Goulbourn MuseumAnnual Report

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FROM THE CURATOR MANAGER2016 was a successful year for the Goulbourn Museum. The Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market saw a 21% increase in attendance, a new point-of-sale system was installed; a significant sponsorship was secured; and the gift shop was revived with new product. We also launched Healing Hands — Medicine During the World Wars and Food Will Win the War, for which we received funding from the Government of Canada’s World War Commemorations Community Fund.

Museum staff undertook several training opportunities in 2016. Full time staff completed a two-day certification seminar in First Aid, CPR and defibrillator training, while part time staff completed one-day training. To ensure an understanding of the law and safe-handling practices, staff took the Canadian Firearms Safety Course onsite. This training was also made available to other museum professionals in the Ottawa Museum Network resulting in a small workshop in the Museum. I was honoured to receive the Ontario Museum Association’s (OMA) 2016 Promising Leadership Award of Excellence and attended my first OMA conference as an employee of the Museum. I enjoyed the presentations and discussions with colleagues from across the Province.

We received an incredible amount of support from 72 volunteers who collectively put in 1,108 hours of their time to assist with many areas of museum work, including governance and planning efforts, artefact cataloguing, digitization projects, fundraising, programs and events. The Museum’s achievements are a direct result of your hard work and dedication.

On a personal note, I will be on maternity leave for most of the 2017 year and in my place, Tracey Donaldson will become Acting Manager. While I am on leave, I look forward to attending our events as a visitor, and I hope to see you at the Museum.

Kathryn Jamieson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GOULBOURN MUSEUMANNUAL REPORT 2016

From the Curator Manager 2

Mandate / Mission 3

2016 Successes 3

Outreach, Programs 4

Exhibits, Collections 5

Museum ArteFACTS 6

The Year in Review 7

Staff 8

Museum Governance 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.

2016 SUCCESS STORIESThe Museum launched two successful new exhibitions thanks to funding from the Government of Canada’s World Wars Commemorations Community Fund. The bilingual exhibits are entitled Healing Hands – Medicine During the World Wars, and Food will Win the War.

2016 saw the implementation of a long overdue Point of Sale System at the Museum. This new system allows for donations, gift shop sales and program registration payments to be made by credit card. In addition, the Museum’s gift shop inventory also expanded to include vintage wooden toys.

Curator Manager Kathryn Jamieson received the Ontario Museum Association’s 2016 Promising Leadership Award of Excellence. In the four years that she has occupied her position, attendance at the Goulbourn Museum has increased by over 180%.

The Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan Market has continued to show a steady increase in popularity. In 2016 vendor numbers went up by over 33% and attendance rose by 21% making it the Museum’s most successful event to date.

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OUTREACH, PROGRAMSAND WORKSHOPS:ENGAGEMENT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES

MARCH BREAK

CREATIVE CRAFT WORKSHOPS SELL OUT

The Museum met community demand for March Break programming by offering three drop-off craft workshops for children aged 6-11. Participants constructed robots out of recyclables, made large marionette puppets, and designed container gardens. Registration was flexible – kids could sign up for all three days and get a price reduction, or enroll in just one workshop.

The formula proved popular and each workshop sold out.

CAREER DAY

STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT MUSEUM JOBS

Education Officer, Tracey Donaldson, was invited to Career Day at St. Philip Elementary School in Richmond. She told the Grade 1 class about the wide variety of jobs available in the museum field - everything from collections, conservation, and research to programming and communications. Children were shown how to safely handle artefacts and a lucky few even got to try on some heritage costumes.

According to the school, that afternoon during outdoor recess the students were found digging eagerly in the sandbox for pieces of history.

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EXHIBITS, COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH PRESERVING OUR PAST

WHAT’S NEWMUSEUM EXHIBITIONSThe Museum launched Healing Hands – Medicine During the World Wars which focused on the vital role of the Canadian Red Cross, Nursing Sisters and veterinarians during the World Wars. New artefacts and panels were added to the Museum’s Village Store transforming it into a WWII era general store dealing with food rationing.

