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The Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society is a charitable organization founded in 1994. The purpose of the Society is to preserve, protect, collect and present the history and culture of Heart’s Content for future generations. The Mizzen Heritage Society are the owners/operators of the Mizzen Heritage Museum, the Rendell Forge and the Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts.

Directors-at-Large

• Barry Langer
• Betty White
• Eileen Matthews
• Gord Tavenor
• John Warren

Honorary Memberships

• Claude Rockwood, (inducted 2023)
• Alice Cumby, (inducted 2023)
• Bob Balsom, (inducted 2023)
• John Warren, (inducted 2024)
• Jane & Howard Tavenor, (inducted 2024)

Lifetime Memberships

• The Hopkins Family (Tim & Thomas Hopkins)
• Helen & Joe Brauch
• Barbara Payne
• William Wirtz

Family Memberships

• The Anderson family {Dianne & Tim Anderson}
• The Arnott family {Judy & Ed Arnott)
• The Blundon family {Charlotte, Greg, & Shirley Blundon}
• The Brown family {Beryl & Clarence Brown}
• The Eddy Family {Gail & Roger Eddy}
• The Fitzpatrick/Younan family {Lilly Fitzpatrick & Magdi Younan}
• The Goosney family {Diane & Rick Goosney}
• The Harnum family {Heather & Jackie Harnum}
• The Hibbard family (Tamara & Jeff Hibbard)
• The Hunter family {Wendy & Keith Hunter}
• The Moore family {Susan & Wayne Moore}
• The Penny family {Kimberly & Mark Penny}
• The Rowe family {Maureen & Ted Rowe}
• The Tavenor family {Marie & Gord Tavenor}
• The Whelan family {Valerie & Hank Whalan}
• The Worthman/Fitzpatrick family {Valerie Worthman & Brian Fitzpatrick}

Individual Memberships

Corporate Memberships

• The Baccalieu Gallery, (owner: Jeanette Jobson)
• Nerrl Hand Painted Designs, (owner: Eileen Mathews)
• The Cable House Inn, (owners: Hank & Valerie Whelan)
• The Cable House Market, (owners: Hank & Valerie Whelan)
• Electromagnetic Pollution Illnesses Canada Foundation (president: Barbara Payne)
• Information Time (owner: Barbara Payne)

If you would like to join our group, please visit our membership page for more information.

WELCOMING OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

Please join us in welcoming our newest member to the Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society family: 

• Beverley King
• Jackie Harnum 
• Heather Harnum

We are also excited to add our lastest Corporate Member:

• The Cable House Market, (owners: Hank & Valerie Whelan)

​The Mizzen Heritage Society is always looking for new members.  Please look at our Membership page for further information.

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FINANCIAL SUPPORTERS

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Acquired the old United Church School (built around 1920) and restored it as a community museum. In 2018, we added a craft shop.
• Secured an oral history record from many older citizens.
• Created a photo exhibit called “Heart’s Content: A Look Back in Time”.
• Acted as a planning partner for Come Home Year 1997.
• Assisted Frank Piercey in reviving and safeguarding the “traditional square dance”.
• Established an Archives Room in our Town Hall.
• Partnered with our local Rug Hooking Group to sponsor and exhibit rug hooking displays.
• Partnered with the town to create an observation area lookout.
• We are a partner in the Town “Fun Days”.
• Facilitated the creation and installation of town history boards. 
• Restored the “Rendell Forge“.
• Restored “The House of Commons”.
• Partnered with our town to develop and achieve a “Provincial Historic District” designation.
• We organize an annual Heritage Day in July.
• Host monthly coffee houses at the Arts Centre on the first Friday of every month April to December.
• Host monthly concerts at the Arts Centre April to December. See our “More News and Events” page for details.
• Partnered with the 150th. Anniversary and Come Home Year Committees to plan the 2016 celebrations.
• Partnered with the Historic Sites Association of NL to host the 2016 Heart’s Content Cable Conference.
• Acquired the former Heyfield Memorial United Church and restored it as the Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts. It held its official “Grand Opening” June 17-18, 2017. See our “Home and News” and “More News and Events” pages for Arts Centre activities.
• Won a Historic Sites Association 2018 “Manning Award for Excellence in the Public Presentation of Historic Places” which recognizes and celebrates the work of individuals, communities, and organizations in preserving and presenting this province’s history and heritage. The Manning Award was given to the Mizzen Heritage Society for restoring the 140 year-old Heyfield Memorial United Church and repurposing it as the Heart’s Content Regional Centre for the Arts.
• ​Have developed a set of “Heart’s Content Municipal Heritage Regulations” which will be adopted and activated by our Town Council during 2020.