Firmly Rooted in Place: The Museums of Haliburton County

Title

Firmly Rooted in Place: The Museums of Haliburton County

Author

Bailie, Pam

Supervising Faculty

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

Reference Number

TPB-498

Location of Document

U-Links Office and online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Museums in the county

Abstract

This paper looks at three museums in Haliburton County, (the Haliburton County Museum, the Minden County Museum, and the Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost Museum), in the context of their history and what they offer to the community. It proposes that museums play an important part within the framework of bioregionalism in raising the consciousness of a community to its locale or region or life place.

As a preface to an in-depth look at the three area museums, the paper outlines the evolution of museums as an expression of community from Greek and Roman times to the present. It goes on to describe the three museums in terms of their history, collections, management, programming, and some of the problems they are facing. Suggestions for an enhanced role to be played by community musuems are presented along with possibilities for future research.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Bailie, Pam, Firmly Rooted in Place: The Museums of Haliburton County, Trent University