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2018

Revenue Operating Budget

Visitation 64% Education 25% Fundraisers 11% Events 11%

26,624 Visitors

Operating Grant Summer Students Programs Gift Shop Fundraisers/Event Project Grants

Annual Grants

• Community Museum Operating Grant & Summer Student Grants

Project Grants 2017

• New Horizon Seniors Grant – Canada 150th Exhibition & Publication

Earned Revenue

• Gift Shop – Canada 150 T-shirts
• Haunted House
• Escape Room

Artifacts/Database

• In 2017, 224 artifact were taken into the collection
• The museum online database was also moved to

“PastPerfect” online software which allows us to update the database more regularly and thus give them public better access to our collection.

• In 2017, 343 artifacts were on display 43 of which

traveled in the county

Oxford Remembers Oxfords Own WWI Project

The Woodstock Museum has partnered with the Museums, Archives, Libraries and Historical Societies in Oxford County to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of World War One (2014 to 2018). The project is to have 100 special events/programs hosted throughout Oxford County over the 5 year anniversary of WWI. This will include 5 traveling exhibit based on the theme of WWI, 1 per year that the Woodstock Museum has created.

Travelling Exhibit

WWI Where Honor Leads We Follow

This exhibit will examine the lives of the men and women in Oxford County who served in the Great

• War. This is the fourth exhibit in a series of five exhibits to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of
• WWI. The exhibit will touch on: the soldiers, their life in the trenches, the battles they fought, the

nurses who served in the Medical Corps, the wounded, their honours and the ultimate price. It will also give context to the next exhibits as we follow Oxford through the war. This exhibit also traveled to: Ingersoll Museum, The Plattsville & District Heritage Society, Annandale NHS and Norwich Museum Total Attendance for this exhibit at all the sites combined = 22,302

Rotary Exhibit This exhibit examined the history of the Woodstock Rotary Club and let the museum partner with a local service club.

Canada 150 Exhibit: HS Quiz Question

This Exhibit is based on excerpts from the book “Quizzical History” which collects all the questions and answers of a three-year history quiz contest about Oxford County that the Oxford Historical Society ran in Woodstock’s weekend newspaper. The questions touched on the areas interesting history from the early 1800s until modern times.

The Life and Legacy of Sir Arthur Currie

This traveling exhibit from Museum Strathroy- Caradoc showcases the extraordinary life and military career of Sir Arthur Currie. The exhibit traces the humble roots of Canada’s greatest military commander and celebrates his achievements and legacy as a source of national pride.

Canada’s 150th was recognizing this year with increased Indigenous content as well as offering more adult workshop options was our focus. ▪ Canada 150 Summer Camp Program ▪ Can 150 Poetry “Rhymes with Sesquicentennial” Adult workshop ▪ Dairy Days ▪ One additional summer camp week ADULT PROGRAMS ▪ Historic Storytelling Workshop ▪ Songwriting Workshop ▪ Speak Your Truth Poetry Class ▪ Candle-making Pysanky egg dying

Knit in Public Day Winterlights

Theatre Woodstock - Stages Youth Theatre Company Woodstock Rotary Oxford Historical Society Oxford Milk Board – Dairy Days

• St. Mary’s High School –Co-op Department

Woodstock and District Developmental Services Woodstock Downtown BIA Woodstock Fiber Festival Women's Employment Resource Centre Elgin, Oxford and Norfolk (EON) Curators London Museum School

2017

• Worked on H&S concerns – lighting and blue

giant

• Worked with Stages youth theatre company on

the Haunted House 2018

• Analysis of how to increase usage for theatre,

including educational programming

• In 2016 and 2017 the Museum and the Art Gallery have

seen an increase in attendance for education programming and in general visitation.

• Leading to an increase need for cleaning at both

facilities and more hours for contracted services and higher costs.

• Sharing one staff member will allow for more

consistency and cleaning capabilities throughout the day.