The Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation, today announced that the Museum Association of
Newfoundland and Labrador (MANL) has received $100,000 in operational
support through the Provincial Government's Cultural Economic
Development Plan (CEDP) to assist in its efforts to deliver programs and
services to community-based museums throughout the province.
"Preserving and maintaining our community museums is
vital to the safeguarding of our history and heritage," said Minister
French. "These are places where local history is preserved, presented
and celebrated, and where visitors and residents alike can learn more
about what makes each community in Newfoundland and Labrador unique,
while at the same time contributing to our collective history as a place
and as a people."
MANL is a not-for-profit charitable organization
representing museums, heritage organizations, and individuals in the
preservation and promotion of the province's material and cultural
heritage.
"The operational support provided through the Cultural
Economic Development Program is an essential piece in the sustainability
of the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador," said Teresita
McCarthy, president of MANL. "We applaud the Department of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation for the efforts that have been made to work in
partnership with the Museum Association, and other members of the
heritage sector, to enhance the delivery of this program."
MANL was incorporated in 1980 under the leadership of
a volunteer board of directors, representative of the museum and
heritage community in the province. Since 1980, MANL has grown to
include over 150 member museums and heritage societies and 115
individual members. For further information visit:
www.manl.nf.ca.
The 2010 CEDP program is providing about $1.2 million
to the professional arts sector and $1.27 million to the heritage
sector, for a total of almost $2.5 million.
CEDP applications are considered based on the strength
of the business plans, vision and potential for development within the
sector. For more information on the CEDP program for the heritage
sector, as well as application guidelines, visit:
www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/heritage/cedp/index.html
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