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Niagara Historical Society & Museum

What do we do for the community?

• Promote, store, exhibit & preserve Niagara-on-the-Lake’s unique material culture (incl.

30,000 Town documents)

• Provide heritage information to Town Staff and assist with public research requests
• Offer free admission to the community on special days and all of February
• Provide educational programs & events for local residents & tourists – average of 80 per

year

• Increase accessibility to our resources through digitization – over 3,500 items on online

database with more added annually, plus a large number of research documents available through www.niagarahistorical.museum

Representation on Town Committees

• War of 1812 Bicentennial Committee
• Landscape of Nations Memorial
• Café Wall Mural- Historical Timeline
• Canada’s 150 Committee
• Municipal Heritage Committee
• Voices of Freedom Park and Education

Committee

• Assistance with Communities in Bloom &

UNESCO Committees

Funding Sources

• Municipality of Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Provincial Community Museum Operating Grant (CMOG)
• Donations
• Admissions, research fees, tours
• HST Refunds
• Federal and Regional Government, Foundations (project based)
• Society Transfers

Camp Kosciuszko Exhibition Neighbourhood Walks Series Plaques in Rye Park

NOTL Pop-Up Exhibits Google Arts & Culture

Niagara Polo

• Over 1,500 people
• Over $40,000 raised
• 20 sponsors, both local and

from the region

• Town staff worked tirelessly on

the field

2019 Programming

• Monthly Lecture Series focuses on Art & Fashion
• Monthly Biography Discussion Group: Famous & Infamous
• Walking Tours: June-September on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am, starting in Queen’s Royal

Park

• Neighbourhood Walks: Queen Street Estates and Irish Town/Rye Park – Fridays in June at 6 pm
• Past is Present Heritage Festival: Historic demos, food, live music, treasures sale and more –

August 5th, 11 am – 4 pm

• Kid Curators Summer Camp: One week in July, one week in August
• Participation in community events: Canada Day, Peach Festival, St. Davids Heritage Day

Voices of Freedom Education Committee

• Walking Tour App – launch on July 9, 2019
• School outreach programming
• Funding from Ontario Trillium Foundation, Town of NOTL and the Niagara

Community Foundation

• In 2016, NOTL’S Per Capita Support to the Museum was

$5.62; the average was $11.46

$4.00 $8.00 $12.00 $16.00 $20.00 Port Colborne Niagara Falls

• St. Catharines

Welland Niagara-on-the- Lake Total/average

Per capita support: $/person

2019 Budget Request

2017 2018 2019 2020 Annual municipal support $154,645 $158,535 $209,790 $264,936

With an annual increase to follow after the phase-in period to compensate for CPI and to coincide with the Town Levy %.

What For?

• General operation & maintenance of the Museum and our heritage

buildings

• Staffing- to maintain the collection and to provide better, local heritage,

community programming for ALL Niagara-on-the-Lake communities

• Non-discretionary expenses continually increase, resulting in more strain
• n fundraising needs.
• Benchmark funding- to bring us to the average set by other

Municipalities in Niagara

Future Plans – The Tiny Museum

• Tiny Museum project is a

mobile museum which goes to schools and community events

• Currently spent $10,000 on

trailer and building plans; $20,000 additional donations received; Trillium grant pending for $125,000

Future Plans - Expansion

• Museum expansion – currently in architectural drawing phase for a

new build behind Memorial Hall

• Municipal Heritage

Committee has seen draft drawings and is supportive

• New space will increase

storage space, have an area for programs, lectures, etc, and more exhibition space

THANK YOU