Changes will be coming to the Corner Brook Museum and Archives in the near future and they will be, of course, changes for the better.
The society behind the museum and archives announced via press release earlier this week it was awarded nearly $50,000 in funding by Canadian Heritage’s Cultural Spaces program.
“We were obviously very pleased we were accepted,” museum archivist and manager George French told The Western Star.
The application was filed last summer and the group found out about a week and a half ago it was successful.
“We applied with the idea we would get accepted,” French said. “You kind of wouldn’t if you didn’t think you’d get it.”
The federal government will now fund 40 per cent of planned upcoming works, with the museum itself paying the remaining cost. French said the actual total of the grant is $46,786.
The press release stated visitors to the museum would notice some of the impact of the funding when it opens after the Victoria Day long weekend.
French said a few of the areas being looked at would be upgrades to the bathroom facilities, switching the lighting to LED to help cut down on both power costs and energy use, and specialized equipment like a smart board for the courtroom, which is frequently used for a variety of presentations and programming.
As for exhibit areas, a new exhibit hanging system and Artex sliding panels, allowing new ways to display artifacts, could be in the cards. Mp3 players may also be purchased, with the idea the museum could upload guided tours in various languages for people who don’t speak English.
Those interested can follow the museum on Twitter (@CBMuseum) to get the latest news.
