1999–2000 Annual Report - Canadian Museum of Civilization

• Total attendance of 555,504
• Attendance of more than 39,713 students for
Adventures Beyond the Classroom programmes.
• CCM travelling exhibitions attracted more than
2,828,222 visitors.
• A wide range of programmes and activities was
delivered with the support of more than 20 cultural
and community organizations, ranging from the
Festival of Lights, to Easter and Swedish Lucia.
May Jabara, a young volunteer at the Canadian
Children’s Museum, is helping a young visitor.
Photo: S. Darby
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Exhibitions and Programmes
• Seven temporary exhibitions were presented
during the year.
• Six weeks of summer day camps, which sold out
so quickly that a seventh week was added.
• An ongoing volunteer programme which
includes over 50 adult volunteers and 90 youth
volunteers. A Youth Advisory Committee of 14
young people advised staff on the development
and evaluation of exhibits and acted as museum
ambassadors in their schools. Training was also
provided to ten co-op students who completed
placements within the CCM.
• Participation as the sole international partner in
the National Children’s Film Festival, an
American-led initiative which provides youth
between the ages of 9 and 18 with a forum for
expressing their ideas in film and video. The
festival attracted 30 entries to the CCM, and the
CCM sponsored three finalists for the
international competition. Six of the CCM
entries were selected for broadcast as part HBO’s
30 x 30 Kid Flicks.
• Papers delivered by CCM staff at conferences as
far afield as Spain, Portugal and New York.
• Partnerships in youth-related initiatives —
including a partnership with the National Arts
Centre in its Young People’s Concerts series of
workshops and performances; participating
sponsorship of the national Winter Fun Poster
Challenge art contest reaching 40,000 students
across Canada; workshops at the Governor
General’s annual garden party and the Gatineau
Hot Air Balloon Festival; and participation in
the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, where
children were given an opportunity to make their
own musical instruments.