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$27,000 OTF Grant Helping Massey’s Museum Keep History Alive
Massey, ON: In 2021, the Massey Area Museum received a $27,000 Community Building Fund from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. These funds went towards salaries for the museum curator and summer students, operating costs and equipment. Additionally, this grant assisted with PPE and COVID related modifications and supplies. "The $27,000 that was granted from OTF will go a long way”, said Mike Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin. “Having those dollars going towards the operation, the upkeeping, and also as a major investment – this is an economic engine, this is what attracts people to this community and what makes it grow.” “We live in a small community and the museum and our libraries are the cultural centers of our community, and we’re lucky to have them”, said Kevin Burke, Councillor, Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. “This grant …is a step in the right direction in keeping our museum for the future.” The purpose of the Massey Area Museum is to collect, preserve, research, and exhibit these objects which will serve to illustrate the settlement and development of the Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers and Sagamok Anishnawbek, up to 1968, the year the museum was founded. For more information, please visit the website at: www.masseyareamuseum.com The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations. Last year, nearly $112M was invested into 1,384 community projects and partnerships to build healthy and vibrant communities and strengthen the impact of Ontario’s non-profit sector. In 2020/21, OTF supported Ontario’s economic recovery by helping non-profit organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19. Visit otf.ca to learn more. Organization Contact for Media Inquiries: Felicia Dunham, Curator Massey Area Museum Phone: 705-865-2266 Email: info@masseyareamuseum.com
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 by Jayson Stewart Mid-North Monitor Published on: October 4, 2018 | Last Updated: October 4, 2018 4:48 PM EDT The Massey Area Museum was busy last Saturday when special guests welcomed a standing-room-only crowd who gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the museum. Museum chair Barbara Mawhinney introduced the guests who included musicians, poet Charlie Smith, presenters from all three levels of government and the winners of this year’s Fred Lafrance Creative Writing Contest. “Fifty years is quite a feat and when you look at this museum and where it was,” reminisced Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Mantha. “When you look at this building, you look at an entire community. This is a living organism and is a true testament to the pioneers who were here back then and the volunteers who are here now.” In his address to the crowd, Mayor Les Gamble, announced that funding from all three levels of government was recently approved, which will allow the Massey Area Museum to hire a full-time intern curator. “My vision for the next 50 years is to see this building open 365 days a year. That’s where it’s going with the hiring of this intern,” said Gamble. Mahwinney explained that the museum “applied for a grant for an intern curator to work full-time with us. We hope to be hiring her within the next few weeks and she will work with our curator Carolyn Hein, who has been with us for 23 years, and will be retiring within a year or so.” Noting how difficult it is to find grants in a time of austerity, Mahwinney is overjoyed by the chance to bring on additional staff. “This is a wonderful grant. We have to pay 10% of the grant so we needed some help and the Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers came through with that.” Never far from a museum event, Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapsukasing MP Carol Hughes appreciates the value of community organizations like the Massey Area Museum. “I love museums. It’s a great opportunity for people to understand where they came from. For me, as a Member of Parliament, it’s a great opportunity to really understand a community and how the area came to be,” Hughes said. She has been a vocal cheerleader for the Massey Area Museum since first being elected to Parliament 10 years ago. “With this particular building there was a challenge to get funding and we had to continue to push, but the federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as Sagamok Anishnawbek have come to the table. We also see that some of that funding continues as we see having employees, placements and interns, do some of that work. “There’s a huge dedicated team here and to be able to celebrate 50 years is quite amazing,” Hughes added. The Massey Area Museum has been in its new building for only five years, but space is already limited with displays that range from forestry, mining and farming equipment; a replica general store, schoolhouse, fur trade fort, church and kitchen; a fire fighting pumper truck; dioramas and much more. Entry fees are low, but one can also get a sneak peek of the museum’s holdings by visiting www.masseyaremuseum.com . 
In the summer of 2011, members of the public and Museum volunteers and staff joined federal, provincial, local and corporate dignitaries to announce a funding boost of $430,000 to help build the new Museum building. On July 1st, 2011, the Massey Area Museum launched the historic pointer boat gifted to the Museum by the now disbanded Friends of the Spanish River. Members of the public, Museum volunteers, local Council and representatives of the disbanded Friends of the Spanish River rowed to the Mouth Park Canada Day Celebrations. |
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