A local museum hopes to partner with the City of Powell River to build a new facility.
In a letter to mayor and council, the qathet Museum & Archives Association is asking the city to partner with them on a project aimed at building a new purpose-built facility for the museum.
The facility would be used to help house, exhibit, and streamline museum services. This would include providing access to people of all abilities, redeveloping exhibits to bring a community perspective of Tla’amin culture, adding new storage to grow collections, and building larger gift shop.
Association president George Wall says the project comes as the museum is faced with some challenges.
“The Museum is housed in aging infrastructure which is approaching the end of its life cycle,” said Wall.
“Museum services are split between three inadequate, aging facilities. All three buildings lack access for disabled persons. The exhibits, particularly the Tla’amin exhibit, do not tell the whole story of the qathet Region. The Museum gift shop is less than 100 square feet.”
Wall says there are infrastructure grants they would like to apply, with the grants to be used to help build the facility.
With the Tla’amin Nation partnering with the museum, Wall hopes the City can join them in getting funding for the project.
The letter will be presented as part of Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole Meeting, set to start at 3:30 p.m.
