Contributions
Contributions of the Historical Sites Association
Some financial contributions of the Historical Sites Association include:
Providing $38,000 over three years for the creation of an aboriginal exhibit at L’anse Aux Meadows
- Provided $300,000 over five years for the new exhibition in the Visitor Centre at Signal Hill National Historic Site
- Financial support for Theatre d’Heritage at Castle Hill
- Provided $25,000 for the translation of the Red Bay Underwater Archaeological Report
- Provided an annual grant totaling $130,000 to support the Viking re-enactors living history presentation at L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
- Raised and provided $45,000 for the Meeting of Two Worlds sculpture at L’anse Aux Meadows
- Annual financial support for the Signal Hill Tattoo since 2000
- Provided $85,000 funding for interpretive signage for Port au Choix National Historic Site of Canada, as well as publishing the book Ancient Cultures Bountiful Seas: the Story of Port au Choix by Dr. Priscilla Renouf
- Provided $75,000 towards the conservation and restoration of the Cape Spear Lighthouse Dome, Cape Spear National Historic Site of Canada
- Contributed $350,000 the reconstruction of the Queen’s Battery Barracks
- Managed and supplied 70% of the funds for the restoration of Hawthorne Cottage
- Contributed $270,000 to the refurbishment of the interior of Cabot Tower
- Provided $2,100 for the development of four vignettes for the Live on the Lawn Theatre with the Baccalieu Players