SUMMERSIDE – As a community staple, steeped in history, Lori Ellis can’t wait to see the new mix with the old, inside the International Fox Museum and Hall of Fame.
The 106-year-old building will undergo major renovations in the new year, transforming the former armoury into an interactive and more accessible learning-based community space...
...Currently, Ellis and staff at Wyatt Heritage Properties are in an organizational stage, working to arrange funding and partners in the project...
...In September, Summerside City Council approved $10,000 funding to hire a third party to conduct a study and report on the scope of work for the project. Their job was to double-check the work Culture Summerside had already put into the project.
Ellis and Culture Summerside staff have met with City Council a number of times to update the process. Currently they do not have a set value for the renovation. Once funding partners are in place, the cost will be more certain, said Ellis...
...Ellis says the renovations will allow for better use of the various levels of the building, with the Fox Museum moving to the top floor.
“It will have the potential to showcase fuller profiles in the city’s history or say if an organization wanted to profile something there will also be that opportunity. We also want to incorporate items from other communities for displays to broaden the understanding of the community and other places in Canada or the world.”
“We don’t plan to use text panels in the exhibits which will allow us to constantly rotate exhibits by using different technologies.”
It will cut cost, allow for temporary and rotating exhibits, participant interaction and a level of comfort for younger participants.
Marlene Campbell, a Culture Summerside staffer, is excited to see the old and new unite.
From the Summerside Journal Pioneer