Director Of Cultural Services And County Librarian Informed Huron County Council On Museum And Culture Office 2025 Action Plans

by Bob Montgomery

Huron County Director of Cultural Services and County Librarian Beth Rumble presented county council with some of the action plans that came out of the new 2025-2029 Strategic Plans for the Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol and the Cultural Office that was presented in September.

Rumble says there are some significant changes in the new plan for the next five years. One that will attract a great deal of attention is that next year is the 50th anniversary celebration of the Historic Gaol's designation as a national historic site. Rumble says the Gaol is such a unique building and it always attracts a lot of attention so they're really looking forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary.

Another one of the strategic priorities is storytelling and they're looking at developing a best practices guide for both the museum and cultural office for recording those oral histories. She says that would be done at the museum and they would role that out to other organizations in the county through the Cultural Services Office. They would also have workshops on how to do that.

Rumble says they will also be continuing their programs and initiatives that support historically under-represented groups. They are planning to do more workshops with Indigenous groups, 2SLGBTQ+ programming, finishing the Indigenous murals in the museum lobby and they're also starting to think about the 200th anniversary of the Huron Tract and how they're going to commemorate that starting in 2026.