[BCMA] HAMM reopens at the Mews

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

Congratulations Lewis.  This is terrific news!



*Heather Jeliazkov*

Manager

Marketing & Membership Services


*Note: My office hours are 9am-4pm, Tuesday through Thursday*


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Office: 250-356-5700  || www.museumsassn.bc.ca



On 3 January 2017 at 18:15, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> Here is some NEWS FROM THE MUSE IN THE MEWS!
>
> *"The HMCS ALBERNI Museum and Memorial (HAMM) will be reopening its museum
> in a totally renovated former warehouse and service station in downtown
> Courtenay, BC.*
>
> *HAMM was given an eviction notice from the new owners of the Comox Mall
> effective the end of September.  Since then it has been a scramble to not
> only find an affordable facility, but also keep the Museum in the Comox
> Valley.  Luck would have it that the owners of "625" (Formerly called the
> Courtenay Mall) approached the HAMM director, Lewis Bartholomew, with an
> offer to lease their long empty warehouse space in their mews.*
>
> *Since local municipal grants were not awarded to us as we had expected,
> the entire cost to renovate the new facility fell on the shoulders of many
> of our local visitors and on the director's shoulders as well to pay for
> the $12,000 renovation.*
>
> *HAMM has dropped from 3000 sq/ft down to 1250 sq/ft so we will be
> reinventing ourselves using off site exhibit spaces, more on line displays
> viewable through the use of QR codes and life broadcast/pod cast
> programming. Most of our bi-lingual content will also be moved on line and
> accessible through visitors' personal smart phone or readers soon to be
> available at our front desk.  It is joked that we have now become the
> Tardis.  We will be much bigger on the inside.*
>
> *Opening day is 16 January at 10:00 am.  HAMM returns to its usual winter
> schedule the following week.*
>
> *Yes, after exactly 4 months since HAMM closed its doors in Comox, we now
> have a spectacular new facility and a new community (Courtenay) in which to
> thrive."*
>
> Please see attached.
>
>
> at your service,
>
> Lewis Bartholomew
> Founder & Executive Director
> The Alberni Project
> mrbarth at alberniproject.org
> 250-897-4611 <(250)%20897-4611>
> Hours Tues - Sat  10-4
>
> MUSEUM ADDRESS:
> *HMCS ALBERNI MUSEUM and MEMORIAL*
> *MUSÉE DU NCSM ALBERNI*
> 5-625 Cliffe Avenue
> Courtenay BC
> OPENING JANUARY 2017
> Hours Tue - Sat  10-4 - Winter
> 250-897-4611 <(250)%20897-4611>
>
> ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
> *The Alberni Project Society*
>
> *TAP Mobile Exhibit Bookings*65 Salsbury Road
> Courtenay, BC Canada V9N9L7
> 250-338-2720 <(250)%20338-2720>
> 250-334-6555 <(250)%20334-6555> - Cellular (TAP Mobile Unit)
>
>
>
> *HMCS Alberni Memorialwww.alberniproject.org
> <http://www.alberniproject.org>www.facebook.com/thealberniproject
> <http://www.facebook.com/thealberniproject>*
>
> Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw the
> torch; be yours to hold it high !
> If ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow
> in Flanders Fields.
>
> *Email is a non-secure form of communication and clients should not
> include any sensitive account information in any email to The Alberni
> Project. Le courriel n'est pas un mode de transmission securise et les
> clients doivent s'abstenir d'y inclure tout renseignement sensible sur leur
> compte dans toute communication electronique destinee a projet de Alberni.*
>
>
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