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School Children and
their teachers, 1,375 in all, were greeted by enthusiastic staff
and volunteers for their tours of the Museum and the Gardner
House. Volunteers gave 3,561 hours to the museum. Volunteers
greeted visitors, worked at the admissions desk, conducted tours
for children and adults, worked with collections and data entry.
The Museum is very thankful for its volunteers, their time and
energy. A Volunteer appreciation dinner was held at the Fort
Pierce Community Center. The St. Lucie Historical Society supplied
the food.
The museum received
a National Endowment for the Humanities Consultant Grant to
determine the feasibility of expanding the fishing heritage
exhibit and creating a boat building exhibit. Consultants from
Mystic Seaport Maritime Museum spent several days with the staff
and others in the community. The museum Superintendent was awarded
a grant to attend "Moving On Line" workshop by the
Smithsonian Museum. The grants were made available with a donation
from the Sara Lee company. The Museum staff participated in
several distance learning workshops with the St. Lucie County
School Board. One of the Museum's on going tasks is to computerize
the collection records and photograph the entire collection.
The Civic Center
received some needed improvements during 2000. The remodeling of
Room 101, our largest meeting room, has given us a banquet/meeting
room for up to 150 persons. The acquisition of new meeting room
furniture, tables and chairs, for our smaller, meeting room Rome
B, has given us a more aesthetically pleasing atmosphere for
meetings up to 40 persons. During the year, 72 events encompassing
a total of 330 days were held in the auditorium and meeting rooms.
Our clients were able to use the new refrigerators, beverage
coolers, lighting fixtures, and sound equipment. The concessions
for the Civic Center were contracted to a concessionaire in 2000.
One of the most needed improvements made was the replacement of
the old "marquee" with a new "electronic message
center" on 25th Street in front of the Civic Center Complex. |
