Volunteers needed

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.

 

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 www.hlps.ca

 

Discovery Harbour restored Officers’ Quarters Building

On July 5th, the newly restored officers’ quarters reopened to the public at Discovery Harbour at Penetanguishene.  Numerous improvements to the structure and environmental stability of the stone building were made during the eight year long project. The building contains officers’ rooms, dining room, and servants’ rooms. It was built for use by the British Army who were the second occupants of the base after the Royal Navy. The rooms are full of period furnishings.

If you attend be sure to join one of the free tours. Only visitors who are part of tours can enter the stone building. Wear good walking shoes, it is a long walk around the beautiful site. On July 5th, over 900 visitors attended the site.

 

The Village’s New Bark

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Originally uploaded by Allegromouse

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.

 

Museum Co-op Student from Elmvale District High School

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Huronia Museum was fortunate to have Sarah MacAuley complete her co-op placement with us this semester. The staff tried to give Sarah an opportunity to see just how busy and dynamic the museum having Sarah split up her time in three different departments.
Sarah spent two days a week working with the Collections Manager, Nicole Henderson. Naturally Sarah got to assist with processing artifacts, scanning photos and work on a transcription of some historical documents. Sarah also got to participate in Exhibit Development Training with Bev Easton of Easton Designs.
Sarah provided our Education Coordinator, Gillian Ross, with support two days each week. This included preparing education kits and making sure that all students got the most out of their visit with us.
Sarah also provided administrative support and helped to prepare newsletters and for special events.
Sarah is off to France for the summer and we all wish her the best.

 

Summer Camp at the Huronia Museum

Summer Jam Day Camp

Huronia Museum is once again running our popular Summer Jam Day Camp. We offer your children a safe and fun environment, where friends and memories can be made. Each week of camp has a different theme, with games and crafts that correspond. We also swim twice a week at the Midland YMCA, visit the library on Wednesdays, go on a field trip every Tuesday unless otherwise indicated, and spend part of each day in beautiful little lake park.

The following is a list of the themes for each week as well as the field trip the children will be taking and a few of the activities they will be taking part in.

June 30-July 4 (excl. Canada Day): It’s So Easy Being Green

Visit to the Wye Marsh (Fri.) Recycle Crafts, Start Your Own Green Space

July 7-July 11: “Lights, Camera, Action”

Go to the Galaxy, Get Headshots, Karaoke

July 14-July 18: Survival of the Fittest

Visit the Fire Station and the Police Station, Survivor Challenge

July 21-July 25: If You Plant It, It Will Grow

Visit a Farm, Start Your Own Veggie Garden, Eat Like a Piggy Relay

July 28-August 1: “Uncovering the Past”

Playing with Time, What Would Indiana Jones Do

August 5-Augst 8: The Wonderful World of Spiderwick

Go to Elmvale Jungle Zoo, Solve the Spiderwick Mystery

August 11- August 15: And the Gold Medal Goes To…

Bowling at Bayshore, Make Your Own Smoothie, Olympic Relay

August 18-August 22: Dancing Through the Ages

Huron Gymnastics Club, Each day different decade

August 25- August 29: Weird and Wacky

Mini Putt, Krazy Kites, Backwards Day

Pricing List

9:00–4:00 $20.00 (members)

9:00–4:00 $22.00 (non-members)

8:00–4:00 $23.00 (members & non)

9:00–5:00 $23.00 (members & non)

8:00–5:00 $24.00 (members & non)

 

Annual General Meeting at Huronia Museum

Huronia Museum invites its membership and interested individuals to the Annual General Meeting on June 19^th, 2008 at 7.30 pm.

The meeting will be held in the Auditorium of Huronia Museum, 549 Little Lake Park Road, Midland, Ontario.    

Huronia Museum Annual General Meeting

AGENDA 

1.      Motion to accept the agenda.

2.      Motion to accept the minutes of the AGM from Thursday, May 24^th, 2007.

3.      Motion to approve the 2007 Audited Financial Statements.

4.      Motion to appoint auditors for 2008.

5.      Report from the Chair.

6.      Report from the Curator and Administrator.

7.      Nomination of Board Members for 2008.

8.      Election of New Board of Directors.

9.      Transacting any other business.

10.  Motion to adjourn.

 

 

 

 

 

Memorial Crosses - Pilot Officer L. D. Bowman

The Huronia Museum recently acquired memorial crosses from World War II that were given to the family of a Midland man. L. B. Bowman. Pilot Officer Lloyd Douglas Bowman was a crew member of a Boston III light attack bomber # Z-2283 (also known in US Forces as the Douglas A-20 Havoc) that failed to return from a mission on 10 June 1942 and presumed lost to enemy action. Three other crew members were lost as well, two RAF and another RCAF crew member that was an American from New Jersey. Bowman was from Midland, Ontario. All four have no known grave and their names are found on the Runnymede Memorial. They were members of the 107th RAF Squadron.

Huronia Museum wishes to acknowledge the generosity of Andy Fraser of Hawkstone, ON and L.D. Bowman of Coldwater, ON for all their assistance and generosity in seeing these objects coming to the collections of Huronia Museum.

The silver cross with ribbon was given to Bowman’s mother, Levinia Bowman. The silver cross with bar was given to his wife, Ethel.

Bowman’s decorations: left to right: 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-45

Bowman’s flight log

Bowman’s diary

Consolation card form the KIng

Bowman’s uniform badges

 

Portraits of the Andersons - 1854

The Huronia Museum has received on loan two wonderful historic portraits from 1854 of Thomas Gummersall Anderson and his wife Betsy Hamilton Anderson, painted by William Sawyer, portraitist from Kingston, Ontario. The portraits were likely painted in Cobourg. Anderson was hired by the Indian Department of the British Army in 1815 and for the next 50 years was responsible for Indian policy in Upper Canada. He established the first Indian reserve at Coldwater, Ontario in 1830. The HM is assembling a collection of his papers and ephemera related to this period. Among the letters is one describing the events of the 1837 Rebellion.

The paintings are on generous loan from Margot Ann Beaumont Maddison-MacFadyen (nee Hewer) of Victoria, B.C., a relative of Anderson. The Huronia Museum is extremely grateful for this loan and encourages any other members of the Anderson famiy to consider donating their artifacts and materials to the Huronia Museum. 

 

Video greeting from Jamie Hunter at Doors Open Huronia at St. Louis

St. Louis historic site was part of the Doors Open programme in Huronia and Jamie Hunter, Huronia Museum Director, was there. St. Louis located SW from Victoria Harbour, Ontario was the site of a Huron village and battle with the Iroquois in 1649. Volunteer Peter Davis was on hand to assist on Saturday.