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storage, he said.
In addition, the museum committee has
applied for a provincial grant from the
Ministry of Citizenship and Culture's
Community Facilities Improvement Pro-
gram for $1.17 million and a $1 million
grant from the Federal Department of.
Communication's Cultural Invitiatives Pro-
gram. Mr. Breede says they expect to have
a positive response from the province
within the next four to six weeks, As for the
w 'federal grant, there is no money for the --
1985-86 fiscal year, but the grant applica-
tion is currently "under evaluation" for the
1986-87 fiscal year. '
"We've get some, money in place, but
it's not all there yet," said Mr. Breede
during the meeting.
In the future,- the, committee hopes to.
apply .for more grants under the Job Devel-
opment Program and ti investigate acquir-
ing a grantfrom the Ontario Heritage
Foundation for restoring the Old School-
house portion of the museum. In addition
the museum will also seek donations from
community groups and service clubs, he
said.
Two phases
The actual construction and renovation
at the museum will be carried out in two
phases with phase one having three district
divisions included. First, the ticket vesti-
bule, the service area, the staff offices and
the archives will be built, followed by,
storage facilities and lastly, the renova-
tions to the history hall, agriculture gal-
lery, temporary exhibition space and the
military gallery will conclude the first
phase of construction.
The. second phase will consist of the
refurbishing of the old schoolhouse section. °
of the museum which will include the
restoration of the exterior back to its 1856
original appearance, and a total renovation
of the interior, which will bring it up 'to
"modern museum standards", he said.
The project should take approximately
four years to complete, said Mr. Breede.
However, during this time themuseum will
remain open to the public.
Under the current timetable, says Mr.
Breede, July and August will be used to
get public feedback concerning the prelim-
inary drawings and lay -out of the museum.
In September, the Museum Committee
will request final design approval from
Huron County council. Hard line drawings
of the buildings will then be conipleted and
the tender documents will be prepared. By
early Spring of 1987, the tenders will be
called and, hopefully, the phases of the
project "will be done in quick succession",
he said.
Through the use of transparencies, Mr.
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Breede commented on the plans for the
three floors of the building. The basement
will be equipped with washroom and jani-
torial storage space. Also tentatively plan-
ned is classroom space for school children
on a visit to the, museum.
On the main floor, the entrance point of
the museum will undergo construction to
make it "more sympathetic" to the original
design of the building, says Mr. Breede.
Included on this floor will be the reception
area, gift shop and, the lobby, which will
have anropen ceiling through to the second
floor. An elevator for the handicapped is
also planned.
Much of the first floor will be devoted to
public access space where the individual
galleries and displays will be seen by the
visitors. Also included is an archives
research•facility where the public can have
access to microfilm, microfiche and histor-
ical documents. However, 'the archives
storage area will not be open to the general
'public. r
"We cannot protect adequately a non-
renewable resource and expect it to survive
if it is open to the public. However, we can
retrieve it for a researcher if he wants it,"
said. Mr. Breede,
Non-public areas •
Other non-public areas are the Work-
' shop, where artifacts are cleaned and
where new items are received into the
collection, a darkroom and.. the staff wash-
rooms. A loading dock will also be included
,in the workshop area which would have
space in the hallway where crates could be
safety stacked. .
Also tentatively planned for the main
floor i s a 95 -seat theatre for audio-visual
presentations complete with a podium,
screen and projection room. A film on the
museum ,could be shown here.
"We hope it will become an integral part
of a trip to the museum," said Mr. Breede.
On the second floor, a large 4,500 square
foot storage area will be built to store
artifacts which have been taken out of the
display area. The articles will be stored
using a system of pallet, stacking which is
the best method of storage for artifacts, he
said.
Windowed storage area
Although the storage area will be out of
bounds to the public, there will be windows
in the storage area to show the public that
"we're not hiding anything", which is a
perception museum patrons receive about
storage areas.
"In 'the storage area we're going to have
windows to show the public what is going
on in there and they'll see that we're not
hiding anything,''
"It also promotes good housekeeping,
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