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History San Jose (incl. History Park,
Fallon House, Peralta Adobe)
Campbell Historical Museum & Ainsley
House
Los Altos History
Museum New Museum of Los Gatos Morgan Hill Historical Society and Villa Mira Monte Gilroy Museum Rengstorff House Saratoga History Foundation & Museum Heritage Park & Museum
Annual Budget $95,000 $3,000,000 $1,457,000 $344,681 $773,346 $476,000 $50,000 $29,000 $3,800 $50,000 $80,000 to $120,000 Financial Support from the City $20,000 $1,500,000 $825,000 $344,681 $65,000 $20,000+ $20,000 $2,200 $0 $0 $0 Percent of Budget 21% 50% 58% 100% 8% 4% 40% 7.50% 0 0 0 Staff Supported by the City 0 All Staff
18 Full‐Time 0 1.75 Full‐Time with Benefits
.11 Part‐Time Partial 0 No Staff 0 No Staff 0 0
Other support from the City
1,000 sq ft Gallery Space (total waived based on similar sq ft rentable space at Quinlan = $67,980 )
Facility Maintenance
Free Quinlan room rentals for historial society events, meetings, etc. (total fees waived for calendar year 2019 = $2,405 )
Owned and operated by
the City
Operating agreement: City assets
managed by History San Jose
City uses some capital improvement
project funding as needed
Museum operations
Supplies
Utilities
Communications
Collections storage
Archival supplies
Exhibit expenses
Gardening supplies
Books
Professional dues
IT support and monitoring
Facility owned and
opperated by the City
12,000 sq ft of facilities
Full site one acre
10,800 sq ft facility
Facility maintenance
Facility Maintainance
Computer, copier, and IT support
Volunteers are City of GIlroy volunteers
Pays for HR
onboarding of museum volunteers
Historical society has a lease to operate the museum
Bathroom janitoral is provided by City
Facility 3,332 sq ft facility
Offsite 240 sq ft
storage unit
Facility Maintenance
Land owner (City)
Facility owner (Historical
Society)
Cities contacted multiple times with no repsonse: Santa Clara, Milpitas Palo Alto Museum Palo Alto Museum not yet open. The Palo Alto Museum, a nonprofit organization, established a public‐ private partnership with the City of Palo Alto to transform the Roth Building as a home for the Palo Alto Museum. The Museum will be the permanent home of the City of Palo Alto Archives. It will feature interactive exhibits, hands‐on activities, thought‐provoking programs and be a central resource for local history and research. Sustainability best practice will underlie the renovation of the Roth Building into a modern museum while preserving its historic features. Community spaces will include meeting rooms, a small café, a gift shop, and lounge.
Historical Society Support Across Cities in Santa Clara County City/Historical Society partnership:
> Festival open houses
> Quarterly preschool events and crafts
> Museum open with booth or activities during city events and festivals > Exhibits in the Baer Blacksmith Shop at McClellan Ranch Preserve > Working on reinstating guided history walks at McClellan Ranch Preserve.
Historical Society Offerings to the Cupertino Community:
> Collection of more than 5,000 artifacts representing Cupertino > Local Historians
> Three to five museum exhibits annually
> An archive available for historical research, dissemination, and publication
> Conservation expertise and managed care of the historical collection > Programming and exhibits
‐ Quinlan Community Center
‐ Cupertino Library
‐ Cupertino Schools (traveling trunk program)
>
Avenue through which the community can highlight and celebrate various ethnic, religious, and international communities that represent contemporary Cupertino
> Volunteer and paid staff who provide scholarly support to authors, researchers, and community members
> Volunteer and internship opportunities
‐ High School and College students
‐ local civic organizations
>Partnerships with local organizations
‐ Cupertino Schools
‐ Walk/Bike Cupertino
‐ Cupertino Chamber
‐ Rotary Cupertino
‐ Eagle Scout Capstone Projects
> Quarterly
‐ newsletter
‐ speaker series
‐ film screenings
‐ book signings
> Intergenerational learning opportunities and areas of engagement > Day trips to museums and areas of historical interest > Themed Reading Groups
Notes/Comments
Has a formal relationship
with a Friend group who in
addition to funding about
$200k in programming per
year recently funded the a
$25m rebuilding of their
facility.
