Wind Walker Learning Centers Museum and History Center
Facility Purpose: To provide access to the
general public a museum that contains artifacts to history's many
aspects of life. To give a hands on and hands in experience to our
past, present and future for life as we know its evolution.
Service offerings: The facility will have a some
what traditional motive in the aspects of artifacts and knowledge
as a traditional museum. What will make this one so unique
is that you will have the opportunity to enter the museum in the
present and ascend to the past and then proceed back to the present.
There will be located just outside the museum a small traditional
American west "boomtown" traditional Native American vernacular
building, ancient history archeological pit, replica pioneer homes,
small gift shop, and futuristic building strucutres.
The structure: The structure from over head
of the museum will be a octagon spiral with wing like structures
coming off of the sides. The inside of building will have
rounded hall ways to assist in the descending to the past and transcending
back to the future.
The "boomtown" will be small historic wood buildings
built to resemble a old west town with small replica building that
the traditional pioneers used to settle this area. There will
be a miners area that visitors will be able to mine for native minerals
and fools gold.
The Native American structures will be a wikiup, teepees,
grass huts and rock dwellings.
Potential Funding Revenue: With the help
of visitors there will be a donation area that patrons will be able
to donate to the facility, conducting live wild west reenactments,
hosting public school children, and gift shop sales.
In helping raise funds for this unique museum we are currently
conducting different field trip programs available on a pre reservation
basis. For more information on the different programs
see our programs and retreats portion of this web site.
Building budget:$323,000
- Museum 4455 sq ft x 60 sq ft $236,200
- Vernacular village having 3 tipis' totaling $1800
- Pioneer rock and wood houses $25,000
- Old west "boomtown" $25,000
- Miner village $5,000
- Gift shop $10,000 Inventory for gift shop $10,000
- Miscellaneous: $10,000
Start-up Budget: $125, 000 and $75,000 each year
following
- Museum displays/ administrator $25,000
- Brochure printing: $5,000
- Marketing and public relations: $25,000
Potential funding Revenue: $660, 000 a year at
2 schools a day at $6.00 a piece, 300 tourists contributing $7.50
each in additon to gift shop sales.
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