{"id":116343,"date":"2022-09-16T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=116343"},"modified":"2022-09-16T13:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:39:01","slug":"musee-lac-brome-museum-keeps-itself-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/musee-lac-brome-museum-keeps-itself-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mus\u00e9e Lac-Brome Museum keeps itself busy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Mus\u00e9e Lac-Brome Museum is holding its annual antique sale and craft market this Sunday, September 18 with funds raised going towards its operations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The event has taken place since 1997 and it marks the perfect time for antique lovers to find hidden treasures, to discover the museum, and the history of the former Brome County.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Arlene Royea, managing director, said that it\u2019s a busy time for the museum. Apart from the antique sale, the museum is presenting its temporary Abenaki exhibit, it has a new boutique, and it has relaunched its \u201cMarion Phelps Lecture Series\u201d by<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>local historian Jimmy Manson.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt (the antique sale) was started by one of our members, who was a collector of various items and wanted a venue for selling them,\u201d said Royea. \u201cIt benefits the museum by the table rentals. We charge X number of dollars per table, either a single or a double.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Royea said that there will be a little something for everyone to discover.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s all vendors that have been coming in for, some of them for many years, they have been with us, bringing their collections of things they want to sell. It could be trunks, wooden objects, rocking chairs, dishes, vintage clothing, vintage items of all sorts, little sculptures, glassware, you name it, it comes to us,\u201d mentioned Royea.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Royea noted that the museum will also be open that day where they can discover its temporary exhibit and its new boutique filled with local items, gift items, historical books, etc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe Abenaki exhibit is still open and will be open through the winter and towards spring. The Paul Holland Knowlton House is open, the Old Academy built in 1854, the annex with our famous World War One Fokker D VII, the children\u2019s museum we are able to open that up as well, the General Store and exhibits about that. There is lots to see,\u201d she said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to the antique sale and temporary exhibit, Mus\u00e9e Lac-Brome Museum has relaunched its Marion Phelps Lecture Series by Jimmy Manson after going on hiatus with the start of the pandemic.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There is a presentation this Saturday at the community centre in Knowlton starting at 1 p.m. titled <i>\"When the Bombs Fell\u201d: British \u201cchild evacuees\u201d sent to the Eastern Townships during World War Two.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThat should be an interesting topic and interesting for many people who had relatives that came during that time,\u201d said Royea.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The antique sale and craft market will be running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the full interview below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mus\u00e9e Lac-Brome Museum is holding its annual antique sale and craft market this Sunday, September 18 with funds raised going towards its operations.\u00a0 The event has taken place since 1997 and it marks the perfect time for antique lovers to find hidden treasures, to discover the museum, and the history of the former Brome County.\u00a0&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":110815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219],"tags":[18833,18837,15596,3291,1579,710,18834,2987,18835,18836],"radio":[246],"origine":[274,259,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116350,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116343\/revisions\/116350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116343"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=116343"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=116343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}