OATdb Archive

2006 - 2007

Museum

Goal
Provide On-site Educational Experience For Visiotrs And Tourist.
Collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret, and research historic buildings and structures, landscape, artifacts, material culture objects, books, and manuscripts & archives relating to Sam & Margaret Houston, their family & descendants.

Objective
On-site Educational Tourist
Provide a quality on site educational experience for visitors and tourists utilizing both first and third-person interpretive techniques, historical reenactors, costumed living-history interpreters, well-written and informative labels and graphics, and appropriate audio/visual programs.

Indicator
On-site Visitors
Number of on-site visitors. Will use head-counts and registration logs to determine numbers.

Criterion
On-site visitors
Total of 47,625 on-site visiotrs for the FY September,2006-August,2007

Finding
On-site visitors
As of August 3lst, 2007 47,625 on-site visitors had been logged in by head-count and registration.

Action
Number of on-site visitors
Promotional advertising, publicity efforts

Goal
Provide Off-site Educational Programs, Folk-life Festivals,reenactments,and Lectures To Public.
Collect, preserve, exhibit, interpret, and research historic buildings and structures, landscape, artifacts, material culture objects, books, and manuscripts & archives relating to the history, culture, and development of Texas & the southwest, 1832-1865.

Objective
Off-site Program Attendees
Provide a quality off-site educational experience for attendees at programs, folk-life festivals, historical reenactments, lectures, and a variety of public events requesting the participation of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum.

Indicator
Off-site Program Attendees
Number of off-site program attendees. Will use actual head-counts and attendance figures to determine numbers.

Criterion
Off-site event attendees
Total of 5,000 off-site event attendees for the FY September 2006-August 31, 2007

Finding
Off-site program attendees
As of August, 2007 5,000 off-site event attendees had been counted by head-count and registration figures.

Action
Number of off-site program attendees
Promote advertising/ Publicity efforts

Objective
School Tours Booked For Year
Provide a quality school tour educational experience for Texas 4th grade school children.

Indicator
School Tours
Provide a quality school tour educational experience for Texas 4th grade children.

Action
School tours booked for year
Continue public advertising

Objective
School Tour Attendance
Provide a quality school tour educational experience for Texas 4th grade school children.

Indicator
School Tour Attendance
Provide a quality school tour educational experience for Texas 4th grade school children

Criterion
Provided school tours
Total of 78 school tours provided for the FY September,2006-August,2007

Finding
Number of school tours booked for the year
As of August, 2007, 78 school tours had been provided for Texas schools.

Criterion
School tours given
Total of 6,231 school children were given for the September 2006-August 2007 FY

Finding
Attendance on School Tours
As of August, 2007, 6,231 Texas school children had attended school tours.

Action
School tour attendance
Continue public advertising

Action
School Tour Attendance
Change curriculum, create new procedures

Objective
Events Held In Walker Education Center
Provide a service to the Museum's constituencies as well as the greater Huntsville and Walker County community by hosting events and programs in the Katy & E. Don Walker, Sr. Education Center.

Indicator
Walker Education Events From Registration Log
Provide a service to the Museum's constituencies as well as the greater Huntsville and Walker County community by hosting events and programs in the Katy & E. Don Walker Sr. Education Center.

Criterion
Events programs
Total of 120 events and programs were held during FY September 2006-August 2007

Finding
Number of events held in Walker Education Center
As of August 3lst, 2007 120 events and programs had been held in the Katy & E. Don Walker Sr. Education Center.

Action
Events held in Walker Education Center
Continue public advertising

Action
Events hel in Walker Education Center
Create new procedures


Update to previous cycle's plan for continuous improvement

Plan for continuous improvement