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MPP
Murdoch Announces Good News
Meaford
- On Monday evening, the Municipality of Meaford
hosted Bill Murdoch, MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound who brought with him
some great news. Thanks to a $31,800 grant from the Ontario Trillium
Foundation (OTF), the Meaford Museum will be able to make renovations to
their entrance and ensure it is accessible to all members of the
community.
"This grant is a great opportunity
for the Meaford Museum to have an eye-catching entrance that is fully
accessible to individuals of all abilities who visit each year.
Hopefully this new entrance will attract more visitors to the area, and
only improve on what is already a great tourist attraction for Meaford,"
said Murdoch.
Thanks to the grant, the Museum
will be able to construct a 10 ft x 10 ft vestibule with covered porch
and automatic openers to make the Museum's main entrance fully
accessible. Currently, the main entrance consists of large glass garage
doors which are not easily visible to visitors and which are too heavy
for many people to open. These doors were originally installed to allow
staff to drive an antique fire truck in and out of the building.
From 2004-2007 the interior of
the Meaford Museum was renovated to become climate controlled and
improve exhibit, storage and administration spaces. With these
improvements, the facility is now open to the public on a year round
basis.
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This new addition to the Museum
will create a safer entrance with push button door openers making the
Museum more accessible to everyone. It will also assist with climate and
pest control and create a more visible entrance with more curbside
appeal. All of these improvements will increase the number of visitors
to the Museum and widen the scope of their audience.
Last year the Meaford Museum had
over 4,000 visitors with the breakdown of 85% adults, 15% students and
5% children under the age of 5 years. Visitor services include museum
services, tours/presentations, research, and programming such as
travelling exhibits, Mothers' Day Tea, fundraising yard sale, walking &
bus tours, Scarecrow Invasion and Christmas activities.
For more information, please visit
their website
www.meafordmuseum.ca.
The Ontario
Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario. For over
25 years, the Foundation has supported the growth and vitality of
communities across the province. OTF continues to strengthen the
capacity of the volunteer sector through investments in community-based
initiatives. For more information, please
visit
www.trilliumfoundation.org.
For more information, please
contact:
Pam Woolner
Meaford Museum
Tel. # - 519-538-5974
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