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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-03-26, Page 8PAGE 8--GODERIC1-I SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1986 SHAW ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTERS The best investment y .0 can make in your business ER -1564 9 plus tax HURON BUSINESS MACHINES 50 Albert St., Clint n We deliver fo most area towns -4480 0 ® Revenue Canada Revenu Canada Taxation Impot Incorne Tax ons? av If you have a•problem with your federal income tax return, we can help. If you need advice or extra copies of the tax return, schedules and' forms, we have them. Need booklets, guides, bulletins? We have those, too. Weie at your Service Starting Apri110 and until April 11, we'll be at Goderich Post Office. This special local tax information centre, staffed by Revenue Canada, Taxation, will be pleased to help you from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone service is also available from the district taxation offices across the country. Check the toll-free number listed in the telephone directory or at the back of your tax guide: From February 24 until April 24, your district office is extending telephone hoursuntil6:00 p.m., Monday to Thursday, On April 28, 29 and 30, telephone hours are again extended to 8:00 p.m. Canada Museum plans new. in f. ting programming and mark BY SHARON DIETZ The Huron County Pioneer Museum pro- ject is the most exciting museum develop- ment outside a major urban area in On- tario, if not in Canada, says project direc- tor irectfor Claus Breede. for "County council should be applauded agreeing to the massive assistance they have given the project. Their initiative is the springboard to access otlier•levels of funding which have made the project a reality." 'Breede adds. project has the op - 'The Huron County pro j portunity to be really exciting in the area of museum development because the pro- ject will be constructing new buildings on the museum site, says Breede. Major upgrading projects at other museums iu the province are confined to existing rnuseum envelopes. Huron County Pioneer Museum is not. - "Our artifacts range from a 591 foot long steam engine to hat pins and buttons. It's a challenging type of collection to in- terpret," Breede observes. The pioneer museum is not only wider - taking a substantial reconstruction pro- ject, but it also plans to implement changes in the direction of its marketing strategy and public programming. A feasibility study prepared for the museum committee and Huron County Council in 1984 suggests the museum was having difficulty in meeting changing community needs and expectations and in maintaining a high profile in the comiaiwti ty. _Museum attendance has been steadily declining in the last 12 years but it was determined admission rates, general economic problems, declining school enrollment and the current structural pro- blems were not the major factors behind the prolonged trend of fewer visitors. Factors which contributed most significently however were related to pro- gramming and promotion. In the first two decades the museum expanded several, times; acquired new exhibits and general- ly received considerable publicity, says • Breede, who worked on the feasbility study on behalf of the Canadian Cultural Resource Consultants. The same did not occur after 1970. The market penetration survey discovered the museum serves a large au- dience group beyond the county's borders. It has developed a, role greater than "coun- ty museum" closer : to a "regional museum", at least in terms of market in- fluence. Tourism studies indicate most trips to the Southwestern Ontario Travel Associa- tion Area are made for the purpose Of visiting friends and relatives. Further- more, a significent portion of the current market visits the museum on the recomm- dendation..of ..a -friend or .relative_.. For this reason, the, ;a;;e gss -of an „enthusiasm for museum activities: and events by local residents is as irnportantas the impression visitors take home with.them. The market analysis indicated a needfor SALE ENDS APRIL 19/1986. CASH & CARRY ONLY Mens 21'• Mens 23•' Ladies 20- 980 I .592.1 0 9801.592.1 9801.609.1 9801.618.1 Accepted 4� z 137 Our Reg 5184 99 RX 612 12 SPEED RACER STYLE BICYCLE Features quick release. front hub.'alloy bralTs. handlebar stem. pedals with r. lk•r . tors.Heavy. duty crank set. Shimano derailleur with drilled levers with rubber hoods and gold plated chain and free wheel. Padded handlebar tape. Anatomic seat. safety lock head set. red -frame with yellow forks. • SAVE 8 1799 20% Our H1 5109 99 • MX 44 MOTO CROSS STYLE BICYCLE Features Torquer type frame. competition •'slanl•'raciig lorks, safety lock hold hers. Aero•tubing, reinforced pedals, one piece crank swat, snake belly gumwall tires. front and rear reflectors. extra long scat post with' Vagabond seat, oriopun grits. Shimano MX coastet brake. 9801.583-1 The staff at the Huron County Pioneer Museum is busy packing the artifacts.tor storage dur- ing the construction period as the museum begins its development project. Over the next four years three of the museum buildings will be replaced and the original school building will be refurbished. Jane Cardin), left and Anna Dalton pack artifacts in boxes for storage. ( photo by Sharon Dietz) greater publicity and promotional efforts isting visitors .or local residents, says within the county to increase awareness of Breede. museum activities and programs. For ex- The consultants recommended the ample, other museums send out regular museum should reorganize and restruc- newsletters which outline current projects . ture• its programs and exhibits in suet) a and activities, remind and also encourage manner that a balance is reached between participation. old and new styles of presentation. Recommendations in the study include "The changes we are planning in public allocation of more funding for marketing programming and for exhibit strategy in - in the museum budget and co-ordinating elude temporary exhibits, travelling marketing efforts with Huron County and displays and possibly satellite museums," the Town of Goderich to Minhnize duplica says Breede. The museum also. plans to tion. Emphasis should be placed on pro- improve its emphasis on attracting . the ' 'noting the museum locally to increase local public by means of special events and residents' level of awareness and interest. programs, such as staging a Victorian Ball Deficiencies in the museum's current to accompany a temporary period exhibit programs were also identified as a cause at themuseum. s haveusome fairlyclear ideas his of declining attendance. Visitors' expect to g-' see and experience new and interesting ac- ing on the kind of operating budgets we tivities. Children, especially like to par- will be given when the construction period ticipate in programs. They like doing and is ended and the new museum opens," touching. This is why the working models ogram will be m e extensive because nreede. "The winterow wewe are closed are so popular at the museum. .Although visitors like audiosuai and during the winter months and the coin - hands on hibits, th v also 4•PRI'PA he. munity will want to be involved during in museum`sexantiquated atmosphere and title the offseason program." The traditional opportunity for discovery. The notion of program which focusses on tourism will making Huron Couny Pioneer,Museum a continue through the.summer season. `modern museum' was not appealing to ex- Turn to page 9 • "FREE ASSEMBLY" ON ALL BIKES!! ii//m '/ ii, .:'1in •i //....___..._. _.. "SEE THE FOLKS AT HOME HARDWARE FOR ALL YOUR SPORTING NEEDS" • / . W �/• 4/ rr/// 370 BAYFIELD RD. STORt HOURS Mon Wed. 9-6 Thurs.-fn 9-9 Saturday 9.6 524-8312 Rome Hemdwnre GODERICH 9A.M.TO5P.M. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY April 1st • April 2nd April 3rd • DRIVE THE NEW CASE IH TRACTORS • SEE THE NEW CASE.IH C.A.S.S. 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