Funds have started to flow from the Manitoba Heritage Trust Program that will support local museums as they work to engage the community and highlight the history of the province.
“We are very encouraged by the enthusiasm many local museums have shown towards the Heritage Trust Program,” Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox said. “Our museums help showcase Manitoba’s unique stories and our archives help preserve our rich and diverse history.”
La Société historique de Saint-Boniface will receive a provincial contribution of $25,000, following a successful fundraising campaign that raised over $50,000.
“This kind of partnership is exciting because it offers a great incentive for contributions that drive provincial support,” Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton said. “We are pleased to support local museums and archives all around our great province.”
Michel Lagacé, chair of the board of La Société historique de Saint-Boniface, thanked the provincial government for their support.
“The Manitoba Heritage Trust Program has provided us with a strong incentive to raise funds in the community and to allow generous donors to support our heritage centre, the Centre du patrimoine,” Lagacé said. “Increases in annual funding have been rare since the Centre opened in 1998 and this program is helping us meet the needs of the community by making our archives more accessible.”
“Across the province, Manitobans are seeing the value in establishing an endowment fund today, to help preserve their past, for the future to enjoy,” said Rick Frost, CEO of The Winnipeg Foundation. “These new fund collaborations between museums, archives and their local community foundations will help ensure our shared history is here for all, for generations to come.”
Administered by The Winnipeg Foundation, the Manitoba Heritage Trust Program offers provincial support with matching grants of one dollar for every two dollars raised by community museums and archives.
