Breton Museum Update
Season’s Greetings
by Allan Goddard, Curator
As 2020 comes to a close, the Breton Museum wishes everyone best wishes for the Holiday Season. I am sure 2020 will be a year most of us would like to have missed. With the current Alberta Health Order in place Christmas this year will take on a much different feel, as no large social or family gatherings are permitted. However, we need to appreciate that we do have numerous means to connect with others, from telephone calls to Facetime video calls to Social Media and meeting on Zoom. Many of the terms we use today were not envisioned a couple of decades ago.
While going through some old letters in my own family archives I came across letters written to my grandmother from her son who was in the armed services during WW2. During that time period many families had loved one in the armed services who were stationed in the far flung regions of the world. The only means of communicating was through letters home and treasured photographs. Let us count our Blessings!
This past year has been very different for the museum as well. With all the uncertainty this year the Museum Board, after much soul searching, decided for health and safety reasons that the museum would be open by appointment only. While the museum was not open on a regular basis, behind the scenes the work carried on although at a much slower pace. The Breton museum Board would like to take this opportunity to thank those agencies who support the museum through financial contributions to the operations of the museum. Brazeau County and the Village of Breton who provide annual operational funding to the museum. Without this support the museum would find it very difficult to operate. Also this year the museum receive a Cov-id – 19 grant from Heritage Canada to help heritage organizations with the preservation of their collections. The grant will help the museum complete the documentation of the backlog of artifacts at the museum. This work has started and will continue once we are able to resume work at the museum.
Hopefully 2021 will allow the museum to get back to normal operations and we look forward to greeting visitors back to the museum on a regular basis. In the meantime please stay safe and take time to connect with that family member or neighbor even if it is just to ask how are you doing.
We will get through this.
Look for further updates here, on our web page, and on our Facebook page. Also, look for continuing articles in the Breton Booster (http://community39.com/community-publications/breton-booster/) to keep engaged with the Museum from a safe distance.
If you have events of historical interest that you would like to see documented by the Museum, please email the Museum at bretonmuse@yahoo.com
by Allan Goddard, Curator
As 2020 comes to a close, the Breton Museum wishes everyone best wishes for the Holiday Season. I am sure 2020 will be a year most of us would like to have missed. With the current Alberta Health Order in place Christmas this year will take on a much different feel, as no large social or family gatherings are permitted. However, we need to appreciate that we do have numerous means to connect with others, from telephone calls to Facetime video calls to Social Media and meeting on Zoom. Many of the terms we use today were not envisioned a couple of decades ago.
While going through some old letters in my own family archives I came across letters written to my grandmother from her son who was in the armed services during WW2. During that time period many families had loved one in the armed services who were stationed in the far flung regions of the world. The only means of communicating was through letters home and treasured photographs. Let us count our Blessings!
This past year has been very different for the museum as well. With all the uncertainty this year the Museum Board, after much soul searching, decided for health and safety reasons that the museum would be open by appointment only. While the museum was not open on a regular basis, behind the scenes the work carried on although at a much slower pace. The Breton museum Board would like to take this opportunity to thank those agencies who support the museum through financial contributions to the operations of the museum. Brazeau County and the Village of Breton who provide annual operational funding to the museum. Without this support the museum would find it very difficult to operate. Also this year the museum receive a Cov-id – 19 grant from Heritage Canada to help heritage organizations with the preservation of their collections. The grant will help the museum complete the documentation of the backlog of artifacts at the museum. This work has started and will continue once we are able to resume work at the museum.
Hopefully 2021 will allow the museum to get back to normal operations and we look forward to greeting visitors back to the museum on a regular basis. In the meantime please stay safe and take time to connect with that family member or neighbor even if it is just to ask how are you doing.
We will get through this.
Look for further updates here, on our web page, and on our Facebook page. Also, look for continuing articles in the Breton Booster (http://community39.com/community-publications/breton-booster/) to keep engaged with the Museum from a safe distance.
If you have events of historical interest that you would like to see documented by the Museum, please email the Museum at bretonmuse@yahoo.com
Until we can physically see you at the museum please stay safe.
Come and immerse yourself in Breton's history
Learn the stories of the African American pioneers who settled the Breton area, which they originally called Keystone.
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Discover the legacy of the local lumber industry, one of the first industries in the area.
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Discover how farming has evolved, from the early homesteads and the establishment of the Breton Plots to present day.
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Remember how Breton used to be, and how we've become the community we are today.
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Hours of Operation:
Due to CoVid 19,
we are closed for the Summer of 2020
2021 Season
May and June, Monday to Friday, 11 AM - 5 PM
July and August, daily from 11 AM - 5 PM
Contact Curator/Manager at 780-898-1155 for other times
Due to CoVid 19,
we are closed for the Summer of 2020
2021 Season
May and June, Monday to Friday, 11 AM - 5 PM
July and August, daily from 11 AM - 5 PM
Contact Curator/Manager at 780-898-1155 for other times
Website creation August 2019 by Phoebe Amendt
Last updated December 21, 2020 by Barbara Gregory
Last updated December 21, 2020 by Barbara Gregory
