Garden of the Gulf's board embarks on plan to breathe new life into the eastern P.E.I. museum
CBC
The old red-brick structure that overlooks the Montague River is full of artifacts, but those who help to run it worry about the Garden of the Gulf Museum itself being lost to history.
That's why the board of directors has come up with a five-year strategic plan that it hopes will breathe new life into the eastern P.E.I. museum and help attract more visitors.
"We were stagnating," said Peter Verleun, the board's chair. "We were having a hard time drawing in people and promoting ourselves.
"We just felt that people should have a chance to see it and see what we're doing."
The board held an open house Saturday at the Artifactory, a climate-controlled building where items are stored and prepared for exhibit in the museum.
Residents also got a glimpse at the five-year plan to revitalize the museum and have it better reflect a community that's seen a big expansion in recent years.
It was in 2018 that Montague, Georgetown and Cardigan amalgamated into the new municipality of Three Rivers.
Part of the new plan involves not only showcasing the history of Montague, but of those other two communities as well.
"Museums… are filled with old things, but we would like people to think of it as a living place, so we would like more people to be involved," said board member Darlene Sorrey-Scott.
"We are in a large geographic area and we want to expand the idea of telling the stories of Three Rivers, so we would like to welcome and invite more people into the museum family."
Judging by the large turnout at Saturday's open house, area residents have a lot of interest in seeing the Garden of the Gulf Museum thrive.
Gail Steele volunteered at the museum a couple of years ago because of her interest in genealogy.
She hopes more people from Three Rivers, and the Island as a whole, will recognize its value.
"A lot of people I saw come in were tourists, they weren't locals, so we need to get locals more involved in our history," Steele said. "It's part of our story, it's where we came from…. You've got to know who you are."
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