MHS Newsletter

  • 2025 Mizzen Heritage Society Annual General Meeting (AGM)
    The Mizzen Heritage Society will be hosting their Annual General Meeting on: Monday, April 7th at 7 p.m. at the Heart’s Content Town Hall.  MHS members are invited to attend the annual general meeting in person or via our Zoom broadcast. For further […]
  • Alice Cumby’s Retirement
    Longtime Mizzen Heritage Society Treasurer Alice Cumby retired on Friday Feb. 28 from her “real job” as Heart’s Content Town Clerk after 57 years! CBC News Article After 57 years on the job, this town clerk has worked to her […]
  • Nov. 9th, 2024 – Celebration of 30 years for Mizzen Heritage Society and celebration of this year’s Honourary Member awards
    The Heart’s Content Mizzern Heritage Society celebrated of 30 years and celebrated this year’s Honourary Member awards with a delicious meal at Legge’s Restaurant in Hearts Content, followed by a get-together at the Hearts’ Content Mizzen Centre for the Arts. […]
  • 2024 Mizzen Heritage Society Annual General Meeting
    The 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 […]
  • 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – PRESIDENT’S REPORT
    Heart’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 […]
  • Heart’s Content Mizzen Heritage Society Presents 2023 Honorary Lifetime Membership Awards
    Mr. 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 Society
    Two 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 Notice
    The 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 Plan
    On 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 Notice
    The 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 2022
    President’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 Meeting
    The 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 Site
    In 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 NEEDED
    The 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 Awards
    What 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 opens
    HEART’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 Arts
    The 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 […]

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