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Victoria Memorial Museum Building
Site Master Plan Review
To increase interest in,
knowledge of, and appreciation and respect for, the natural world
throughout Canada and internationally.
Mandate
Main Functions
Highlights• Public education programming and
exhibitions• World leader in collections
management• Collections-based scientific research,
focusing on environmental change• National outreach through an
extended national service role comprising of 16 natural history museums across the country
Recent Renovation• First national museum in
Canada• Five Year, $215 million
renovation• Grand Reopening in May
2010• Average of 450,000
Canadian and international tourists annually
• New Exhibition Spaces• Conference & Event Spaces• Renovations did not address
parking
VMMB SITE DEVELOPMENT: HISTORIC PHOTOS
VIEW FROM MCLEOD STREET SHOWING INITIAL PLANTING, CIRCA 1911-1915
CONSTRUCTION , CIRCA 1905
CONSTRUCTION, CIRCA 1905
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VMMB SITE DEVELOPMENT – PLAN DE SITE CIRCA 1995
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Existing Parking prior to 2003:• Museum attendance : 250,000 visitors annually• More than 176 parking spaces• 6 school bus parking• More than 8,000m2 of asphalt
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Demand Reduction Measures
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Transportation Demand Reduction Measures Already in Place
OC Transpo Bus Services
The Museum iswell served by OC TranspoService:
Routes 1, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16, 101,
102
All within 0.5 km of the Museum
Museum
City of Ottawa Operated Parking Lots
Loss of Privately Operated Parking Lots in Last 2 Years
Museum
Street ParkingStreet Between Approx. # of
Spaces Duration
Bank Gladstone to Somerset 40 2hrs, Monday to Friday 9am to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
Bank Catherine to Gladstone 12 1hr, parking Monday to Friday 9am to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
Gladstone Bank to Elgin 60 2hrs, Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm (Street as construction not all spots are available)
Elgin Catherine to Somerset 80 2hrs, parking Monday to Friday 9am to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
Argyle Bank to Elgin 40 2hrs, Monday to Friday 7am to 7pm
McLeod Museum to McLaren 26 1hr, Monday to Friday 9am to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
McLeod McLaren to Somerset 6 2hrs, Monday to Friday 9 to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
Catherine Bank to Elgin 8 1hr, Monday to Friday 9am to 3:30pNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
O’Connor Catherine to Somerset 65 2hrs, Monday to Friday 9 to 3:30pmNo parking between 3:30pm and 6:00pm
Other Explored Option – Ottawa Police StationAlready an underground parking constructed at proposed locationBuilt on Leda Clay - Current structure would not support add’l floorsCurrent structure houses labs and mechanical systemsCost would be prohibitive
Other National Museums in Ottawa
Annual Attendance: 1,240,588 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 518,507 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 468,334 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 169,987 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 325,647 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 139,630 Number of parking spaces:
Annual Attendance: 316,005 Number of parking spaces:
Requirements: Number of Parking Spaces
Number of stalls pre-
2003: 176 spaces
Minimum number of
stalls required by current by-
law:176 spaces
Number of stalls
required to meet
IMMEDIATE needs:
205 spaces
Number of stalls
required to meet LONG
TERM needs:
235 spaces
Museum Attendance Projections
2014-2015:475,000
2013-2014:425,000
2012-2013:475,000
2011-2012:425,000
2010-2011:518,507
Employee and Volunteer Parking
• 75 Employees & Volunteers Work at VMMB
• Only 33 use parking = 44%Parking Users
• Longest: 75 km• Shortest: 7km• Average: 23 km
Distance Travelled(one way)
• Average/car: 24 min.• Average/bus: 53 min.• 6 have no bus option
Time to Travel (one way)
Museum Attendance vs. number of Parking Spaces Required
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WEST VISITOR (Peak) WEST PASS (Peak)
EAST VISITOR (Peak) EAST PASS (Peak)
VMMB PARKINGPeak use per day
(Cumulative)June 2011 to March
19, 2012425,000 Visitors
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Outline of pre-2003 parking