In 2016, the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives embarks upon the next phase in our journey to become the best little museum on the West Coast, and we need your help! We will be renovating and revitalizing our building to better fit the needs of our all of our visitors with the Universal Accessibility Project. Many of our visitors with mobility challenges are not able to fully enjoy their Museum experience because the washrooms on the main floor not wheelchair accessible. There is a wheelchair accessible washroom on the second floor, but to access it and the second floor exhibits, visitors with mobility issues must use a steep, rickety outdoor ramp to enter via a rear door on the second floor. Families with young children will also benefit from a family friendly bathroom and being able to take a stroller easily to the second floor.
During the renovations, we will:
We will also revitalize our main-floor exhibit space to make it more open and welcoming—all the better to host the community events and top-notch exhibits that you have come to expect from us.
In 2015, we received $50,000 from the Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund and $25,000 from the Sunshine Coast Community Forest’s Legacy Fund . We need to raise another $75,000. There are a variety of ways that you can support this vital museum project:
GENERAL DONATION
Choose the donation level that best fits. Charitable tax receipts available for donations of more than $10.00. We accept cash, cheque, Visa, Mastercard (credit card on site, and via Canadahelps website)
ADOPT AN ARTIFACT
Personally connect with a museum artifact and support the Museum´s Universal Accessibility Project by Adopting an Artifact.
Choose from over 30 priceless, intriguing and one-of-a-kind artifacts to adopt for varying levels of donation.
Choose your donation level then pick an artifact to adopt! Each donation level comes with its own set of unique rewards.
All Adopt an Artifact Donors who donate more than $500 will have their name permanently on display at the Museum, plus the rewards listed below. (Note: donation levels do not infer any monetary value to the artifacts.)
Click on the button below to find out more information.
During the renovations, we will:
- create a wheelchair-accessible, family-friendly washroom on the main floor,
- install a platform lift to the second floor,
- renovate the main entrance, and
- improve the outdoor ramp.
We will also revitalize our main-floor exhibit space to make it more open and welcoming—all the better to host the community events and top-notch exhibits that you have come to expect from us.
In 2015, we received $50,000 from the Government of Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund and $25,000 from the Sunshine Coast Community Forest’s Legacy Fund . We need to raise another $75,000. There are a variety of ways that you can support this vital museum project:
GENERAL DONATION
Choose the donation level that best fits. Charitable tax receipts available for donations of more than $10.00. We accept cash, cheque, Visa, Mastercard (credit card on site, and via Canadahelps website)
- $1- $99—FRIEND OF THE MUSEUM: Thank you from staff and board of the Museum. Complimentary Union Steamshjp (USS) art card
- $100-$199—BRONZE LEVEL: Your name will appear in our digital newsletter. Complimentary Union Steamship art card
- $200-$499—SILVER LEVEL: Your name appears in the digital newsletter and on our website. You will receive a complimentary Union Steamship art card and a copy of Rough and Ready Times: The History of Port Mellon
- $500-$1000—GOLD LEVEL: Your name appears in the digital newsletter, on website, and on permanent display in the museum. You will receive a complimentary Union Steamship art card copy of Rough and Ready Times: History of Port Mellon & Helen McCall Community Album
ADOPT AN ARTIFACT
Personally connect with a museum artifact and support the Museum´s Universal Accessibility Project by Adopting an Artifact.
Choose from over 30 priceless, intriguing and one-of-a-kind artifacts to adopt for varying levels of donation.
Choose your donation level then pick an artifact to adopt! Each donation level comes with its own set of unique rewards.
All Adopt an Artifact Donors who donate more than $500 will have their name permanently on display at the Museum, plus the rewards listed below. (Note: donation levels do not infer any monetary value to the artifacts.)
Click on the button below to find out more information.
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