions Club
Stittsville Village Association
The Glen Scottish
Restaurant & Pub
The Kettle Boys
Thomas Cavanagh
Construction Limited
Tim Horton’s (Edgewater Dr.)
Touch of Glass
Tracey Kerr Elements
Photography
Vanier Museopark
Walmart Kanata South
Supercentre
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
Kerr Pottery
Pinhey’s Point Historic Site
Clare’s Old Farmhouse Soap
King’s YIG
Pizza All’Antica
Coldwell Banker
Kiwanis Club of Goulbourn
Pottery Playhouse
Wayne Rostad
Kobbit
Pretty Pots Flower Shop Inc.
Wooly Warmth
Councillor Scott Moffatt
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Watson’s Mill Manotick, Inc.
2014 CONTRIBUTORS
Jennifer Adams
Adam Jamieson
Rob Sample
Janet Sullivan
Yolanda Arena
Bruce Johnson
Miriam Sciala
Lindsay Sutherland
Elaine Argue
Donna Keays-Hockey
Rebecca Scott
Phil Sweetnam
Frank Argue
Ethan Kelly
Mary Seabrook Munro
Deb Turnbull
Jessica Arsenault
Carole Kleber
Ross Simpson
Anthony Bill
Beth Lewis
Ruth Smith
Katie Blaiklock
Zouyin Liu
Doris Steacy
Frances Bleeks
Kristine Mayne
Bram Blenk
Barbara McCourt
Marina Bransoni
Cheryl McCoy
Lucie Brookings
Rachel McDonald
Sheila Cain-Sample
Carina McDowell
Jill Carty
Carolyn McIlquham
Fran Cooper
Harold McIlquham
Gail Coulbourn
Heather McIlquham
Ken Cownley
Shannon McIlquham
Joy Crozier
Tammy McLaughlin
John Curry
Stephanie Miles
Georgia Derrick
Emily Monette
Tracey Donaldson
Glendon Moore
Richard Draffin
Gerry Moore
Bob Easy
Dorothy Moore-Anstey
Clara Faltas
Jeff Mosher
Bruce Garland
Bill Mountain
Marjorie Gillick
Katrina Mulholland
Muriel Gingras
Louise Muli
Lynn Griffiths
Sandy Mutch
Marion Gullock
Sarah Norton
Jane Hepworth
Virginia Notley
Mikie Hebert
Emily Patton
Keith Hobbs
Linda Preston
Bill Holla
Edith Quesnel
Teresa Holla
Kelly Reid
Brenda Holtz
Barb Rielly
Michelle Iseman
Hélène Rivest
Melinda Whitaker
Ross Wilson
Tina Woolford
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HELPING US PRESERVE & SHARE GOULBOURN’S STORY
2014 MEMBERS & KITS’ CLUB
Elaine Argue
Eliza Jones
Erin Poulton
Phil Sweetnam
Frank Argue
Kenneth Jones
Linda Preston
Karen Weir
Bram Blenk
Emerson Jones
Lynne Blenk
Donna Keays-Hockey
Hélène Rivest
Barbara Bottriell
Brianne Kerik
Susan Brinkert
Ryan Kolanko
Beth Burke
Paige Kolanko
Sheila Cain-Sample
Eric Kramers
Ivy Canning
Janet Kramers
Susan Clark-Dow
Evelyn Leroux
Ken Cownley
Gord Long
John Curry
John Maguire
Nancy Dale
Richard Mains
Marise Dubè
Barbara McCourt
Ron Duffield
Gerry McCourt
Greg Enns
Cheryl McCoy
Jacques Faille
Ann E. McJanet
Jamie Flanders
Melita Mildon
Zoe Flanders
Emily Monette
Jim Gillick
Hilda Moore
Marjorie Gillick
Glendon Moore
Lillian Hobbs
James Neelin
Pauline Hobbs
Virginia Notley
Keith Hobbs
Glen Parkinson
Les Hockey
Christine Parkinson
William Hoy
Josephine Parkinson
Sheila Jones
Dorothy Parkinson
Edward Jones
Vera Parkinson
GOULBOURN MUSEUM
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Jim Stanzell
Ian White
Don Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Ross Wilson
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