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Goulbourn MuseumAnnual Report
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www.goulbournmuseum.ca
Sharing the Story of Ottawa’s Oldest Military Settlement
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FROM THE CURATOR MANAGERThe Goulbourn Museum plays an instrumental role in preserving and sharing our commu-nity’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 conjunc-tion 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOULBOURN MUSEUMANNUAL REPORT 2014
From the Curator Manager 2
Mandate / Mission 3
2014 Successes 3
Outreach, Programs 4
Exhibits, Collections 5
Museum ArteFACTS 6
The Year in Review 7
Staff 8
Board and Management 9
Partnerships 10
Contributors 11
Members 12
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.
2014 SUCCESS STORIESThe 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 Home-grown Heroes to com-pete 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 grand-daughter. “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 prod-uct added festive flair to our annual Old-Fashioned Christmas.
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OUTREACH, PROGRAMSAND WORKSHOPS:ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES
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.
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.
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EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH PRESERVING OUR PAST
WHAT’S NEWGOULBOURN MUSEUM EXHIBITIONSThe 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.The new exhibit space features moveable wall panels built by staff and volunteers which will continue to be used in future exhibitions.
EXTRA! EXTRA!
In 2014, the Museum received two editions of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper dated Tuesday, August 14, and Wednesday, August 15, 1945.
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”.
LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER HONOURED Long-time volunteer Brenda Holtz was awarded the Heritage Advocacy Award for her extensive research into Goulbourn’s WWI veterans. What started as a single scrap-book 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.
Right: Tracey Donaldson and volunteer Anthony Bill construct the bones of the
Homegrown Heroes exhibit.
Brenda Holtz, centre, receiving the Heritage Advocacy Award.
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MUSEUM ARTEFACTS
557ArtefActs DonAteD
163 feet of ArchivAl MAteriAls
42%increAse in volunteers
2,457MuseuM visitors
10,893ProgrAM PArticiPAnts
47WorkshoPs & lectures
13ProMotionAl outreAch events
12sPeciAl events
876sociAl MeDiA uPDAtes
204Mentions in locAl PAPer
23 %increAse in onsite visitAtion
166 %increAse in olDer ADult ProgrAMMing
13,932totAl MuseuM PArticiPAnts
43%increAse in funDrAising revenue
25%increAse in fAcebookfAns
14%increAse in tWitter folloWers
37%increAse in blog vieWs
54%increAse in Pinterest folloWers
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59coMMunity PArtners
• 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• Governance workshop• Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market
DECEMBER• Older adults program, Kanata Seniors Centre• Homeschool Program
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THE YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY• Applied Museum Studies presentation• Sparks program• The Write Stuff calligraphy exhibit, Community Cabinet (Jan-May)
FEBRUARY• Winterlude, Ottawa City Hall• International Women’s Day outreach, CTV News• Family Day event• Heritage Day outreach, Ottawa City Hall
MARCH• Bridal Fashion exhibit, Stittsville United Church• International Women’s Day school program• International Women’s Day offsite event• Older adults program, CareFor Health & Community Services
• Sparks program• Homeschool Heritage Fair• Heritage Celebration display, Chartwell Stonehaven
• Beavers program
APRIL• School program• National Capital History Day, Confederation Education Centre
• Kidsfest, Ottawa Ernst & Young Centre
• Older adults presentation, West Ottawa Community Resource Centre• Girl Guides program• Annual General Meeting• Fascinator workshop, International Women’s Club of Ottawa
MAY• Older adults program, Top Generation• Vintage Charm workshop• Art exhibit, Elemenopaint• Cleaning the Capital• Richmond Walking Tour• Two older adult programs, Olde Forge
JUNE• Arts in the Park
• 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
AUGUST• 1812 traveling exhibit, Stittsville Library (Aug-Sept)• Colonel By Day display Bytown Museum• Lansdowne Opening• Older adults museum tour
SEPTEMBER• Richmond Fair display & program• Celebrating 15 Years, Lions Club exhibit (Sept-Oct)
OCTOBER• Older adults presentation, West Ottawa Community Resource Centre
ONGOING EVENTS:• 9 Yap & Yarn Knitting Circles
• 10 Family Craft Days
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CURATOR MANAGER
KATHRYN JAMIESON
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMMER
TRACEY DONALDSON
MARKETING & VISITOR SERVICES
SUE WOODFORD
CURATORIAL ASSISTANT
SARAH HOLLA
MEET OUR TEAM
COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT
MACKENZIE BRIDGENAW
COLLECTIONS INTERN
STEPHANIE MILES
STAFF
“I AM NOT A TEACHER, BUT AN AWAKENER.” ~ ROBERT FROST
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMER & MARKETING ASSISTANT
SARAH NORTON
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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
GOULBOURN MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
•Shaped a Nominating Committee and approved a Process for Nominations and Elections Policy
•Completed a successful Board training workshop
Administrative Accomplishments in 2014 •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 CONTRIBUTORSTHE GOULBOURN MUSEUM GRATEFULLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY
CONTRIBUTED FUNDING; VOLUNTEERED TIME AND
EXPERTISE; DONATED OR LOANED ARTEFACTS
AND SUPPLIES; OR SHARED OUR NEWS LOCALLY.