The exhibition was made possible by the Government of Canada’s World Wars Commemorations Community Fund.

ASHTON GENERAL STOREPOSTAL WICKETIn 2016, after 150 years, the Ashton General Store closed its doors. The store opened one of the area’s first rural post offices in 1851 and local residents continued to collect their mail at the Ashton General store until its closure.

The original wooden “money orders” wicket (pictured) took center stage in the shop. In 2016, the store’s last owner, Sylvie Pignal, generously donated the wicket and a number of other post office artefacts to the Goulbourn Museum. She also made the donation in the name of the late Bill Patterson who had been the property owner for many years. In addition, Bill Truscott donated a 1947 Canada Post mail bag from the Ashton General Store.

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

The Museum received a series of large format photographs of Betty Hill, the Reeve of Richmond in the early 1970s and first Mayor of the new Goulbourn Township from 1974 to 1982.

Betty Hill was both the first female reeve of the village of Richmond and, because of amalgamation, the last reeve of Richmond which had a municipal history dating back to 1850.

The images capture moments from her political career including ground breaking ceremonies and a ceremonial puck drop at a Richmond Royals hockey game.

Project Coordinator, Jennifer Adams poses in a replica Nursing Sister’s uniform

(above) and leads a lecture about medicine during the World Wars (right).

Sylvie Pignal, Bill Truscott, and Kathryn Jamieson

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MUSEUM ARTEFACTS

21%Increase In attendance at Old-FashIOned chrIstmas

10PublIcatIOns

109cOmmunIty Partners

2,677museum VIsItOrs

11,937tOtal museum PartIcIPants

150%Increase In educatIOnal PrOgrams

25%Increase In FacebOOk Fans

248%Increase In Instagram FOllOwers

85mentIOns In lOcal PaPer

432arteFacts dOnated

689recOrds added tO the arteFact database

1,108VOlunteer hOurs

• Halloween workshop, International Women’s Club of Ottawa• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle• Halloween program, Goulbourn Rec Complex• Mansion Mayhem workshopNOVEMBER• Remembrance Day exhibit, Stittsville Library• Sparks group program• Family Craft Day• Yarn Bombing• Old-Fashioned Christmas & Outdoor Artisan MarketDECEMBER• Two Girl Guides group programs• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW

JANUARY• Sparks group program• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting CircleFEBRUARY• Exhibit preview, Healing Hands• Exhibit launch, Food Will Win the War• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle• Family Day program Goulbourn Rec ComplexMARCH• March Break Craft workshops• Arm Knitting Workshop• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle• Homeschool Heritage Fair• Sparks group program• Healing Hands LectureAPRIL• Lecture, Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society• Family Craft Day

• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle• Healing Hands Lecture, Kanata United Church• Annual General MeetingMAY• Cleaning the Capital• Two school programs• Media event• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting CircleJUNE• Doors Open Ottawa• Yap & Yarn Knitting Circle• Guardian Angels School Carnival• Father’s Day Flashback• Healing Hands exhibit (June-Dec)• Before There was a Tiger, There was a Lyon, exhibit (June-Dec)• Family Craft Day• School programJULY• Canada Day program, Goulbourn Rec Complex• Fascinator Workshop• Family Craft Day

• Potter’s Key display, Minto’s Boots & Bordeaux• Evening of Appreciation event• Back to our Routes exhibit, Stittsville Library AUGUST• Colonel By Day display, Bytown Museum grounds• Family Craft Day• Arts in the ParkSEPTEMBER• Richmond Fair school program • Richmond Fair display • Older adults program• Family Craft Day• Yap & Yarn Knitting CircleOCTOBER• Munster Harvest Fest program Munster Park

ONGOING GOVERNANCE EVENTS:• 12 Board Meetings• 8 Governance Committee Meetings• 3 Executive Committee Meetings• 2 Nominating Committee Meetings

