The City of Brandon is now accepting applications to join the Brandon General Museum and Archives Board of Directors. Deadline to apply is November 15, 2024.
The application and more information can be found here.
Brandon General Museum & Archives Board
The Purpose and Role of this Board:
The Board was first established as a General Museum Advisory Committee on March 19, 2007 to prepare a plan for the formation of a general museum that would include an evaluation of potential sites, estimate of capital costs, identification of funding sources and a detailed plan for the ongoing operation of the museum, as well as an assessment of the possibility of including within the museum, a community archives. The committee became incorporated as the Brandon General Museum and Archives Inc. in July 2009 and has as its mandate authority to collect, conserve, study, exhibit and interpret historic and heritage materials relating to the City of Brandon, and its place within the history of Southwestern Manitoba.
Membership and Term of Office:
The Board is comprised of three (3) Councillors and nine (9) citizen members. The Council appointments to this board are made annually at the organizational meeting of the Council held in November of each year. Citizen members of the Committee are appointed annually by resolution of Council for a two-year term. For the purpose of continuity, the citizen member’s terms alternate with 6 member’s terms expiring on December 31st of one year and 3 member’s terms expiring on December 31st of the following year. Members are eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of their term of office. The Board meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 5:45 p.m. in the Brandon General Museum & Archives Building, located at 19 – 9th Street.
