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 Bayfield Heritage Center offers interpretive exhibits, tours, educational programming, informational services and seminars during the summer season with special programs and events during the off season.  Programs or Events added during the end of 2010 or the Winter/Spring of 2011 will be posted on this website. 

A pictorial summary of past Programs and Events can be seen at:  2008 BHA Events   /  2009 BHA Events     /    2010 BHA Events

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       2010 Programs and Events

The 2010 Heritage Center regular season has ended.  Due to the extensive museum refurbishing, new exhibit creation and construction of the lower level Pike Research Center scheduled for the fall of 2010 and winter months of 2011 no further programs are planned at this time. 

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The “Hadland Memorial Hall” dedication planned for  September of 2010 has been postponed due to design and construction delays.  The new Dedication date will be posted on this website when it is set.

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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 circumstances 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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