Granite Falls Historical Society

HISTORICAL MUSEUM - GATHER AND PRESERVE ARTIFACTS, PICTURES, AND DOCUMENTS DESCRIBING THE HISTORY OF GRANITE FALLS WA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, PROVIDING PHYSICAL AND ONLINE ACCESS TO ALL.

MUSEUM OPERATION - OUR MAJOR EXPENSE IS THE OPERATION OF THE PHYSICAL MUSEUM. OCCUPANCY, INSURANCE, DEPRECIATION, AND CONSTRUCTION/EQUIPMENT TOP THE LIST. REVENUE IS THE ADMISSION/DONATION BOX. WHILE ADMISSION TO THE MUSEUM IS FREE, WE RECEIVED $40,200 IN DONATIONS AND GRANTS SPECIFICALLY FOR MUSEUM EXPANSION AND EQUIPMENT, AND THOSE ARE CONSIDERED REVENUE HERE BECAUSE THEIR USE WAS RESTRICTED SOLELY TO PHYSICAL MUSEUM IMPROVEMENT. WE WERE OPEN EVERY SUNDAY IN 2022, AND OPENED OVER 25 TIMES FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS WHO PHONED IN TO ARRANGE WEEKDAY VISITS.

SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX, AASLH MEMBERSHIP, FIRE INSPECTION

HERITAGE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - OUR SECOND LARGEST EXPENSE IS TYPICALLY OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COUNTY'S HERITAGE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN PROVIDING ONLINE RESOURCES USEFUL FOR RESEARCH AND/OR HISTORIC TOURISM. ONLINE HOSTING EXPENSES CONTINUED THROUGHOUT 2022, INCLUDING THOSE FOR ONLINE MAPS, RURAL HISTORIC CYBER-TOURS, AND COUNTY-WIDE ONLINE MUSEUM TOURS. SOME OF THESE EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSABLE BY A HISTORIC FUND AND ARE SHOWN AS REVENUE. TIMING OF REIMBURSEMENTS CAUSE YEARLY VARIATIONS. IN 2022, WE UPDATED AND EXPANDED THE COUNTY-WIDE ONLINE MUSEUMS TOUR (AND WERE REIMBURSED $1,404) AND STARTED PORTING IT TO A NEW SET OF SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND RE-WROTE AND RE-PUBLISHED A HISTORIC WALKING TOUR OF OUR CITY ($240 EXPENSE). WE DIGITIZED HISTORIC COUNTY NEWSPAPERS (AND WERE REIMBURSED $16,993). WE PROVIDED HISTORICAL ORIENTATION PRESENTATIONS FOR SEVERAL ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE TOURING CLUBS. WE ALSO PROVIDED TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION TO SEVERAL COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS, SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT HELPING THEM IN THE USE OF NEW DIGITAL SCANNING EQUIPMENT. WE CREATED ONLINE TOURS OF A NEW PASSPORT OFFICE IN A HISTORICALLY-DECORATED BUILDING AND A HISTORICAL HOUSE INHERITED BY ANOTHER COUNTY MUSEUM, BOTH OF WHICH MADE USE OF A NEW 360-DEGREE CAMERA.

EDUCATION: WE MAINTAIN A STRONG ONLINE PRESENCE, COUPLED WITH A BROADLY-DISTRIBUTED NEWSLETTER. SINCE WE ARE AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, OUR OFFICE ($613) AND IT ($423) EXPENSES ARE FOCUSED ON CONTINUAL EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS OF, AND ACCESS TO, OUR COLLECTION. SCHOOL CLASS VISITS WERE REESTABLISHED IN 2022, HOSTING CLASSES FOR THOSE GRADES WHO HAD TO FOREGO A MUSEUM TOUR DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN. A TOTAL OF 47 CLASS PRESENTATION WERE PROVIDED TO 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH GRADE STUDENTS. A NUMBER OF PRINTED PICTURES AND DOCUMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO LOCAL AND ONLINE RESEARCHERS, PRINTING FEES SHOWN AS REVENUE.