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MEET OUR TEAM

PROJECT COORDINATOR

JENNIFER ADAMS

STAFF COMMUNICATIONSOFFICER

SUE WOODFORD

COLLECTIONS & PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR

SARAH HOLLA

CURATOR MANAGER

KATHRYN JAMIESON

EDUCATIONOFFICER

TRACEY DONALDSON

COLLECTIONS & PROGRAMMING ADMINISTRATOR

KAITLIN NORMANDIN

L-R: MUSEUM ASSISTANT, JAMIE STIRLING, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT, JAMES RILEY, AND COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, KATHLEEN CUMMINGS

“UNITY IS STRENGTH. . . WHEN THERE IS TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION, WONDERFUL THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED.” ~ MATTIE STEPANEK

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2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:FRANK ARGUE - TREASURER, BRAM BLENK - DIRECTOR, LINDA PRESTON - PAST CHAIRPERSON, KEITH HOBBS - CHAIRPERSON, KAREN WEIR - DIRECTOR, PHIL SWEETNAM - SECRETARY, KEN COWNLEY - VICE-CHAIRPERSON, GLENDON MOORE - DIRECTOR. ABSENT: JOHN CURRY - DIRECTOR

MUSEUM GOVERNANCE

Your Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges the support provided by the City of Ottawa, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and Employment and Social Development Canada, the Ottawa Museum Network, as well as individual and corporate donors.

In 2016, the Executive Committee developed the framework for evaluating the Curator Manager and completed its first review. It also created a self-evaluation process for the Board of Directors use.

Our Governance Committee, formed in 2015, systematically reviews and updates existing policies and writes new policies as directed by the Board. In 2016, this committee updated the Human Resources Policy, the Building and Grounds Policy, the Physical Plant Standard, the Community Policy, the Research Policy, the Interpretation and Education Policy, the Exhibition Policy, the Statement of Purpose, and

Message from the Chairpersonthe Governance Policy. The Committee also created two new policies — Role of the Board, Social Media and Accessibility. The Emergency Preparedness Plan was updated and a work plan created for cyclical review of all policies.

The Nominating Committee worked to recruit and interview applicants and welcomed Karen Weir to the Board of Directors.

We thank the Goulbourn Museum team consisting of talented and dedicated staff and volunteers led by Curator Manager, Kathryn Jamieson — 2016 winner of the Ontario Museum Association’s Promising Leadership Award of Excellence.

I am pleased to be working with Board colleagues devoted to the heritage of our community and representing the interests of Museum members.

We look forward to reporting on our progress next year as the Goulbourn Museum moves forward on your behalf.

~ Keith Hobbs

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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.

2018 Unified CommitteeAshton General StoreBeauty’rific Hair StudioBig Sky Ranch Animal SanctuaryBillings Estate National Historic SiteBlack Sheep ArtisanBrown’s YIGBuilt by RowanBytown MuseumCalligraphy Society of OttawaCanadian Golf & Country ClubCanadian Museums AssociationCapital ServicesCarruthers Cakes & CandyCC’s CornerCDS Storage SystemsCity of Ottawa, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

Classy Carry-AllsColdwell Banker Contractors Rental SupplyCooligan Martial ArtsCouncil of Heritage Organizations in OttawaCouncillor Scott MoffattCouncillor Shad QadriCrazy4CraftsCumberland Heritage Village MuseumDepartment of Canadian Heritage

Diefenbunker: Canada’s Cold War MuseumDue North Not-for-ProfitEmployment and Social Development CanadaEve’s ElementsFairfields Heritage PropertyFallowfield Tree FarmFarm Boy (Stittsville)Fin de VilleGaia Java Coffee CompanyGiant Tiger (Stittsville)Glitzy BubblesGoulbourn Township Historical SocietyGovernment of CanadaGreco Fitness Studios (Stittsville)Heads Up Barber ShopHis & Hers Home Co.Home Depot KanataHome Hardware (Richmond)Homeschool Heritage FairHurley’s Grill (Stittsville)IDA (Stittsville)Inside Out Studio BarreJason’s Landscaping and SnowplowingJenny’s Nails and SpaJo-Jo’s PizzeriaKanata TheatreKanata United ChurchKarter’s KornerKavanagh BookkeepingKing’s YIG

