DATE
FOUNDED:
1974
MISSION:
Located in the Town of Asbestos, a short distance from the two-kilometre-wide
open-air asbestos mine, the Asbestos Mineral Museum exhibits the rocks
and minerals found in the local Jeffrey Mine (operating since 1879).
The museum documents the mining tradition of the area and seeks to
foster an awareness of the richness of local chrysotile asbestos deposits.
PHYSICAL
DESCRIPTION:
a) Museum: Exhibition rooms, video presentation room, workshops,
offices.
b) Mineral site (property of JM Asbestos). Off-site, in St-Barnaby
sector.
c) Lookout site (property of Mine Jeffrey Inc.) at the corner of
St-Luc Boulevard and Panneton Street.
COLLECTIONS:
Rocks and minerals found at the Jeffrey Mine. Reference collection
of rock types found elsewhere in the Eastern Townships. Asbestos-based
industrial and commercial products. Instruments used in field surveys
and in the detection of asbestos deposits. Photos and documents
illustrating the history of the Jeffrey Mine.
We are always seeking the following items:
Samples of asbestos-based products from the Old Factory; Photos of workers, single or in groups, at work; Copies of Entre-Nous, JM Producer, etc.; Objects relating to the history of the Mine; Quarter-Century Club programs, photos, objects and articals;
Photos of the Mine and Departments; Reminiscences of retired workers; Postcards.
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SPECIAL ACTIVITIES:
Guided and self-guided tours. Permanent and temporary exhibitions. School, tour, community and servuce groups welcome (by reservation only). Identification of rocks and minerals. Educational workshops (primarily for grades 4 to 6) -- (includes field-trips to a mineral site, a 200-ton dump truck, and the Mine lookout). Participation in the Annual Mineral Fair, associated with the Festival des Gourmands (third weekend in August), in cooperation with the Asbestos Mineral Club.
PUBLICATIONS:
N/A.
BUSINESS
HOURS:
June 24-August 17: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ENTRY FEES:
General admission: $4.00. Students (13-17): $2.00. Children: Free.
LANGUAGE
OF SERVICE:
French & English (Italian, Spanish, & Slovak by special
request only).
HOW TO REACH US:
Address: 341, Boul. St-Luc, Asbestos, QC, J1T 2W4..
Tel: (819) 879-6444; (819) 879-5308 (A.J. Millen, President); or
(819) 879-7547 (F. Spertini).
Fax: N/A.
Email: John Millen, president, Asbestos Mineral Museum -- mjmillen@sympatico.ca
WEB SITE:
N/A.
OTHER INFORMATION:
You are invited to attend the Annual Asbestos Mineral Fair on August 16 and 17 in the former Notre Dame de Toutes-Joies Church , Panneton Street, Asbestos. Admission is free.
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