Air1One Mechanical All That GlamAlex RyderAshton Brewing CompanyAshton General StoreBaker’s Bean Village CafeBeechwood CemeteryBillings Estate National Historic SiteBrantim Country Garden CentreBrookstreet HotelBulk Barn Kanata/StittsvilleButton Box OriginalsBytown Museum
Calligraphy Society of Ottawa
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental MuseumCanadian Armed Forces
Canadian Aviation and Space Museum
Canadian Museums AssociationCarruthers Cakes and Candy
City of Ottawa, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
Clare’s Old Farmhouse SoapColdwell BankerCouncillor Scott Moffatt
Councillor Shad QadriCrazy 4 CraftsCreekside GardensCumberland Heritage Village MuseumDepartment of Canadian HeritageDiefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War MuseumDragonfly DreamersElemenopaintFairfields Heritage PropertyFallowfield Tree FarmFin de VilleFine Fibre FindsForest Row FarmGaia JavaGoulbourn Township Historical SocietyHenry’s KanataHobbsFarm1860.caJabulani Vineyard and WineryJewelry by BarbaraJiffy Photo and PrintKanata TheaterKavanagh BookkeepingKerr PotteryKing’s YIGKiwanis Club of GoulbournKobbit
KvJ TutoringLimestone City Pen TurnerMacEwan/Tin CupMarketa’s CreationsMarlborough Pub & EateryMatthews KennelsMembers of the 100th Regiment Historical Society
Members of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (Re-Enacted)
Members of the 84th Regiment of Foot Re-Enactment Group
Morse Telegraph Club & Cumberland Telegraph Operator’s ClubNepean Museum9 Run RunOntario by Bike
Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum
Ottawa Museum Network
Ottawa Public Library, Richmond Branch
Ottawa Public Library, Stittsville Branch
Pinhey’s Point Historic Site
Pizza All’Antica
Pottery Playhouse
Pretty Pots Flower Shop Inc.
Province of Ontario, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Richmond Agricultural SocietyRichmond District Lions ClubRichmond LegionRichmond Village Spinners and Weavers GuildSandee’s Country KitchenSaunders FarmScottish & Irish StoreSt. Emily’s Catholic SchoolSt. Paul’s United Church Women (The Pie Ladies)Stittsville District Lions ClubStittsville NewsStittsville Village AssociationThe Glen Scottish Restaurant & PubThe Kettle BoysThomas Cavanagh Construction LimitedTim Horton’s (Edgewater Dr.)Touch of GlassTracey Kerr Elements PhotographyVanier MuseoparkWalmart Kanata South SupercentreWatson’s Mill Manotick, Inc.Wayne RostadWooly Warmth
2014 PARTNERSHIPS
Rob Sample
Miriam Sciala
Rebecca Scott
Mary Seabrook Munro
Ross Simpson
Ruth SmithDoris Steacy
Jennifer Adams
Yolanda Arena
Elaine Argue
Frank Argue
Jessica Arsenault
Anthony Bill
Katie Blaiklock
Frances Bleeks
Bram Blenk
Marina Bransoni
Lucie Brookings
Sheila Cain-Sample
Jill Carty
Fran Cooper
Gail Coulbourn
Ken Cownley
Joy Crozier
John Curry
Georgia Derrick
Tracey Donaldson
Richard Draffin
Bob Easy
Clara Faltas
Bruce Garland
Marjorie Gillick
Muriel Gingras
Lynn Griffiths
Marion Gullock
Jane Hepworth
Mikie Hebert
Keith Hobbs
Bill Holla
Teresa Holla
Brenda Holtz
Michelle Iseman
Adam Jamieson
Bruce Johnson
Donna Keays-Hockey
Ethan Kelly
Carole Kleber
Beth Lewis
Zouyin Liu
Kristine Mayne
Barbara McCourt
Cheryl McCoy
Rachel McDonald
Carina McDowell
Carolyn McIlquham
Harold McIlquham
Heather McIlquham
Shannon McIlquham
Tammy McLaughlin
Stephanie Miles
Emily Monette
Glendon Moore
Gerry Moore
Dorothy Moore-Anstey
Jeff Mosher
Bill Mountain
Katrina Mulholland
Louise Muli
Sandy Mutch
Sarah Norton
Virginia Notley
Emily Patton
Linda Preston
Edith Quesnel
Kelly Reid
Barb Rielly
Hélène Rivest
2014 CONTRIBUTORSJanet SullivanLindsay SutherlandPhil SweetnamDeb TurnbullMelinda WhitakerRoss WilsonTina Woolford
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GOULBOURN MUSEUM2064 HUNTLEY RD.STITTSVILLE ON K2S 1B8613-831-2393 | www.goulbournmuseum.ca
OPEN ALL YEAR: WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
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Frank Argue
Bram Blenk
Lynne Blenk
Barbara Bottriell
Susan Brinkert
Beth Burke
Sheila Cain-Sample
Ivy Canning
Susan Clark-Dow
Ken Cownley
John Curry
Nancy Dale
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Ron Duffield
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Hilda Moore
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Virginia Notley
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Vera Parkinson
Erin Poulton
Linda Preston
Hélène Rivest
Pat Roberts
Jim Stanzell
HELPING US PRESERVE & SHARE GOULBOURN’S STORY
2014 MEMBERS & KITS’ CLUBPhil SweetnamKaren WeirIan WhiteDon WilsonMargaret WilsonRoss Wilson
YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS: KITS’ CLUB $5.00(ONE CHILD UNDER 18)
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP $10.00(ONE ADULT)
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OUR YEARLY MEMBERSHIPS RUN FOR A FULL YEAR, STARTING THE DAY WE RECEIVE YOUR
MEMBERSHIP FEE.
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