KvJ TutoringLittle Caesars (Stittsville)Made with Love by AlyMain St CafeMaple Hill Urban FarmMarketa’s CreationsMatthews Kennels100th Regiment Historical SocietyMinto Potter’s KeyMonkey Mud PotteryMy Thai VillageMyers Automotive GroupMyers CadillacNapolis CafeNepean MuseumOntario by BikeOntario Genealogical Society, Ottawa BranchOsgoode Township MuseumOttawa Humane SocietyOttawa Museum NetworkOttawa Public Library, Stittsville BranchOttawa Senators Pet Valu (Stittsville)Pinhey’s Point Historic SitePottery PlayhousePretty Pots Flower ShopProvince of Ontario, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Redefined WoodRichmond Agricultural SocietyRichmond Nursery

Richmond Village AssociationRink-Pro Sports Inc.Rob More PublishingRONA (Stittsville) Royals RestaurantSandee’s Country KitchenSaunders FarmScissors Hair StudioSheila Cain-Sample Pen and Pencil ArtistShopper’s Drug Mart (Stittsville)Sobey’s (Stittsville)Stittsville NewsStittsville United ChurchStittsville Village AssociationThe BeckwitchThe Cheddar StopThe Cheshire Cat PubThe Glen Scottish Restaurant and PubThe Hot Potato CompanyThe Yap & Yarn GroupTouch of GlassTracy Kerr Elements PhotographyTwo HammersVanier MuseoparkWatson’s Mill Manotick Inc.Wild Woolly Luxury SoapWWI Canadian Amy Medical Corps (recreated)

2016 PARTNERSHIPS

Jordyn SimpsonHailey SimpsonJim StanzellJulie StewartJanet SullivanJohn SweetnamPhil SweetnamVaughan TimsBill TruscottDebra Turnbull

Heather AblettJennifer AdamsSarah AllanElaine ArgueFrank ArgueDevyn BarrieMackenzie Birdgenaw Bram BlenkKelsey Boggins-da SilvaConnor BoudreauNancy BoughnerSusan BrinkertBeth BurkeHeather ChampmanSusan Clark-DowMary CookeFran CooperLarry CottonSusan CourageKen CownleyJohn CurryNancy DaleJoan DarbyRobin DerrickJana DinelleJanet DonaldsonRick DonaldsonRichard DraffinHunter DuncanBob EasyCorrine EasyJayden EasyJacques FailleLily FletcherAbbey FlocktonAshley FongBarb FriesenCydney GreenJames Donald GreenLynn GriffithsMikie (Olga) HebertCharles HobbsKeith HobbsTheresa Holla

Peter HolmesBrenda HoltzMichelle IsemanBeatrice Iseman RosenblumAdam JamiesonKenneth JonesDaniel Joy-ClarkSharon KavanaghDonna Keays-HockeyMary KerfootBrianne KerikCynthia KolankoCarol LegerDon LegerBetty LiangJohn MaguireGibson MasséDarrell McDonaldCarolyn McIlquhamHarold McIlquhamHeather McIlquhamJim McIlquhamShannon McIlquhamAnn E. McJanetJames McTavishGlendon MooreJames NeelinIris NevilleZabi NooriCatherine NormandinKaitlin NormandinCeileigh O’ConnorDan PakBill PattersonErin PoultonLinda PrestonJoshua PyeAlex QuesnelLibbie QuesnelHélène RivestPat RobertsAlan RushforthBen Schizkoske

2016 CONTRIBUTORSTerry WardSusan WatkinsJune WeddKaren WeirBeth WeisskopfIan WhiteSandy WhiteRoss WilsonTina Woolford

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