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| 1. Esteemed Irving City Council, As a first step in developing the Museum Feasibility Assessment for the Irving Museum and Heritage Center, Toxey/McMillan Design Associates and our consulting team would like to have a clear idea of your expectations and desired outcomes for this project. The following questions define these goals and will also help in preparations for the strategic planning workshop to be held February 2–3, 2015. Thank you for your participation! |
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| 2. What is the vision and what are the outcomes and impact you expect from the museum? | | |
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| 3. What is your museum’s mission and are there any limits or concerns for the project? | | |
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| 4. Do you see the museum remaining as a city operated facility and are there any options to fund the museum operations out of the general fund budget? | | |
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| 5. Do you envision the museum being funded out of any other sources of revenue? | | |
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| 6. What is your vision for the collections that are available or need to be found to serve the museum’s purpose? | | |
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| 7. Do you foresee the museum being located in the Heritage Crossing Area? If not, what other areas of town are desirable? | | |
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| 8. Do you envision the museum being a stand-alone city department? If not, then to what department would you envision the museum being assigned? How will the work be divided and the authority allocated? | | |
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| 9. Do you see the city as the sponsor and funding authority for the Heritage Museum or should there be a separate museum authority? | | |
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| 10. Do you envision one museum department responsible for the new Heritage Museum as well as the three other existing museums? (Mustang Museum, Paine House and Bear Creek Heritage Center) | | |
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| 11. Do you see the Heritage Museum as a conservation and preservation tool for Irving history? | | |
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| 12. Do you envision the Heritage Museum being a research museum? | | |
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| 13. Who are your audiences and what interpretive methods will you use to reach them? | | |
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| 14. What is your timeline for development of the museum? | | |
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| 15. Do you anticipate hiring a museum director for the Heritage Museum? |
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| 16. Do you anticipate paid staff and volunteers operating the museum? |
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| 17. What issues need to be resolved as part of the planning for the Heritage Museum? | | |
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| 18. Do you envision the Heritage Museum as an evolving endeavor? |
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| 19. How will you evaluate your museum’s activities? | | |
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| 20. What key factors would you use to evaluate the success of the museum? |
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| 21. How important is it to keep your museum alive, dynamic, creative and closely connected with your community? | | |
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