Laura - in 1995 we built a 32,000 square foot storage, archives,
conservation and office facility for Doon Heritage Crossroads. We're a
living history village and also house the Regional museum history
collection (the Regional museum is planned for construction in about ten
years).
The original plan, from the mid 1980s, was to include storage for other
museums and archives. Cuts in budgets over the years changed that original
plan, so that now we store our own Regional history collection, a few large
pieces of furniture from our sister museum, and we may take on the
collection of the local police force.
If you go to our web site www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon and look in
the site directory for photos of the Waterloo Regional Curatorial Centre,
it will give you an idea of what the facility looks like.
I know that another Regional museum, a couple counties away, were looking
at a collective storage facility but they couldn't get all the various
museums to agree. You should contact Paul Attack at the Halton Region
Museum (outside Toronto) at 905-875-2200.
Regards
Thomas A. Reitz, MA
Manager/Curator, Doon Heritage Crossroads
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
RR #2, Homer Watson Blvd
Kitchener, ON N2G 3W5
PH: (519) 748-1914 Ext 227 FAX: (519) 748-0009
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Subject: Colloborative Collections Facilities
Several historical museums (both non profits) in our rural county are
looking at the possibility of developing a joint collections storage,
archives, and research center. I am seeking examples of
other museums who have done this or are working on a collaborative project
of this type.
I would appreciate references, comments and suggestions.
Thank you!
Laura J. Quackenbush, Curator
Leelanau Historical Museum
203 East Cedar St € POB 246 € Leland, MI 49654
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