INC NEWS - Durham History Museum Survey Now Available

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  February 8, 2008

 

 

Durham History Museum Public Survey Now Available

Citizen Input Requested By Feb. 26 Deadline

 

Durham, N.C. - Durham residents who want to have input about the
proposed Durham History Museum, but were unable to attend the January
31st community meetings, can still do so via an online Web survey.

 

Representatives from Riggs Ward Design, the consulting group conducting
the Durham History Museum Planning Study, have created a Web site with a
public questionnaire concerning the proposed museum.  Interested
stakeholders, artists, design professionals and Durham residents are
invited to complete the questionnaire at 
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WskUvsbAaq_2f9m11ULjrlew_3d_3d.  The
deadline for input to be received is February 26, 2008.

 

Survey questions will solicit ideas on such things as the location,
focus, size, potential collections and funding sources as well as other
aspects, including the proposed museum's relationship to existing
heritage sites in Durham County.  In addition, the consultants have
created a blog site to help further encourage discussion of both the
project and Durham's history at http://durhamhistorymuseum.blogspot.com
<http://durhamhistorymuseum.blogspot.com/> . 

 

According to Peter Coyle, cultural master plan project manager with the
City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, the lack
of a history museum is a major oversight for Durham.  "Durham is the
largest city in the state that does not have a local history museum,"
Coyle said.  "With a rich history that extends back to pre-Revolutionary
War days, through the Civil War, the rise of the textile and tobacco
industries, the growth of two great universities, Durham's role as a
center for African-American business institutions, the civil rights
movement, medical and pharmaceutical innovations and discoveries, and a
rich cultural and sports history, there is a need to tell this important
story."

 

According to Coyle, the consultants will compile information from the
January community meetings, online surveys, additional stakeholder
interviews and public meetings, leading to an initial survey response
report in early March.  The process will then continue through May, with
additional opportunities for public input, leading to a final report in
early June.  For more information about this project, contact Coyle at
(919) 560-4965, extension 205 or via e-mail at peter.coyle at durhamnc.gov.


 

The Durham History Museum Planning Project is a cooperative project of
the Durham Cultural Master Plan Advisory Board, Preservation Durham and
the Parrish Street Advocacy Group and is funded by the Cultural Master
Plan, a joint project of the City and County of Durham.  To learn more
about the Durham Cultural Master Plan, visit the City's Web site at 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed/culture. 

 

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