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 and the complete listing of the 2009 BHA Programs and Events, including last minute changes, can be found at: 2009 BHA Events
2009 HERITAGE CENTER SEASON
June 16 to September 26
Tuesday through Saturday - 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
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Upcoming Bayfield Heritage Center Events
July 7, 2009 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Special Heritage Center Memorial Reception There will be a special memorial reception for Tim Hartnett at the Bayfield Heritage Center following the 4:00 P.M. Memorial Service at the Bayfield Presbyterian Church. Refreshments will be served and Tim's friends, acquaintances and the public are invited to attend to celebrate Tim's life in the Heritage Center Facility he helped to create. For a complete listing of all 2009 Past and Upcoming Events, with photos and commentary, please go to the 2009 Programs/Events Tab or click here: 2009-Programs/Events
Timothy Vincent Hartnett
Tim Hartnett, longtime Bayfield Resident, Bayfield Heritage Association supporter and previous Board of Directors member died peacefully on June 18, 2009 shortly after his 86th birthday. After his working career at Corning Glass Works and raising 5 children with his wife Kitty, in retirement, Tim became a sailor. With Kitty he sailed from Sweden to the Mediterranean, then the Caribbean and finally arrived in Bayfield where he settled down with his first mate Kitty to sail on Lake Superior. Tim enjoyed working with the Bayfield Regional Conservancy where he helped blaze new hiking trails. He had a special affinity for the Big (Ballpark) Ravine which he insisted should be called “The Bayfield Canyon”. All who knew Tim were impressed by his down to earth attitude and friendly demeanor. He will be truly missed by the Bayfield community and especially his many friends in the Bayfield Heritage Association.
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Announcements
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:
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.
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 a Fall Fundraiser, membership dues and donations from friends. 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.
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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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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Bayfield Interview DVD's 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
Grant Awarded to the BHA - The Apostle Islands Area Community Fund (AIACF) 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 has transferred all previously recorded data from the Access Database into the PastPerfect software. All museum and membership records of the BHA will be entered into this software system. The PastPerfect software will eventually 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.
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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