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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1403 |
| The Old Dillard Museum |
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| Requester: |
Ernestine Ray |
Organization: |
Old Dillard Museum |
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| Project Title: |
The Old Dillard Museum |
Date Submitted |
1/11/2006 10:19:35 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Dawson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This is a non-profit, historic landmark opened to the public. |
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| Recipient: |
Old Dillard Museum |
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Contact: |
Ernestine Ray |
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1009 NW 4th Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(754) 322-8828 |
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Fort Lauderdale 33311 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Broward |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The essential component of the Old Dillard Museum (ODM) is to bring in related local and nationally recognized programs and exhibitions that primarily address needs, interests and concerns in an underserved, under-facilitated and underrepresented community area and museum. Programming is culturally specific to the needs of the community, provides enrichment to their awareness and understanding of their rich legacy while it invites peoples of all ethnic origin to share in these experiences. Old Dillard Museum's philosophy is that self esteem can be established and/or developed by a direct relationship between what students and the community observe and their personal life experiences.
We are committed to supporting the development of historical awareness in our youth, families, community and patrons through meaningful and inspiring activities while in partnerships with neighboring entities such as the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. This further addresses the belief that there is unity in diversity. We are also exploring comprehensive opportunities for active collaboration with well known exhibiting institutions who present challenging historic and artistic community programs. This would enhance ODM 's ability to develop unique, eclectic and artistically heightened exhibitions and programs, aiding in continuing its active participation in the local historical/cultural arena. Other commitments include finding resources to facilitate growth opportunities for staff and replenishment of program related materials needed for workshops; thus enabling us to better serve our growing patronage, and demands for additional quality services. The Museum is committed to providing accurate information in addition to good customer service. Programs and services are meant to demonstrate that the negative historic and cultural stereotypes regarding African Americans are false and to assist our community in having the knowledge and strength to grow, think and prosper as citizens of the world.
The Museum was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in February of 1991. Thus, this National Landmark serves as a tourist attraction and receives many local, national and international tourists throughout the year. The Museum profiles noteworthy African Americans and includes guided and self-guided tours. With over 5,944 holdings of which 2,227 are artifacts, photographs, pictures, and traditional cultural items and 3,717 ethnic reference materials such as books, documents, art catalogs film and audio and video tapes, it is essential to preserve the building and its contents and to provide enriching opportunities to keep Black history alive.
The Museum is also used by a wide variety of civic and community development groups for meetings and events. Some of these groups include Sonshine Communications, Broward Education Foundation, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Opportunities Industrialization Centers, Fort Lauderdale Education Advisory Board, Black Vegetarian Society, Leadership Broward, Leadership Fort Lauderdale, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Black Public Officials, Urban League, Broward Community Foundation, Education Task Force and the North Broward Hospital District?..and many more. The Museum also plays a major role in teacher training for the African/African-American and Caribbean Infusion Curriculum for the School Board of Broward County. It also embraces exchange programs, traveling and temporary exhibits, literature, science, and the arts. The institution seeks to expand its ongoing programming with the development of a newsletter and calendar of events, a computer lab for youth, website, youth contests, a fundraising and membership drive and additional workshops as requested.
Over the past years Old Dillard Museum has grown beyond its original intent from that of a one-room paper-exhibiting Museum to a vibrant engaging five gallery facility. It now houses a permanent "Old Dillard Heritage Library Resource Room" and a rotating "Exhibition Hall". The installation of a Distance Learning component has allowed ODM to broaden its audience base and the privilege of communicating with numerous communities within our local areas in addition to local, national and international entities from Texas to Japan, to Africa, etc. With continued success, the expectations of ODM is rising constantly. Thus more demands will be made on staff and the Museum, itself. Steps toward national accreditation through the Association of American Museums are being considered. Prerequisites to this process include addressing recommendations that necessitate the preservation-sensitive treatment, cataloguing and storage of museum artifacts as dictated by the National Museum Conservation Association Program.
Additional funding would garner the installation of these future national exhibitions and educational programs.
1. The development of a traveling 'Trunk Show' for outreach programs that accommodate community groups who do not have access to the Museum.
2. Health Fair - "Empowerment Through Health: Issues In Our Community"
3. An Exhibition entitled "They Sing Because They Can: Our Historic Black Churches." This would highlight three historic churches in the immediate community.
4. An exhibition entitled " A Communion of The Spirits: African American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories.
5. An exhibition entitled "Bringing It All Back Home: The 20th Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival".
6. An exhibition entitled "A Journey of Hope Remembered: The Mule Train". |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Old Dillard Museum will continue to provide an array of historical, cultural and artistic programming and exhibitions that are intergenerational in appeal and provides resources and knowledge that can be passed down from generation to generation. Additionally, it is the focal point of the Black historical area, being the first school constructed for African-American students in Fort Lauderdale in 1924. Old Dillard Museum will have the ability to continue serving the Black community in which it resides, as well as provides a valuable resource to all historians and other multi-ethnic visitors interested in Black history. With state-of-the-art programming, noted artists, the best in their field, will be receptive to showcasing their works with the Museum. The great success of the Museum can be seen and has been documented (sign-in lists and highly favorable comments) by the overwhelming responses/attendance to all its programs and exhibitions. The Museum has reached a stage where expansion should certainly be considered. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$250,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$535,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$269,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$15,500 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$250,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Study Commission on African-American History in Florida recommendation |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Broward County School Board |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
06/29/2005 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
