Contact Jamie Hunter or Nahanni Born if you think you would like to volunteer in any capacity for Huronia Museum. Last year we had over 3,000 volunteer hours and so far this year we have logged over 500 hours of volunteer service. Even if you can only volunteer one hour a week – we need that hour. There are miles of glass that need cleaning, there is always dusting and cleaning the exhibits, there are maintenance issues that need to be addressed, there is research, working with collections, developing exhibits, weeding the gardens, dealing with the public in a variety of capacities, and public relations. All these areas need volunteer hours. If you can help please call Jamie or Nahanni at the Museum at 526-2844.
Author: Bryan
Huronia Lightstation Preservation Society Annual Fundraising Boat Cruise Friday July 18th
Huronia Lightstation Preservation Society Annual Fundraising Boat Cruise
Friday July 18th
Please Join the Huronia Lighthouse Preservation Society (HLPS) on for its annual Fundraise Cruise on the Georgian Queen. Cost $25.00 members, $30.00 non-members. Price includes food. Cash bar available. All aboard 6:15 pm at the Penetang town dock. Call Cindy Lockhart 705-527-7768 to reserve tickets or pick up tickets at Huronia Museum Midland or the Lighthouse Store, King Street Midland. HLPS is a non-profit organization attached to the Huronia Museum. The goal of HLPS is to restore and preserve the Lighthouses of Southeastern Georgian Bay. Visit our website at http://www.hlps.ca
The Village’s New Bark
Huronia Museum has recently purchased new elm bark to re-cover the remaining longhouse in its Huron Ouendat Village. Until 2007, all of the structures in the Huron Ouendat village were covered with organic Elm bark that was provided by a supplier near Cornwall, Ontario. This supplier has since retired and finding Elm trees, which have a circumference that would lend itself to building such impressive structures, are becoming increasingly more difficult to find in Ontario. Our new artificial Elm Bark now comes from a supplier in St. Louis, Missouri and is made of a rubber compound, which should ensure that this life-sized exhibit will last much longer with less maintenance.
The purchase of this bark was thanks to a grant received from the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Museums Assistance Program.
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