{"id":189803,"date":"2023-10-27T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=189803"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:23:09","slug":"brome-county-historical-society-raises-funds-for-building-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/brome-county-historical-society-raises-funds-for-building-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Brome County Historical Society raises funds for building improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brome County Historical Society (BCHS) is launching the 27th edition of its \u201cBring and Bid\u201d auction. This year\u2019s event will raise funds for essential improvements for the Lac-Brome Museum and Archives Centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Denis Piquette, executive director of the BCHS, told CIDI that Bring and Bid<\/em> has \u201calways been one of our key fundraising events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we get donations from various events, and even from the government, ..\u00a0 the money is allocated to a bunch of different areas. One of them is to maintain our ongoing collections management and to make sure that we are very professional in the maintenance of our museum and our artifacts. There is also fundraising that is required to pay for staff and programs, but it\u2019s also important to maintain the health of our buildings,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The BCHS\u2019 mission is based on two words - preservation and conversation, noted Piquette. And it\u2019s an \u201congoing process\u201d to ensure that its buildings are maintained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The BCHS oversees a number of historical buildings, including the old courthouse, the Martin Annex, the old fire hall, the Tibbits Hill school house, the old academy, the Paul Holland Knowlton house, The Marion L. Phelps Memorial Building, and the Centennial Building. Together, these buildings form the Lac-Brome Museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year you get blasted by wind, cold, and rain. Anything from paint, to wood, to even entrances and stairways, we always have to make sure that we are maintaining good building health throughout the organization. I could go on and on about the number of different little things we have to do, but overall every year there is a lot of work that we need to do to maintain the health of our museum properties,\u201d Piquette highlighted.<\/p>\n

Piquette explained that some BCHS members and local citizens may have seen published information about the BCHS receiving financial support through government grants - it received a $472,320 grant from the Ministry of Culture and Communications earlier this year - but these grants are usually reserved for operational expenses or programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very rare that we can use these funds for building repairs or renovations. So it\u2019s very important that we have money set aside for that. The other important fact that we have to respect is that most of our governing financing is also dependent on how much of our own income we generate,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe even had a meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Culture and Communications and, again, they reinforced that it\u2019s really important for all museums in Quebec to generate as much as their own source of revenue, which would include ticket sales and donations. It\u2019s very important for us, despite having gotten some government funding, to be able to stand on our own two feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Piquette said that Archives Centre, which is housed in the old courthouse, is a priority for the BCHS team this year. He described the courthouse as a \u201cgem\u201d in the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe roof, when we did an inspection when we changed our chimney earlier this year, we discovered that it is a newer roof and we\u2019d actually like to put a roof in that matches the historical nature of the building. Secondly, we also\u00a0 want to upgrade our heating and air conditioning system. (...)\u00a0 We have approximately 50 meters of archives and we want to maintain proper heating and temperature control, this is one area that we want to address,\"\u00a0 Piquette said. \"The third thing, you may have noticed those beautiful pillars at the front of the courthouse. Those pillars will need some reparations in the upcoming year to make sure that they are solid for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those that want to support the BCHS, Piquette said that Bring and Bid<\/em> involves two things - bringing and bidding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe require donations of items for sale. Whether it\u2019s furniture, jewelry, personal antiques, as well as experiences, like gift certificates for different things. So we ask people to bring, or to send to us, items that we can sell at the auction sale. Part B is bid. So we ask those people in attendance to bid on items and hopefully they will bid for a premium price that way it will maximize the donations that we get at the end of the year,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bring and Bid<\/em> will take place on Nov. 4. More information can be found on the Lac-Brome Museum\u2019s website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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