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.
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 our 2008 programs and events can be seen at: 2008 BHA Events
The 2009 HERITAGE CENTER SEASON
June 16 to September 26
Tuesday through Saturday - 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
The Board of Directors of the Bayfield Heritage Association has announced 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 year 2010 through donations and pledges made this year.
The past two years have been a very busy time for our Association culminating in two new exhibits, the Ray Cahill Barbershop and the John Black/Bessie Nourse Art Retrospective. Our Heritage Vision 2010 Capital Campaign emphasizes retiring the construction loan so we can expand educational programming and research activities. Through an AIACF grant and special appeal we have hired an archivist who began a multiyear project to catalog our collections and archives.
Currently, our annual budget is approximately $40,000 with our income derived mainly from a September Fundraiser, membership dues, smaller activities throughout the year and donations from friends. The greatest portion of this income goes to service our construction loan of $200,000, leaving precious little for much needed programming, exhibits, archival work, and hopes for a paid permanent staff position. . With your help we can remove this debt by the year 2010. We hope you share our vision for the future and will help us to realize our goals.
We have demonstrated our ability and resolve to set simple but achievable goals. We have been frugal and yet visionary. We have created wonderful exhibits, a beautiful Fountain Garden park and instituted a compelling program series while striving to record all our archives, images and artifacts.
Now we must move beyond these primary, critical steps if we are going to become the museum, education and research center our community needs and deserves. Please join us with your much needed financial support. Jerry Phillips, BHA President
Please go to the 2008 Capital Campaign page for more information.
Click here to download a .pdf Heritage Vision 2010 Donation/Pledge Form
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Upcoming Bayfield Heritage Center Events
Saturday February 14, 2009
Memories of Sand Island in the 1940”s, 1950”s and 1960’s
Relive, with members of the Dahl family, memories of their Sand Island experiences over half a century ago, in a time long past but still vivid in their recorded stories. More details will follow as the date for this interesting program of stories and large screen images comes closer.
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Announcements
Heritage Center Office: A new volunteer has joined the Heritage Center staff. Julie Gaukler, and her husband Mark, have enjoyed the Bayfield area for 15 years and in 2008 they made Bayfield their permanent home. Julie has extensive administrative experience and will be working in the Heritage Center Office. Her willingness to assist the BHA in the off season is much appreciated by the Board of Directors. If Julie or another volunteer is not available at the Heritage Center office please contact a member of the Board of Directors listed on the Membership/Directors page of this website.
Bayfield Interview DVD's for are now available for Sale!
Interviews of Bayfield Pioneers recorded in 1988 to 2000 are now available for purchase through this website. For details use the Historical Books/DVD's tab above or click here: Books/DVD's
Meeting Notice: The next meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bayfield Heritage Association will be held by the new Board of Directors which will convene after the Annual Meeting on December 16, 2008. The time and date of the next meeting will be published here when it is set. The membership of the Bayfield Heritage Association and the public are welcome. 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.
Grant Awarded to the BHA - The Apostle Islands Area Community Fund (AIACF) has awarded a 2009 grant to the BHA in the amount of $2991 to partially fund the acquisition of the hardware and the PastPerfect Museum Software System. The Museum Committee is in the process of transferring data from the Access Database into the newly installed PastPerfect software it has acquired. Eventually all museum and membership records of the BHA will be entered into this sotware system. The PastPerfect software will eventially allow the Heritage Center research efforts to share information and images with the 6500 other facilities throughout the United States using this state of the art software standard for small museums.
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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.
How can the 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 this website as well as the programs and activities of the Heritage Center Museum, Educational and Research Facility. Your feedback will help us to carry out our Mission. If you would like to join the Bayfield Heritage Association please check our Membership Page for more information. Use the form below to request the most recent issue of the Bayfield Courier and a membership form. Membership Page
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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