The de Vries Heritage Collection is shown at its current home. Officials with the County Museums are hoping to move the 500 piece collection to a retrofitted barn at the Ameliasburgh Heritage Village. (Photo: Submitted / County Museums)
Voting has begun for the annual Aviva Community Fund contest, which provides money to various community projects and the Prince Edward County Museums are hoping you’ll support their idea.
The County Museums, in association with the de Vries Natural Heritage Collection Committee, are hoping to get some cash to help retrofit the Green Barn at the Ameliasbrugh Heritage Village, as a new home for the collection.
County Museums Curator Jennifer Lyons tells Quinte News, the exhibit is regarded as one of the finest taxidermy collections in the province.
Lyons adds, the collection has strong connections to the area and is a great educational resource.
The total fundraising goal is $275,000, with a request of $91,000 from the Aviva Fund and the scope of the work includes repairs to walls and siding, new insulation and interior finishing, new lighting and HVAC systems and more.
You can vote up to 18 times, by clicking this link, with the voting window closing on October 28th.
