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Markham Museum and Historic Village

Markham Museum and Historic Village. Master Plan – Draft Final Report Presentation December 13, 2004. The Planning Process. Interpretative Planning – Concept Development Assessment of Museum Extensive Consultations – Internal and External Development of Concept Options Visioning Session

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Markham Museum and Historic Village

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  1. Markham Museum and Historic Village Master Plan – Draft Final Report Presentation December 13, 2004

  2. The Planning Process • Interpretative Planning – Concept Development • Assessment of Museum • Extensive Consultations – Internal and External • Development of Concept Options • Visioning Session • Concept Plan • Exhibition, Programme, Space, Operations, and Staffing Plans • Business Plan • Capital Costs • Attendance, Operating Revenue and Expense Projections

  3. Existing Conditions

  4. Key Findings: Governance • Museum is now – and should continue to be – a line department of the Town of Markham • Existing Advisory Board staffed by committed volunteers but confusion exists within Board as to proper role • Advisory Board members have little experience with fundraising

  5. Key Findings: Visitor Experience • There is a reserve of good will toward the Museum in the Town of Markham, BUT: • Museum’s presentation of the Town’s pioneer history has limited relevance to a large and growing proportion of residents • Museum has suffered from incoherent site planning • Some buildings closed, others uninterpreted, many in disrepair • Overall visitor experience is weak

  6. Key Findings: Collections and Market • Museum’s collections particularly strong in late 19th-early 20th century agricultural history and archival holdings – but public access to collections is limited at present • Museum operates in a crowded market context – one of several heritage villages in the area • Very few “drop-in” visitors; most arrive during one of the Museum’s special events • Museum is doing all in its power to maximize attendance and earned income in the face of ongoing staff and resource shortfalls

  7. Museum Planning Principles • Museum must serve all of the people of Markham • Material heritage of Markham must be preserved • Revitalized Museum must be more distinctive • Master Plan must bring it to life • Reorganization of site and buildings key • Must be a focus on children and intergenerational experiences

  8. Visioning Session: Options for Redevelopment • Option 1: Maintenance of Heritage Village as a “Heritage Programming Site” • Option 2: “Markham Heritage Adventure” Living History and Heritage Site • Option 3: Interactive Multicultural Museum

  9. Chosen Option:

  10. First Steps • Advisory Board should evolve into a “Friends of the Markham Museum” fundraising organization, on the model of many government-owned museum organizations (including Pickering Museum Village) • Collection management issues should be resolved

  11. Suggested Phasing Plan • Phase 1: • A new Reception Centre (under construction) • A Heritage Carnival attraction (partially realized) • Ward Building reconstruction (collections storage centre with visible storage display) • Multicultural celebration field

  12. Phase One Existing Conditions

  13. New Reception Centre Reconstructed Ward Building Multicultural Celebration Field Fair Grounds Phase One

  14. Focus on the Ward Building • Collections stored or on display in the Ward Building are showing damage due to water incursion and humidity fluctuations • Concurrent Ward Building Study shows that it will be more cost-efficient to reconstruct than repair the building.

  15. Visible Storage Ward Building

  16. Suggested Phasing Plan: Phase 2 • Children’s Museum in Mount Joy Schoolhouse • Renovations of selected village buildings • Rational downsizing of heritage village (deaccessioning and removal of several buildings) • Conversion of existing Strickler Barn to theatre or amphitheatre • “History at Play” area

  17. Phase One Phase Two

  18. Children’s Museum in Mount Joy Schoolhouse History at Play area Reorganized Heritage Village Phase Two

  19. Children’s Museum

  20. Suggested Phasing Plan – Phase 3 • Expansion of Reception Centre to provide enhanced public experience, collection storage, and revenue generation (rental) space • Archaeological “dig” experience near site of former Eby Pottery (near Mount Joy Schoolhouse) • Removal of Education Building to make way for parking area

  21. Phase Three Phase Two

  22. Expanded Reception Centre Archaeological Dig Experience New Parking Lot on Site of Education Building Phase Three

  23. Final Vision

  24. General Discussion

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