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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 12 Nov 2015, p. 6

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s -\\‘AI'liltu)()CHl0NlCLl£ . Thursday. November 112015 â€" ONE DAY ONLY City ofWaterloo Museum ‘ d m ' fu ure ” 0/ gets a ma ap tO ltS t 1 - o MIMI/«arson resources. while others dents (61 percent) were from MSRP Chronicle Srafl would need to be re-exam- Waterloo, and the remainder iriedto find funding were from Kitchener (24 per i aterloo has The museum's operating cent). elsewhere in the ‘ approved a new budget is $244,000 with 98 Region (nine per cent) and ‘ strategy to help per cent ofthat coming from outside ofthe Region (six per ‘ guide the operation of the the city. or about $2.45 per cent). i m city's museum to 202i and resident, each year. Three Several weaknesses were SATURDAY NOV I 4 7m - I PM beyond. full»time staff are employed associated with the museum I 0 I The Museum and Collecâ€" at the museum as pan of the study. include (ions Strategy includes a new a . _ ing the scope of its collection 0 POVVERTOOL vision and mission state- ”118 18 where (90 per cent of the 10,000 0 Kitchen Sets 0 Queen/ King Beds . r; s 5 men" “1°“ "it“ r"? ”a" the soul of "em.“ “We" ‘° me 593“ _ r 3c , and 20 recommendations to , grams collection). the con- . Bunk Beds 0 Wall Units ' "1L” r , achieve that vision. The new storytelling takes strained space, the location . - , 5; ‘ strategy was approved late lac (not central to theurbancore . Dining Room set . Bedroom Sets , F’ A ' N last month following a year p 8’ here at” or other cultural amenitiesi o Occasional Tables and more ’ ‘ ‘ " “ " » r r ' of study and input from the the museum. low awareness and poor sigâ€" , t w a; J flamm. ,.. r public and other stakehold» _ nage. and the inconvenient 0 Accent Pieces H or d ‘ ‘ ers. Ci mm," hours of operation (Tuesday “W”? “lt feels good to be done. “gimme”, It “on: to Friday. 9:30 am. (04 pm). but now the real work VandenBrink said recent ‘ . beans." said Karen Vanden~ The full report is moves. including opening Brink. the city's manager of available online at water: the fourth Thursday and Sat ‘ urnl re museum and archival oollec~ loo.ca/en/govemment/muse urday of every month and _ tions. in an interview, um-and-collectionsasp. offering expanded evening l The museum occupies The recommendations hours. has already led to a ; about 4.000 square feet of include improving signage nine per cent increase in visi- " ‘ S _ space at Conestoga Mall, 550 within the mall to draw in tors over the satire period in King St N., and it opened in more visitors (currently 20l4‘ They hope to draw 2009. attendance is hovering lO.(X)0 annual visitors within The Vision for the muse around 6,000 people per acouple ofyears, um is for it to be a vibrant year, compared to an esti- A strong. local museum is in m , ‘ WM heritage portal where resi- mated six million mall visi~ critical to the historical and dents and visitors personally tors per year), The strategy cultural understanding of the ‘_ connect with Waterloo's past. also recommends expanding factors that shaped the (it) “ if); f . . ' build shared experiences and the hours of service. resolv» and the people who liw hertz . W v‘l" DH St. N. Suite 17 t to enhance culture in the ing brand confusion with VandenBrink said if“ -. ”00 ON N7] 3”, _ A community. other local museums (level “You do have to under ' ‘ ’ ‘ , “ The Jt27page strategy oping a dedicated website stand the past and learn 5 ] 9'884'4200 7 A ~ ’ includes summaries of the and social media presence from the past as you mow , i ' ,;,‘ 3‘- short . medium< and long» and even undertaking a fea- forward into the future' she V K- i r. H k f v , '4 term goals museum staff sibility study for a possible said. W 00'.(°m 2 . want to implement over the new location "We are moving so quick . g , 4 , ‘. 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