Other sources of History San Jose
revenue:
> HSJ's Education Programs
> Event Use Fees
> Membership Program
> Individual, Corporate, Foundation
Donations
> Grants
Throughout the years, History San Jose
has invested millions of dollars
from
County grants and other sources to
maintain the City's structures within
History Park and the Gonzales Peralta
Adobe & Carmel & Thomas Fallon
House.
Fluctuating additional support provided
by the Campbell Museum Foundation. A
non‐profit support organization. The
Foundation helps to fund preservation,
exhibits, and educational programs to
offset operational expenses of the City.
Director and staff are
volunteers
The Historical Society is
raising funds to build an
extension to the current
museum building. The City is
not contributing to this.
The Town charges the museum
$2,000 per month for rent.During
Covid they have forgiven the rent.
Rent to resume in July 2022.
The Town charges the museum
$2,000 per month for rent.
Museum is lobbying to renegotiate
the rent. The museum applies for a
competitive grant each year that
ranges from $7,500 to $10,000 which
they usually receive for restricted
funding.
The City of Morgan Hill has $2M in Villa Mira Monte improvements budgeted in the 5‐year CIP.
The City also allocated one‐time funds of $206,000 in 2017 (park improvement and maintenance funds) for paint, security cameras, and miscellaneous maintenance projects.
Villa Mira Monte is a 2.5‐acre site with two historical buildings. The main house, referred to as the Hiram Morgan Hill House, was built in 1884 and is used as an event venue with upstairs storage for the Historical Society. A second building that was built in 1911 and brought onto the site, is used as the Morgan Hill Museum. The site was entered into the National Registry of Historic Landmarks in 1978 and the Morgan Hill Historical Society took title of the property in 1993 under an Owner Participation Agreement with the City. The covenants, conditions, restrictions, and easements dictate that the site must be maintained as a public educational and recreational park and will revert to the City’s ownership if that purpose is not fulfilled. In 2017, the City entered into partnership with the Historical Society to preserve the site and support the operation as a park facility.
The Morgan Hill Historical Society began in 1971 as a 501(c)(3) corporation and has devoted its resources to site preservation, maintenance, and operation. The organization has no paid staff and relies exclusively on volunteers to support its board and operations.
In 2017, the Morgan Hill Historical Society entered into a memorandum of understanding with the City of Morgan Hill where the Historical Society committed to operate and maintain Villa Mira Monte as a community resource in exchange for City funding (a minimum of $20,000 per year), marketing, and limited administrative functions.
Since then, the City of Morgan Hill has provided funds for site maintenance and improvements.
TLDR: The Historical Society owns the property, but ownership reverts to the City should the Society become insolvent. The Historical Society is fully responsible for management of the Villa Mira Monte Historical site.
> Other museum janitorial is the responsibility of the
museum staff and volunteers
> Historical Society is responsible for recruiting
volunteers
> Museum volunteers are managed by Historical
Society staff.
The Gilroy Museum was operated by part‐time City
staff until 2009. City of Gilroy volunteers under the
supervision of the Gilroy Historical Society kept the
Museum doors open for the next ten years on a
limited basis while the Gilroy Historical Society raised a fund large enough to support a part time manager.
The City of Gilroy then signed a lease with the Gilroy
Historical Society to operate the Museum, and a part‐
time (25 hours/week) Museum Manager was hired in
March 2020.
The City grants use of the
property for housing the
museum exhibit, holding special
events/programming, board
meetings, and storing inventory.
Friends of the "R" House is the
non‐profit organization that
conducts activities, such as
educational events and
community outreach to promote
the awareness of Rengstorff
House, the Rengstorff Family,
and the history of Mountain
View. The Friends purchase
items, accept donations, and
deaccession items, for use at the
House.
City requires insurance that
costs approximately $2000/yr.