MHS Newsletter
- 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – PRESIDENT’S REPORTHeart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society Inc. 2023 Membership As the Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society enters its 30th year, I am happy to announce that our membership has grown over the past year. The following is a membership comparison for […]
- 2024 Mizzen Heritage Society Annual General MeetingThe Mizzen Heritage Society will be hosting their Annual General Meeting along with the monthly MHS meeting on: Monday, March 25th at 7 p.m. at the Heart’s Content Town Hall. MHS members are invited to attend the AGM and general monthly meeting in […]
- Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society Presents Honorary Lifetime Membership AwardsMr. Ed Arnott, President of the Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society announces the creation of The Honorary Lifetime Membership Award. This annual award will be bestowed on members who have given at least 10 years of service and have made […]
- William C. Palmer Paintings Donated To The Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage SocietyTwo of William Palmer’s paintings, from 1908 and ca 1947, were recently donated to the Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society by Shirley (Flower) Pace and Laurie Pace. William C. Palmer was an acclaimed painter who lived in Heart’s Content at […]
- Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society Community Museum Will Be Closed Until Further NoticeThe Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society has established a Museum Restoration Committee with a mandate of restoring and modernizing the museum to enhance our tourists and visitors experience. Unfortunately this will necessitate the closure of the building to the public […]
- Visitor Experience PlanOn May 2023, the Mizzen Heritage Society and funding from CBDC, completed a Visitor Experience Plan which includes a redesign and renovation of the Mizzen Museum.
- Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society Community Museum Will Be Closed Until Further NoticeThe Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society has established a Museum Restoration Committee with a mandate of restoring and modernizing the museum to enhance our tourists and visitors experience. Unfortunately this will necessitate the closure of the building to the public for […]
- PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 2022President’s report – A Year of Recovery HEART’S CONTENT MIZZEN HERITAGE SOCIETY INC. For presentation to the 2023 Annual General Meeting, March 13, 2023 A Year of Recovery After having most of our activities cancelled in 2021 because of COVID, […]
- MHS 2022 Annual General MeetingThe 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society was held on Monday, March 14th 2022 at the Heart’s Content Town Hall. President Ed Arnott and Treasurer Alice Cumby presented a comprehensive annual report on the state […]
- “Project Heart’s Content” Online Auction“PROJECT HEART’S CONTENT” ONLINE AUCTION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! Recently, the Mizzen Heritage Society, in collaboration with the Heart’s Content Community Development Corporation, hosted “Project Heart’s Content”, an online fundraising auction to help restore and repurpose the Mizzen Heritage Society Museum. […]
- Heart’s Content Cable Station Added To Canada’s Tentative List For World Heritage SiteIn September 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Newfoundland Government and the Kerry County Council, Ireland, to have the Transatlantic Cable Ensemble: Valentia – Heart’s Content recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The signing of this […]
- MIZZEN HERITAGE SOCIETY – HISTORY BUFFS NEEDEDThe Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society is a non-profit charitable organisation founded in 1994. Our purpose is to preserve, protect and present the history and culture of Heart’s Content for future generations. We are the owners/operators of the Mizzen Heritage […]
- Manning AwardsWhat an honour, the Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador presented the 23rd Manning Awards for Excellence in the Public Presentation of Historic places on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in St. […]
- Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts officially opensHEART’S CONTENT, NL — The original plan was to tear the church down after Heyfield United in Heart’s Content was deconsecrated in 2009. Over 100 people attended the official opening of the Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts. Here […]
- Minister Crocker to Bring Greetings at Grand Opening of Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the ArtsThe Honourable Steve Crocker, Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources, will bring greetings to the grand opening of the Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts tomorrow (Saturday, June 17, 2017). The event takes place at the Heart’s Content Regional […]