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Times -Advocate, May 31, 1989
Huron County Museum renovations
By Ross Haugh
GODERICH - Additions and ren-
ovations to the Huron County Mu-
seum are expected to be completed
in time for the official opening
scheduled for September 30 of this
year.
Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff
was in Goderich Friday to present a
cheque in the amount of S614,000
which is part of the federal govern-
ment's contribution. •
The county of Huron has already
provided $1,150,000 towards the
project, $1,173,000 has come from
the province of Ontario and the to-
tal federal money including some
from the Museum Assistance Pro-
gram is expected to be
$1,153,000.To make up the balance
of the total projected cost of about
$4 million is $10,000 from the
town of Goderich, $30,000 from
the Huron Historical Society,
$12,000 from Friends of the Mu-
seum and the balance is expected
from foundations and companies.
Museum director Claus Breede
said Friday, "Letters have gone out
to businesses and corporations and
to private citizens soliciting dona-
tions. We have already received
$15,000 and are hopeful we will re-
ceive enough to complete the bal-
ance owing."
In accepting the cheque along
with Warden Dave Johnston, coun-
ty council museum committee
chairman Bob Fisher of Zurich
said, "Anytime you receive money
is a happy time. 1 would be remiss
in not mentioning the efforts of
former wardens and committee
members who worked so hard to
keep this project going. It's a great
asset to the county and to the town
of Goderich."
The purpose of the project is to-
rebuild
orebuild a section of the Museum
and upgrade the old Central School
portion of the facility to provide
for new exhibition, storage and
programming space.
The Museum was established in
1948 when the county acquired the
collection of Jim Neill. The facili-
ty opened with the purchase of the
Central School building in 1950.
The Museum has a collection of
artifacts from all over the region as
Choo-choo Harvey Smith looks out the window of a railway'loco-
motive engine during a Wednesday visit by the Crediton Women's
Institute to the Huron County Museum in Goderich.
One Furrow At A Time - While members of the Crediton Women's
Institute visited the Huron County Museum Wednesday night,
Jean Neil took to the controls of a one furrow walking plow.
In The Museum Archives - Huron Museum director Claus Breede
shows some of the old records in the archives room to area resi-
dents Gerald Dearing and Dave Cotte!.
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well as various interpretative mod-
els, automobiles, a locomotive and
displays from World War 11. Arti-
facts cover the history of the coun-
ty including farming, early settle-
ment and pre -settlement
Neill, the foteder and curator had
a unique and significant impact on
the development including wood
cutting, threshing and milling
flour. In addition he built pulleys
and mechanisms within the Mu-
seum to accommodate the move-
ment of displays between floors.
The hand -built apparatus and his
collection is being incorporated in
the new museum.
During construction, the museum
project has provided 82 person
years of employment. In a feasibili-
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county approved a programming
and promotion strategy to increase
attendance. As a result, the tourist
market is projected at 30,000 in
two years with a five year goal of
50,000 visitors.
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vated museum is the new archives
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