The Bayfield Heritage Center

Location and Hours

The Bayfield Heritage Association Heritage Center is located at 30 North Broad Street in Bayfield, Wisconsin.  Our mailing address is: Bayfield Heritage Association, P.O. Box 137, Bayfield, WI 54814.  We can be reached by telephone at 715-779-5958 and through email at: bayfieldheritage@centurytel.net.

          

The Days and Hours the Bayfield Heritage Center is open are:

Tuesday through Saturday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

The 2010 Bayfield Heritage Center Season will be somewhat changed this year due to exhibit renovation, new exhibit installation and dedication.  Our season will be open from:

     Tuesday June 1, 2010 to Wednesday August 25, 2010. 

We will then close until the dedication of the

     “Hadland Memorial Hall” on September 25, 2010.  

The Heritage Center will

       Reopen for 3 days;   September 28, 29 and 30, 2010

to allow BHA members and the public to view the newly dedicated hall and exhibit of the early history of  Norwegian fishing families in the Bayfield area. 

At the Bayfield Heritage Center we offer interpretive exhibits, tours, educational programming, informational services and seminars during the summer season with special programs and events during the off season.  A pictorial summary of past Programs and Events can be seen at:  2008 BHA Events  or  2009 BHA Events

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       2010 Programs and Events


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Sunday August 8, 2010   4:00 P.M.

Bayfield Heritage Center Volunteer Picnic

 The Bayfield Heritage Association's Board of Directors invites all Heritage Center volunteers to an appreciation picnic at the Heritage Center.  The appetizers, entree and deserts will be furnished by the Board of Directors.  A "dish to pass" by the attendees will complete the food items and refreshments will be provided for the volunteers.

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Wednesday August 18, 2010   7:00 P.M.

“The Saw Mills of Roy’s Point”

                                                by: Mary Carlson

       

Mary Carlson is a retired Minnesota judge with an amateur's interest in historical research. Mary and her husband have a home at Roy's Point which led to an interest in the sawmill community that existed in the area from 1900 to 1920. She has presented programs on her research to other groups and has been enthusiastically received.

         

Her discussion will center on the lumber industry which reshaped the landscape of northern Wisconsin during the late 19th to early 20th Centuries. Lumbering provided a primary source of employment for the residents of Bayfield County during that period. The history of the Roy's Point sawmill community will provide the audience with a glimpse into the rigors of life in the Bayfield area at the turn of the century.

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The  Bayfield Heritage Association in the last year of a  Capital Campaign entitled:

       "Heritage Vision 2010"

 The Goals of “Heritage Vision 2010” are to: 
 

  • Retire the Construction loan residual of $200,000
  • Increase the Endowment fund by $150,000
  • Complete the construction/renovation and furnishing of the lower level Research Facility and Archive/Collections storage areas estimated at $100,000

      A message from the president of the Bayfield Heritage Association:

We welcome your interest in the history and heritage of the Bayfield area and hope you will participate in our Capital Campaign in support of Heritage Vision 2010 so that we can realize the goals shown above by the end of the 2010 year through donations and pledges made by all of our supporters.

Our Heritage Vision 2010 Capital Campaign emphasizes retiring the construction loan so we can expand educational programming and research activities. Our annual budget remains at approximately $40,000 with our income derived mainly from an Annual Fundraiser, membership dues and donations from friends. We hope you share our vision for the future and will help us to realize our goals.

                                                     Jerry Phillips, BHA President

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With the “Heritage Vision 2010” Capital Campaign on course toward reaching its goal of paying off the Construction Loan and funding the Construction of the lower level R.D. Pike Research Center. BHA committees are beginning the planning process for design and construction of the research facility so that construction can begin as soon as all pledges and other donations are received. If you would like to contribute toward equipment and furnishings for the Research Center or the BHA Endowment Fund to provide a constant revenue stream for the operation of the Heritage Center please contact the BHA office at 715-779-5958 or complete a Donation Form on the “Heritage Vision 2010” page of this website.

Please go to the Heritage Vision 2010 Page page for more information.

Click here to download a .pdf       2010 DONATION FORM

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                  Announcements

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The Board of Directors of the Bayfield Heritage Association usually hold meetings at 5:00 P.M. on the First Tuesday of each month at the Bayfield Heritage Center.  The membership of the Bayfield Heritage Association and the public are welcome. If you are traveling any distance please check with the secretary or any Board member to assure that circunstances have not resulted in a change in the time or date.  If you would like to have an item placed on the agenda for discussion by the Board please call the BHA office at 779-5958 or the secretary, Dot Harris, at 779-3354. 

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The Bayfield Heritage Association receives the only 2010 Museum Exhibit Award from the Wisconsin Historical Society

Bayfield Heritage Association has won the 2010 Exhibit Award for its Bayfield Flood of 1942 Exhibit. Dr Ellsworth Brown, Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), was at the Heritage Center in Bayfield on Thursday, June17th  to present the award to BHA Board members and friends gathered at for the occasion.

        

Dr.Brown, Marilyn Van Sant and Jerry Phillips discuss the significance of the 2010 Award before Marilyn receives the certificate from Ellsworth Brown.

Dr Brown stressed that this award was presented in recognition of the visual quality of the exhibit, its use of historical research, and in recognition of the historical significance on the event.  He emphasized that only one such award is presented each year although more than 300 affiliated museums may apply.

Present to receive the award for BHA were Marilyn Van Sant, Exhibit Subcommittee Chair who directed the mounting of  the Bayfield Flood of 1942 exhibit, BHA President, Jerry Phillips, and the BHA Board Members Dot Harris and Jan Haupert who prepared the application and submitted the Flood Exhibit project for WHS consideration.

            

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Our Mission Statement

The mission of the Bayfield Heritage Association, Inc., is to collect and preserve historical archival materials and related artifacts of the city of Bayfield and the surrounding area in cooperation with other regional historical entities. Our primary goal is to educate and to serve the public, especially those individuals who live in the area, through programs, publications, museum exhibits, and research services. We shall endeavor to foster an appreciation and understanding of the rich history of the Bayfield region to the extent our resources and volunteer commitments allow.

Volunteer Appeal -We need YOUR Talents -The Bayfield Heritage Center needs volunteers who can devote an hour or two, or more, a week to assist with activities from baking cookies and making coffee for events to setting up the Heritage Center for programs. We need individuals to greet visitors during our summer season and individuals who would like to work with the collections and archives or help with new and ever changing exhibit construction. The Fountain Garden Park and Apple Shed properties need summer maintenance as does the Heritage Center building. Business office volunteers are needed to assist with mailings, the Courier newsletter publication and if you have computer skills many projects under development could use your help. Our appeal is for individuals who have an interest in preserving the heritage of the greater Bayfield area while having fun working with like minded people to promote our area through publications, events and programs which highlight the history of our beautiful part of the world.  Please contact Bill Gover 779-9569, Marilyn Van Sant 779-9777, Marilyn Winterer 779-5556, Spencer Robnik 779-5961 or the BHA Office 779-5958. You may also email the BHA Office at bayfieldheritage@centurytel.net  to volunteer.



Can Volunteers at the Bayfield Heritage Center serve YOU ? 

The volunteer staff at the Bayfield Heritage Association would very much appreciate your suggestions, opinions and comments relating to the programs and activities of the Heritage Center Museum, Educational and Research Facility.

 
If you have any questions or comments relating to the Bayfield Heritage Association or the Bayfield Heritage Center please use the form above and one of our Board members or volunteers will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.

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