The Museum participates in two kinds of partnerships:
1. We collaborate on projects by offering our time, expertise and historical resources to benefit other community organizations; and
2. Individuals, groups and businesses work with the Museum without charging for their services allowing the Museum to accomplish far more than our revenues would normally allow.
In no particular order our community partners for 2004-2006 are:
Bertie Historical Society – fundraising, knowledge sharing
Binational Doors Open Niagara – marketing
Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre - exhibits, lectures, knowledge sharing
E.D.T.C. - marketing
Peace Bridge Authority - exhibits, knowledge sharing, fundraising
Archaeological Services Inc. - training, cataloguing, conservation, publications, lectures, research
Summer Residents - fundraising, artifact donations
Railroad Enthusiasts - knowledge sharing, artifact donations
Ridgeway BIA - advertising, Christmas tree
Daycares in Ridgeway- exhibits
Newspapers and other media: Niagara Falls Review,The Herald, The Times – marketing; CH Hamilton “You Asked” - marketing; TVO – marketing
Ridgeway-Crystal Beach High School - co-op student placements
Fort Erie Secondary School - co-op student placements
March of Dimes – training placements for office work
N-TEC - placement for office work
Community Living - placements for grounds maintenance
Gibson's Jewellers - landscaping
Tulip Tree Floral – landscaping
Town of Fort Erie - internet service, accounting services, fundraising
Fort Erie Centennial Library - storage
Town of Fort Erie Parks/Open Spaces Development - Heritage Loop Tours
Niagara Antique Power Association- events
Local Collectors - exhibits, knowledge sharing
Historians/archivists - research, writing, publications
LACAC - research, inventories
Holloway Memorial Chapel – fundraising
Lions Club – exhibits
Heritage Memorial Foundation - artifact acquisition, landscaping
Fort Erie Arts Council – outreach exhibits
Fort Erie Horticultural Society -landscaping
Fort Erie Travel Centre – visitor referrals
Historic Fort Erie – outreach events
Other Museums - exhibits, knowledge sharing, marketing
Royal Canadian Legions: Branches 71 and 230 - knowledge sharing
Waverly Beach Association - fundraising, research, artifact acquisitions
Point Abino Lighthouse Committee - research
Fort Erie Museum Volunteers:
Museum Board,
Archivists Committee,
Artifacts Committee,
Fix-it Committee,
Fleet Committee,
Railroad Committee,
Times-Review Committee